The Y by Alba Zari

A collection of works by Thai photographer Alba Zari.

At the age of 25, Zari learned from her brother that they did not share the same Thai blood. For two years, Zari was unsure of what to do about it, fearing it would upset the delicate balance of her family, but she finally began to investigate, trying to understand her own identity. With her father's business card, the only clue she found in her grandmother's house, Zari took DNA tests, collected available official documents, visited potential contacts, and reconstructed a 3D avatar of her father using her own face.

Women inherit two X chromosomes, one from each parent. The book's title refers to the Y chromosome that Zari does not inherit from her missing father. The book is a deeply personal document of Zari's search for identity and her process of coming to terms with absence through photographic expression.

First edition of 500 copies.

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Title: The Y
Artist: Alba Zari
Witty Books, 2019
Soft cover, perfect binding
165 x 240 mm, 160 pages
First edition of 500 copies
ISBN 978-88-944340-2-6
¥4,400 -