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		<title>Peter Nitsch: Tango in the Big Mango</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://lenscratch.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Nitsch_Angst_BootsayaTanner-Niclay-651x434.jpg" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" alt="‘Tango In The Big Mango’ – a Baudelaire-like photo documentary about Bangkok, working at a ground zero of now-ness. 

„I tend to see this group of works as ‘documentary’ in a unique sense of the word. We tend to think of ‚documentary’ as something like a ‚capture‘ that is highly instructive and explanatory, but I see Nitsch’s use of the ‘documentary’ as something far more Baudelaire-like, a split second in time that lends our eye something prior to narrative meaning and description/definition.“ - GREGORY GALLIGAN, Director Thai Art Archives

„A distinctive and raw portrait of contemporary Bangkok and its inhabitants that remains as complicated as inscrutable. Like Tango, Bangkok has influences from many countries. This photographic documentary concept explores the question of identity, and the boundaries between growth and angst – a finite attempt at conceiving of the inconceivability, that is life.“ — RETO F. BRUNNER, Curator photoMÜNCHEN

The photo book ‘Tango in the Big Mango’ shows Bangkok as a city in which the coexistence of different cultures and people from different countries, despite their peculiarities, have found a way to live together. 

The photo book is a mixture of documentary/street and conceptual images. Therefore the book is split into four parts: The main part is documentary/street photography, the other three minor parts are concept based around the themes GREED, GROWTH and ANGST. Together they form the documentary concept ‘Tango in the Big Mango’, that captures the intensity of urban life and barrage of consumption, culture and eccentricity in Bangkok." style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;" /><p>Peter Nitsch is a German-born photographer and designer whose fascination with Thailand has spurred a culmination of diverse photographic styles in his book entitled Tango in the Big Mango. Buddhist teachings underpin Nitsch’s exploration into greed, growth, and angst. Set against a colorful Bangkok backdrop both pre and mid-pandemic, Nitsch combines street, portrait, and conceptual</p>
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