Category Archives: Thailand
Figures and Cityscapes
Danish photographer, Thomas Damgaard’s Figures and Cityscape leapt at me when it loaded on the screen. He spent two months earlier this year in Bangkok working on the images. Damgaard on the series: I wanted to make some figure studies of the young urban class in this city, people in between actions – the pause [...]
Ohm Phanphiroj
TOP TO BOTTOM, © Ohm Phanphiroj Ohm Phanphiroj is a well-regarded art and fashion photographer from Thailand. His portraits are highly charged with intimacy and tension. I visited Whitespace Gallery where his Identity Crisis: Transsexual Series was on show. It featured triptychs of transsexuals and a short note on when they underwent their transformation. I [...]
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Life is Beautiful
TOP TO BOTTOM, (from “Life is Beautiful“) © Manit Sriwanichpoom, 2008 One of the first galleries I visited was Manit Sriwanichpoom. The gallery was charming in its own right, almost the anti-gallery with its bright green walls and cramped surroundings. On show now is a series of portraits by Manit. dealing with the stigmatism of [...]
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Kanok Suriyasat
Kanok Suriyasat used to be a fashion/advertising photographer but he has since stopped being one, as he believes that it is a sin to lie to people. He has an interesting set of images up in his portfolio, reminiscent of hand-painted photographs of old, with a touch of modernism (under color paint). See Me © [...]
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Suthep Kritsanavarin
It’s strange to find a photographer associated with catfish but it probably has to do with Suthep Kritsanavarin’s series, Four Thousand Island…Where the Mekong Die? In this documentary project, Suthep focused his sight on the fishermen whose daily lives depend on the Mekong river’s giant catfish and other endangered species. TOP TO BOTTOM, Four Thousand [...]
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Anak Navaraj
I couldn’t find any information about Anak Navaraj, save for his/her website. I’m not certain that he/she is from Thailand but the pictures on his/her website captured my attention. I would be happy if someone could furbish me with more information. [all images © Anak Navaraj] I find myself strangely attracted to effective diptychs recently. [...]
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Yoonki Kim
Yoonki Kim is a Korean currently living in Bangkok now. He recently sent me a link to a series of images, 70 Rai, made in Bangkok’s Klongtoey slum. The initial images were endearing; the smiles of the sitters radiant despite their surroundings. I was touched when I saw how happy they looked. Perhaps I miss [...]
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InSight Out!
InSight Out! is a creative workshop and exchange for youth in Banda Aceh , Indonesia and Phang – Nga , Thailand affected by the Asian tsunami. Young people will be guided to produce visual and written images about their intuitions and perceptions about themselves, their family and their community and to explore ways of translating [...]
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Manit Sriwanichpoom
Photographer and social activist, Manit Sriwanichpoom, is best known for his Pink Man series and This Bloodless War. His focus is mainly on globalization and its effects on his home country, Thailand. I met Manit during a class last year at Objectifs. Unfortunately, I didn’t really have a chance to talk to him as I [...]
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Luke Cassady-Dorion