Kan Tai Wong: "Vajrayana"
By Billy Kung
The Salt Yard, an independent art space in Hong Kong dedicated to photography, closed in the spring of 2015 after a short two-year operation. However, The Salt Yard continues to run its online store, specializing in photo books by independent photographers and publishers. For its first project since the closure of its gallery last year, The Salt Yard will be launching a new photo book titled Vajrayāna by acclaimed Hong Kong photojournalist Kan Tai Wong on June 10 at Comix Home Base in Hong Kong’s Wan Chai district with an artist talk and sharing session.
Wong’s adoption of the title Vajrayāna for his book represents a culmination of over two decades of photographic works documenting the Tibetan diaspora, which included Tibet, Nepal, India and Sri Lanka. The word Vajrayāna originated from Sanskrit meaning “diamond vehicle,” referring to a form of Tantric Buddhism practice developed in India and its neighboring countries, most notably in Tibet.
