Publisher/Steidl

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"Museum of Chance" is a collection of works by Dayanita Singh (1961-), one of India's leading contemporary photographers. Singh, who has captured traces of memory and time from his unique perspective by photographing people, interior spaces, architecture, and archives, has developed the editing and exhibition methods of photography themselves into forms of expression through works such as "Privacy," "Go Away Closer," and "File Room." This book selects 88 works taken over approximately 30 years and is not classified by date or subject, but rather by chance encounters and associations between images. Particularly noteworthy is the existence of 44 different cover variations, each combining the included photographs. The cloth binding also differs in color, reflecting the theme of "chance" even in the purchase experience of which cover you encounter. Another distinctive feature is the concept that the 44 different books, when displayed together, become an exhibition in themselves. This important work encapsulates Singh's philosophy of viewing photobooks not merely as records of works, but as art that can be carried, rearranged, and exhibited, and shows experimental attempts that would later lead to "Museum Bhavan."