Until Death Do Us Part.

By Thomas Sauvin.

Jiazazhi Press, Beijing, China, 2015. 108 pp., 2x3¼".

Selected as one of the Best Books of 2015 by:

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

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