Shadow puppetry, a unique art form bridging cultures across Southeast Asia, is the heart of A Life in Shadows, the latest photography book by Australian photographer Constantine Korsovitis.

It is midday at a local primary school in Perth, Western Australia, when a group of about 100 students and their teachers squeeze into a modified classroom and take their places on the floor, sitting cross-legged on either side of a large screen that divides the room roughly in half.