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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Khuammak (*the soul that loves)

Photo Essay
2024

During 2024, I had the opportunity to accompany the association Pour Sourire, based in Strasbourg. The team made up of prosthetists, dentists, and orthodontists, provides dental care each year in various countries (Senegal, Mongolia, Nepal, Laos…). This was their second time visiting the village of Ban Na Teui, a remote village in the Savanakhet region.

This series shifts between documenting the dental care provided to the villagers and capturing the way I rediscovered the local way of life through their surroundings and gestures.