Tim Porter: Still Lives / Photographs
Portraits from The Collection of The Congdon Anatomical Museum, Bangkok
September 5 - 17, 2009 / Vernissage Saturday Sept 5 / 7 - 10pm
In Collaboration with the Ottawa Month of Photography

In 1988, Tokyo-based photographer Tim Porter gained access through special permission to a very privileged space: the Sirirai Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand. For one week only, he had the opportunity to photograph surreal specimens of humanity conjoined twins. Preserved in formaldehyde and kept in the collection of the Congdon Anatomical Museum, Porter carefully shot his subjects through their glass cocoons, eliminating all traces of location, time and place.
Christopher Davidson, 2009