The Hotel Afghanistan

Afghanistan

jewelry and home electronics are placed before the camera

These hidden in the strange corner of the landscape became my prey

215 x 282 mm

history of self-inflicted harm

The Hotel AfghanistanThe hotel in this book is both real and metaphorical, an actual establishment run by Tenzing Dakpas parents in Sikkim, Northeast India, and a prism through which he revisits his family history and place within it. Dakpas photos reveal the physical spaces of the hotel, its guest rooms, dining room, the familys cat on a flight of stairs; as well as signs of daily working life there: sheets hanging out to dry, clipping plants in the garden, his parents