Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program
Passport-Size Portraits
Arjun Rihan
Arjun Rihan's Passport-Size Portraits consists of 23 photographs of the artist, taken in the process of applying for various immigration documents such as passports, visas, and employment authorization. The images span school, college, graduate school, jobs, travel, and more and the work uses juxtaposition, repetition, and progression to examine the fragmented and layered experience of living abroad for 17 years.
Image courtesy Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center
