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GABRIEL PALMER THOMPSON (B. 1981)
Carrying oil, Yangon, Myanmar, 2013
Selenium toned gelatin silver print, signed verso and affixed signed label with edition 1/3.
40 x 49 in. (101.5 x 124.3 cm)
$6,000 - 8,000
This arresting image comes from Thompson’s 2013 photographic survey, Myanmar in Bloom,
documenting everyday life within a society on the brink of a sea change with irreversible
technological development. Thompson remarked, “There’s a beauty stemming from a lack
of exposure to the vast expanse of digital media and the hyper-attentiveness to self-image...
residents were not worried about what they looked like – they were not watching themselves
being watched.”
Self-trained and working solely in analog, Thompson’s prints evoke the inner poetry of daily
life. He is represented by Corkin Gallery, Toronto. His work is placed in numerous international
private collections including the Nordstrom Family Collection, Seattle.
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