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On The Wall: Yangon Studio Photography 1960-1980


Images by Lukas Birk

The Myanmar Photo Archive (MPA) is a collection of work by local photographers that has been amassed in the last four years and is still growing. This exhibition showed studio images taken between 1962 and 1985 in Yangon, many at Bellay Photo Studio in Chinatown. The studio, founded by Har Si Yone in 1969, has been family-run ever since and is still active today.

Find out more at www.myanmarphotoarchive.org

Lukas Birk is an artist, storyteller and conservator whose books such as Afghan Box Camera and Polaroids from the Middle
Kingdom
reflect his interest in preservation. His work with the Myanmar Photo Archive is an endeavour to re-interpret and tell the story of Myanmar through collected photographs taken over the last century. The collection now holds 10,000 images. www.lukasbirk.com

Photo: Lukas Birk Photo: Lukas Birk
Photo: Lukas Birk Photo: Lukas Birk
Photo: Lukas Birk Photo: Lukas Birk
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