THE BUZZ
Naked defiance
- Published: 30/12/2011 at 10:35 AM
- Newspaper section: Life
Kathmandu Photo Gallery presents an exhibition of nude photography by Mom Luang Toy Xoomsai. Produced between 1946 and 1961, the collection comprises 30 original prints which have never been exhibited since the photographer's death in 1961.
ML Toy would defend himself by insisting his images were nudes not pornographic when faced with criticism in the prudish days of Field Marshall P Pibulsongkram's nationalist government which daily strived to micro-manage the lives and minds of Thai people, over every issue from prim and proper conduct to the waging of expansionist war upon a neighbouring country. In such a context, ML Toy's nudes are much more than...
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