Via Pia (SIGNED AND NUMBERED, edt of 100)

Tiane Doan na Champassak
Via Pia (SIGNED AND NUMBERED, edt of 100)

Photographs: Tiane Doan na Champassak

Text: David Campany

Publisher: Siam's Guy Books (Self-published)

80 pages

Year: 2021

Comments: Softcover, 41 x 24 cm, b&w photographs. Numbered edition of 100 copies. In very good condition. Signed by Tiane Doan na Champassak.

Twenty years after the World Trade Center attacks, I looked into how the twin towers had been previously used in advertising as an emblem of New York City, and I came across an advertisement from 1979 for Pakistan International Airlines in Le Point magazine. It was striking to see how the shadow of a Boeing 747 projected on the towers had a totally different impact before 9/11. This publication starts with a photocopy of the PIA ad in Le Point and continues with a photocopy of the previous photocopy, until reaching the total destruction of the image halfway through the book. From there on, we assist at a gradual and inverted revival of the advertising, in a subtle reenactment of the iconic towers.