‘Kissing Strangers’

Tommy Kha ontvangt in zijn fotoserie kusjes van vreemdelingen, maar hij zoent ze niet terug. But why?

“While my passive character mirrors stereotypes of the Asian men—almost always depicted as neutered, asexual, or submissive within media—it is my transgression as the photographer that undermines this passivity. Coupled with the other participants’ control over their own representation through their kiss, these images intend to question and confuse the role of the photographer and sitter, protagonist and supporting character, self-portrait and performance.”