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VIBRATIONS: A VISUAL JOURNEY INTO THE VEGETARIAN FESTIVAL IN PHUKET
PUBLISHED: 2023, INDEPENDENT
OFFICIAL SELECTION
POY ASIA 2024
(IN COMPETITION)

VIBRATIONS IS A PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPHY ZINE PROJECT THAT WAS BORN OUT OF MY PASSION FOR DOCUMENTARY.
A COUPLE OF MONTHS BEFORE THE PANDEMIC PUT A PAUSE ON THE WORLD, I FIRST LEARNT FROM MY PARENTS ABOUT AN ANNUAL TRADITIONAL TAOIST FESTIVAL CELEBRATED BY THE PEOPLE IN PHUKET. THEY DESCRIBED IT AS INTENSE AND GORY, YET FASCINATING AND INTRIGUING.
MY ULTIMATE GOAL WITH VIBRATIONS WAS NOT MERELY CREATED FOR THE AUDIENCE TO COMPREHEND THIS FESTIVAL BUT TO IMMERSE THEMSELVES IN ITS ESSENCE. I WANT THEM TO EXPERIENCE THE EMOTIONS I FELT WHILE BEING THERE, HOPING THAT IT GIVES AN AUTHENTIC INSIGHT INTO A CULTURAL SYNCRETISM FESTIVAL, WHERE DIVERSE INFLUENCES COME TOGETHER TO CREATE SOMETHING ENTIRELY UNIQUE.
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