An ode to Suối Tiên, the motherland, and modern day pilgrimage - including reflections on religious simulacra and on being a second generation Vietnamese immigrant.

SANCTUARY, is a photo book documenting my first pilgrimage to a very distinct intersection of aesthetic produced by Vietnamese people and for Vietnamese people - an absurd manifestation of Southeast Asian Buddist iconography staged amongst the entirely manufactured landscape of amusement park entertainment architecture.

Printed with Flat Gold, Aqua, Yellow, Fluorescent Pink, Bright Red, Black, Fluorescent Orange, Sunflower, Blue, Federal Blue

Dimensions: 6.5’ x 9”

56 Pages, 24 pages risograph and 32 pages laser printed

Coptic link stitch binding handbound by Natasha Ann Trinh (@originalcobblestone)