KHUAMMAK

Khuaamhak explores three different ways of questioning Lao culture.

At once a photo essay and an intimate journal, it examines the idea of dual culture: how traditions and religious ceremonies integrate into a Western world, as well as the unique connection between Lao people and the significance of religion.

But beyond all that, this book is a testament to the love I have for my culture, expressed through the members of my family and my country. Khuaamhak, or “the soul that loves.”

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Grandpa’s Journal

Archive & Research
2025

My grandfather used to write all day long. He wrote about everything that happened: his thoughts, how his day unfolded, descriptions of certain objects, and the memories he had of his homeland, the war, or his arrival in France. The drawings are those of my brother and me when we were children.