pstrongA deeply personal photobook portrait of a family hotel on the IndiaTibet borderstrongppThe hotel in this book is both real and metaphorical, an actual establishment run by Indian photographer Tenzing Dakpa's born 1985 parents in Sikkim, Northeast India, and a prism through which he revisits his family history and place within it. pDakpa's photos reveal the physical spaces of the hotel, its guest rooms, dining room, the family's cat on a flight of stairs as well as signs of daily working life there sheets hanging out to dry, clipping plants in the garden, his parents engaged in various tasks. For the hotel is both public and private, a business and a home a transient place for guests who come and go and a residence that holds the memories of its owners and projects their hopes. piThe Hoteli is the winner of the Singapore International Photography Festival Photobook Award 2018.p