Publisher's Description
Selected as Book of the Week by Fred Cray
Now in its Fourth Printing.
Until Death Do Us Part focuses on the unexpected role cigarettes play in Chinese weddings. As a token of appreciation, it is customary for the bride to light a cigarette for each and every man invited. The bride and the groom are then invited to play some cigarette-smoking games of an unprecedented ingenuousness. This publication pays homage to a tradition in which love and death walk hand-in-hand.
These photos come from the Beijing Silvermine project, an archive of half a million negatives salvaged over the years from a recycling plant on the edge of Beijing.
Read the review by Colin Pantall on photo-eye Blog
First printing: 1,000 copies SOLD OUT
Second printing: 2,000 copies SOLD OUT
Third printing: 2,000 copies SOLD OUT
Fourth printing: 2,000 copies