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Underage is an award-winning photographic documentation aimed at understanding the minds of underage male prostitutes in Thailand in a most candid and visceral way. Photographer Ohm Phanphiroj uncovers the life, choice, and consequences that these young boys are experiencing. Underage prostitution results from several reasons, from being molested by family members and/or relatives, poverty, being a runaway, and drug addiction.
Underage has been exhibited worldwide, among others at Newspace Center for Photography (2011), Sommerblut International Art Festival (2011), Noordelicht Photo Festival (2012), The Kinsey Institute (2013), Tally Beck Contemporary (2014), Miami Art Festival (2014), and Documentary Arts Asia (2014).
The photographic project received multiple awards, i.e. Lightwork (2012), Newspace Center for Photography (2012), Documentary Arts Asia (2014), Columbia College fellowship (2015), Noor-Nikon (2015), Society for Photographic Education (2015).
Price: $89.99
Pages: 112
Publisher: Salzgeber
Imprint: Bruno Gmuender
Publication Date:
01 April 2017
Trim Size: 10.50 X 11.25 in
ISBN: 9783959852500
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / Permanent Collections, PHOTOGRAPHY / Individual Photographers / General, ART / Individual Artists / General, ART / Popular Culture
“At first one does not want to look … but then one cannot look away. Imposing no judgment, Ohm has captured these boys’ souls. These are photographs that are as seductive as they are tragic, as sensual as they are disturbing. His poetic eye has taken us to a very dark place, and has shown us that even in hell there is a kind of beauty.”
— S. P. Somtow, award-winning writer and c
— S. P. Somtow, award-winning writer and c