A new book called “Purple Flowers Will Bloom” by documentary photographer Khin Sandar Nyunt was launched with an accompanying exhibition showing her personal diary entries and photos from the conflict zone in Myanmar’s Karenni State on Oct. 25 at Alliance Française de Chiang Mai, in northern Thailand.
“We created a small exhibition to collaborate on this book launch, where the exhibition is supporting the book launch. And then we also wanted to showcase the process of making this book as well. We want the audience to come and feel and touch the book and see the process of the book,” said Hnin Win, founder of arts collective A New Burma.
The name “Purple Flowers Will Bloom” comes from one of Khin Sandar Nyunt’s poems written during her time on the frontline in Karenni State, where she saw purple flowers blooming during fighting between Karenni resistance forces and the military, which seized power in a 2021 coup.
Only 80 copies of “Purple Flowers Will Bloom” are available for purchase. All profits will go to support organizations in Karenni State, managed by Khin Sandar Nyunt. The book exhibition takes place until Oct. 31 at Alliance Française de Chiang Mai.
