The Hotel exploring the making of these

exploring the making of these prints which shaped many later works

the picture or the process of image production

Chief Editor: Wang Huan

Singh’s first camera

Luis Duarte

The Hotel exploring the making of theseThe 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