MY DAUGHTERS
MAY 7 – 30 JUNE, 2016
KATHMANDU PHOTO GALLERY, BANGKOK
‘My Daughters,’ the debut exhibition in Bangkok by H.H. Capor is a poignant daydream born of the yearning Capor has for his long-lost only child, after a bitter divorce removed him from his little girl’s life. He tried to picture her all grown up, and conceived the idea for this intensely sensitive and intimate series of 14 portraits of himself posing with girls who might have been his daughter.
In each one, the elements – the clothes, backdrop, atmosphere and relationship – are meticulously truthful to each fantasy daughter. Confronted with such images, a casual viewer may assume that Capor is a dirty old man dating girls “young enough to be his daugher.” But, his demeanor tells a different story. How richly we experience his heartbreak depends entirely on the purity of our soul.