Alejandro Briones Alison Teale Krongkaew Trailertmanee Jerubem

Alejandro Briones
Alison Teale
Krongkaew Trailertmanee
Jerubem "Bem" Era
Brian Keith Boeck
David Lockie
Gabrielle Deveney
Gautam Ganguly
Geza J. Holzinger
Gonzalo Broto
Goran Ehren
Hombrey Escalante
Jacqui Cuthbertson
Khun Hans
Laura Campbell
Nicolas Zwarg
Nipada (Attwood)
Yuangkaew
Paul Furborough
Rick Saint
Riepko Krijthe
Steve Attwood
Thana Thaweeskulchai
Born and raised in Mexico City. I have lived most of my
working life abroad, in the USA, Hong Kong and now in
Thailand. I graduated in business and took my first
photography lessons in Florida but it was much later, while
I
was in Mexico fro a brief spell, that I started getting
seriously interested in Photography and I have never
stopped studying since. I have attended different schools
and universities in Mexico being very lucky to work and
study side by side with the best Mexican photographers
and also in New York with Magnum’s Rebeca and Alex
Webb. I have participated in numerous group exhibitions
and a couple of individual ones. In Thailand I have co
founded
the Bangkok Mobile Photographers Group.
My main objective is to show thought provoking images, I feel better working in black
and white and dark images and I am an advocate of all technologies and media
available, from mobile phone to daguerrotypes, video and painting. And I also like to mix
them up to create new propositions. What I have done with this exhibition is to step out
of my comfort zone, this also helped to show a different side of me, maybe less
complicated….maybe.
is an international American with roots in
Many diverse cultures and backgrounds. He
was born in Germany then raised in Korea on
US Army bases. He eventually found himself in
Thailand after a a short stay in the US Army.
Brian discovered photography as a passion on
two years ago in Bangkok while working on his
Ph. D in International Psychology. He started
with an Iphone 4, worked his way up to the
Nikon D7100 and now uses the full frame
Nikon D810.
He emphasizes unique locations and angles in
his pictures and strives to be different than
others in as many ways as possible. He is
studying International Psychology at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology
however, he is currently residing in Bangkok to complete his dissertation to help young
children improve their cognitive performance.
Brians interests are traveling, roof-topping, and location hunting to fulfill his personal
mission to take his passion for photography to the next level.
is an award-winner photojournalist and
visual-anthropologist, born in Hungary,
based in Germany and Thailand; specialize
to document the daily life of disappearing
and endangered cultures, current social and
political conflicts, humanitarian crises,
environmental destructions and their social
consequences. He began his photographic
career in 1993. After several workshops,
masterclass and professional courses he
started
nature
and
documentary
photography primarily as an addition to his
magazine articles. Since 2010 working as a
freelancer photojournalist and popular science writer in the field of cultural heritage,
and social problems of the Third World. He has written lots of articles on natural science
and several pragmatic reports for international magazines and newspapers. Geza is a
member of the Shoot4Change Social Photography Network.
Having grown up with a father who was an avid
photographer, it never occurred to me to share this
interest. Traipsing round after him on family holidays,
waiting for him to get “that shot” I was actually put off.
Good grief, can we not just all get a move on?!
Now I get it.
I can sit for ages on a street corner waiting for the right
composition to present itself. Setting up the exposure in
good time, running off a few test shots, waiting for
something to happen be it planned or unplanned.
Born and raised in Scotland, I have spent many years
overseas working in the hospitality industry, starting in
Glasgow and moving on to Paris, Bangkok, London, Shenzen and finally Bangkok again.
My choice of career somewhat mirrors my enthusiasm in photography….being in an
ever changing environment, being part of a live process be that focused on creativity or
service, and finally being able to impact the end result.
I took up photography in 2008. In fact I went to my first photography class here in
Bangkok without even owning a camera. The teacher was all for it but the rest of class I
am sure thought it odd! I wanted to understand how it worked, what the functions were
and how it all pieced together so that I could buy the right camera for me. I still get a
kick out of that moment when clarity hits and I realize I have just learnt something new
and my images take a leap into being that little bit better. That “light bulb” moment.
Nothing beats travel photography. It leads you down back streets and trodden paths, it
leads you astray as you venture round new cities, through the countryside or in-between
market stalls. It gives you a reason to delve deeper and see what is going on around you.
Sometimes it’s a “just got it and no more” opportunistic shot. Sometimes it’s a capture of
a story that led astray in the first place.
Standing knee deep in a herd of goats at sunrise in rural Rajasthan last year, Nikon in
hand, I realized this was me at my happiest. Escapism. Adventure.Curiosity. Creativity.
My name is Nipada (Attwood) Yuangkeaw , I was
born and raised in Phrae, North Thailand.
Photography has been one of my interests for a
number for years, starting with some basic
photoshop courses in my school years.
I got my first camera at 16 years old & after school I
went to collage and studied graphic design.
I try to capture the things that others don't see, I
think composition and subject matter are the most
important points, not cameras or technology .
I also have a big interest in mobile phone
photography, maybe more so than with a
conventional cameras. I have it with me all the times.
I shoot many different type of subjects, street portrait, nature, food .. or whatever I see
that triggers a visualisation of an image.
I have learned most of my photography tips from my newly acquired husband Steve
Attwood who is also in the exhibition :-).
Stavros Moschopoulos
is a UK-born musician & photographer currently living in
Bangkok. Alison grew up playing with various music
ensembles in the Manchester area & went on to study for a
Music degree at Salford University. Photography has always
been an important part of her life. Inspired & encouraged by
her late father who was a keen amateur photographer, she
began to pursue her interest further on her travels & time
spent with different music groups, documenting life on the
road as a musician.
In 2008, Alison had the opportunity to move to the Maldives,
which is where her passion for travel & documentary
photography deepened. Since leaving the Maldives, she has
been very fortunate to also call Vietnam & Oman home,
where she was able to build on her body of work. Now settled
in Bangkok, she is finally able to combine both music & photography on a full time basisplaying & teaching woodwind instruments at various schools, whilst also submitting her
photography to various agencies.
Life is but a multitude of images. Your eyes see but
your brain doesn't see everything.
The fleetest glimpse is gone forever.
The most wonderful is depicted only in memory.
Words replace images.
I started my photography when I was 11 years of age.
My friend at the time found an Olympus Om1n in his
attic, I was amazed by it, the material, the optics, the
way the thing felt in my hands. It was pure joy... that's
even before we put film in it.
I would go over to his house every day, we would buy
photography magazines and books and we would
read and re-read them, learning everything from
aperture, shutter speeds, and ISOs. We would devour
as much technical information as possible. while
watching countless episodes of Star Trek: The next
generation I might add. I was a weird kid.
Over a few months of saving money and obsessing
with my friends camera I eventually saved up enough to buy my very own. I was so
happy. I bought a Minolta Dynax 500si. It didn't leave my hands for months. I would
snap everything I could with it and I would slowly learn to adapt to different
circumstances. It became a little bit of an obsession.
I developed myself into a creative world, I would write music, I would draw some cover
art for it or draw something while listening to music and see where my imagination
would take me.
Being introduced and seeing Bangkok is like being in a brand new world. All my senses
are heightened and so is my creativity. I have had the idea to produce my new project
that I am calling Life Vignettes.
My goal is to try and capture as much as possible as simply, as bold, as truthful and as
beautiful as I see it here.
www.davelockie.com
I was anxious. That’s how I felt the day I finally got my
first “serious” camera in my hands. I had been shooting
with basic point-and-shoot cameras for a few years
before, as I left my hometown, somewhere in the Spanish
Pyrenees, and travelled randomly from country to
country. The experiences had always come first, back
then, while photography had always been a distant
second. “Live, and then shoot, if you have some time”
was my motto as I packed my bags and moved from one
place to another, the small camera buried beneath piles
of clothes and books.
Do I regret not having more shots from that period?
That’s a tricky question: I enjoyed every moment I spent
at every place, and they stay vividly in my mind. However,
memory is wilful and not always reliable: photography can help it to remain sharp, and
awake. Maybe I have lost things that I would otherwise retain, had I snapped a picture
back then.
That’s how I see it now: I haven’t changed priorities, joining the thousands of ramblers
who seem to travel around the globe (or their neighbourhood) for the only sake of
taking pictures, whatever they might be, forgetting to “live” those moments in the
meantime; I have learnt that both are intertwined and cannot be separated: “live while
shooting, and shoot while living” could sum it up.
And so, my walks started. But this time I always had a camera in hand, legs and hands
working together, advancing, seeing, strolling, framing, running, snapping. And, along
the way and the shutter presses, multiple smiles, and talks, and growth.
No matter if you travel far away or just around the corner, for the line between routine
and adventure is indeed skinny; it’s up to you which side to venture into.
26 years ago I first came to Thailand and
everyone here called me Khun Hans.
I didn't know what exactly that means and each
time somebody ask me for my name I replied
Khun Hans.
All my adult life I have been involved in
photography as a member of several photo clubs
or repesented in photo exhibitions. My photo
heart beats almost 100% for landscape
photography.
On my favorites web page on Google+ I achieved
almost half-a-billion views on my landscape
photography. Since many years I am a Advisory Board Member of TIPS, Thailand
International Photographers Society.
Now, as a retired business man I have traveled more than 70 countries of the world. In
the last years I have been almost entirely taking photo trips SEE MORE MY WEB PAGE:
google.com/+KhunHans
I have been travelling to Thailand for 16 years now and live in
New Zealand with my wife Oiy who is from Kalasin, Esan for
most of those 16 years. I work as an Aircraft maintenance
planning engineer for Air New Zealand. I took up
photography 3 years ago, the reason was I wanted to do
something in my retirement which is still a wee way off but I
didn't want to take up bowls or golf. I wanted to exercise for
my body and brain. Now I am over ½ way thru my second
year of taking a photo everyday, what surprises me I
generally have no idea what my image will be and always
happy with the results. My best shot I feel was when my
friend died, my idea was black so I set up my camera and
took a shot with the lens cap on. The result was perfect. Taking a shot everyday is a
great motivation to learn and be comfortable with your camera it is not just a challenge.
Every daily image is posted to my flickr accountwhere I am closing in on 3,000,000 views
this is my second motivation collecting views favorites and comments along the way.
I thought why take photos if you can't share them, by sharing your photos you people
can see the world as you see it and you can share your hobby and the places you go and
skills you learn. You will meet other amazing photographers but be prepared to travel
you could end up anywhere in the world I have had invites to travel and join other
photographers on their travels and if I can I will join in with them whenever I can.
Google furbs01 to find me.
Born in the decade of the atomic tests and nurtured by the Greek
gods in his native country of Greece and specifically, in his native city
of Athens, Stavros Moschopoulos, is an artist, photographer,
surrealist and dreamer with a concrete sense of reality and thus with
a regular job as a techie for the Food and Agriculture Organization of
the UN…
After studies his studies in the US (where he obtained a M.Sc. in
Computer Science and a Master’s in Business Administration), he was
hired as a regular cadre (as the Chinese would say) in a reputable
Washington, DC consulting firm… Aside from his regular work, he
developed a photographic need to express his artistic frustrations
and started to take photos that others seemed to like a
lot...somewhere along the line, some photos arrived at the desk of
the Art Editor of the Washingtonian magazine in Washington DC…
Thus Stavros started his advertising for money-and-food career in
the photo world… As this was not enough to quench his artistic thirst,
he also, in parallel, created a number of photo-based art works that
found their way to various art galleries, art shows, newspapers,
magazines, collectors etc. A nice caress to his artistic ego….
Well, after 3 kids (and numerous rolls of film), he was transferred to Rome, Italy. A
multiyear stay in Rome, gave him new input to his creative mind as well as tons and tons
of pasta with all the Italian sauces…
In Rome, he came in contact with the Photoclub L’Immagine di Roma, where he still calls
home and maintains his membership and bullshit alive and kickin’, albeit in Italian (most
of the times… ). Rome was gracious enough to allow him to further
nurture and blossom his artistic expression (and artistic ego,
naturally) and to present his works again and again in galleries, the
UN art space, magazines and art spaces around the city.
18 and a half years of drinking Roman waters from the fountains and
eating pasta seemed to be his demise as he was, all of a sudden,
transferred to Bangkok, Thailand to work in FAO’s Asia-Pacific office…
Challenges and new adventures were waiting his arrival to Bangkok…
new colors, new people, new customs and new habits were met head
on… but most of all, new opportunities for photos and a return trip to
the basic image / travel photography…
One of the first things that Stavros did, was to search for a photo
group that could help him channel his energies in synch with the
Bangkok ambiance… This is when he came into contact with the
Bangkok Photo Group (BPG). The group, led by Dennie Codie and his
wife was a breath of fresh air in the BKK heat and humidity… Tens of
kilometers of city walks, thousands of photos and finally this show, In
the Blink of an Eye, make the travelogue a worthwhile adventure… In
BKK, Stavros returned to the Art History lessons of his college days
(and a wonderful exhibit that he had seen many many years ago in Los Angeles) and
decided to explore the digital equivalent of the David Hockney’s “joiners”, that is
photocollages that that try to follow and simulate the way a person experiences visually
a landscape or a scene… (See: Wat Ratchanatda, Bangkok)
So….I hope that you will enjoy the experience as much as myself…
Timo Kozlowski
Yavet Boyadjiev
was born in Germany, where he learned the basics
of photography without training wheels having an
only partly electrified SLR at hand. This shaped his
interest understanding the photographic process
and trying non-mainstream equipment.
He studied German Literature, Journalism, History
of Art and History of Design in Bamberg (Germany)
and Kingston-Upon-Thames (UK), which sparked
his interest in documentary photography,
especially on intercultural themes.
He was teaching at Silpakorn University in Nakhon
Pathom and at the Goethe-Institut in Thailand,
where he is currently supporting the teaching of
German at Thai high schools.
His current interests include portrait photography, like in his Born in Bangkok series,
and also mobile photography and the juncture between photography and social media
– and how this changes the way we encounter and interact with photography.
borninbangkok.tumblr.com/
www.flickr.com/photos/timokl/
is a Cuban-born professional violinist, currently a violin
professor at Mahidol University, College of Music in Bangkok,
Thailand. Complementing her international career in music
performance and education is a passionate interest in
amateur photography.
Yavet credits Guillermo Fernando López Junqué, “Chinolope,”
for unknowingly shaping her youthful interest and aesthetic
sense in image taking. She has a special inclination to
portraiture and monochrome photography.
Relying so far on intuition, Yavet hopes one day to find the
time to properly study photography. She has a Bachelor in
Music degree from Havana’s Superior Institute of Arts, a
Master in Music degree from the Manhattan School of Music, and a Doctor in Musical
Arts degree from the City University of New York Graduate Center. A link to some of
Yavet Boyadjievs images:
www.flickr.com/photos/havanaise/
I have realized I am interested in photography since I first
touched my friend’s digital compact camera (too) many
years ago. Without any knowledge of photography, I took
photos in the way I thought was good and I was always
blissful every time family members and friends talked
and commented on my photos which encouraged my
passion in photography more and more.
My name is Krongkaew Trailertmanee, Thai born and
living in amazing Bangkok, but most people know me as
“Ann”. I graduated with a BA from Srinakarinwirot
University and currently work at an inspection &
quality control service in the oil and gas business.
Although my studies and work are not related to
photography, I enjoy very much shooting with
compact cameras and mobile phones. Almost 2 years ago, I tested a mirrorless camera
and fell in love with it.
“Tubtim”; yes… I name my camera :-) and I joined Bangkok Photographers Group (BPG)
in May 2014. Then I was able to gather some new experiences with BPG members and
this is where I seriously began to learn about photography starting with the basic
knowledge which I wish I had known years ago. At present I am still learning many other
things...there is so much to learn and explore.
With my growing knowledge, I switched from the kit lens to a 50mm lens (75mm
equivalent) which made me realize that I like shooting close-up shots, especially with a
clean background. Also I have gained more confidence in street photography with this
lens. I have made several group and solo photowalks here and there with only the
50mm and I am always pleased with the photos. Though I love this 50mm lens very
much, I recently decided to shoot with a 20mm lens (30mm equivalent) also. I want to
open my vision and discover more about my photography style as I am trying to figure
out what I am really good at.
In what seems a lifetime ago, I was sent out onto the
streets of my home town with my fellow art students,
all of us wielding film cameras and with a list of tasks
to complete. Thus began my education in
photography. Hours spent in darkrooms, watching as
images materialised like magic, peppered my youth.
Later, as a mural artist I was required to cycle round
the East End of London photographing colourful local
scenes as an aid to the paintings done for the local
hospitals. Painting was then my main activity but as
time went on, photography was a much more
immediate way of recording experiences. Over many
years then, photography has been a part of my life.
In London I spent years teaching art and design as
well as some photography but wanting a complete
change, I decided I wanted to experience life in a
different country, maybe travel. Thailand seemed like a good place to start and it has
certainly proved to be a brilliant starting point to my Eastern adventures.
Arriving in Bangkok to continue my work in Art and Design at an International school,I
decide that I would document my time here. Having had the opportunity now to travel
extensively, my camera was always at hand. From tentative beginnings I have learned so
much and it interests me that each captured image is a small window into the mind of
the photographer.
My main love as a painter has always been the figure and with the photographs in the
exhibition I was interested in the light. I like the fact that they are mere glimpses and
have an air of mystery.
was born in Sweden and moved to Asia 25 years
ago. His passion for photography started already
in the 50’s when he was handed his grandpa’s old
Brownie camera. One shutter speed and three
apertures were the only variables to play with. All
the rest was left to imagination.
But it is only in the last few years that time has
allowed him to explore a broader aspect of
photography. “There is no better way to see
Thailand than to use photography as an excuse to
visit different places” he says. “Everywhere you
walk is rich with photo opportunities of both
minor and majestic proportions. You just have to
walk slow enough to absorb it all”.
His photos are therefore mostly from what he sees on his walks around Bangkok and
Thailand.
www.flickr.com/photos/goranehren/
I am a British amateur photographer from Birmingham, UK.
For as long as I can remember I've had a deep rooted desire
to both express myself creatively and travel and experience
the world. A few years ago I set off on an adventure around
the world with my small mirrorless camera (which I lost
within an hour of stepping off the plane, but luckily got back.)
I had no idea what this trip would open up - photography
being one of the greatest things.
I have been living in Bangkok for the past 2 years which is
amazing both generally and from a photographic
perspective. The City of Angels provides endless opportunity
to practice the photography I've particularly grown to love portrait, street and travel. Always interested in people and life in their every day
surroundings, I like to tell a subtle story with my photos - spark a thought, capture an
'ordinary' person or something you might miss.
While I’ve always been involved in various
arts, it was not until I moved from the United
States to South Korea about 7 years ago that I
took up photography seriously. My lack of
Korean language skills made it virtually
impossible to find the painting supplies and
other art supplies I needed. However, since I
was able to process digital photography on
my laptop, photography became the only real
creative outlet I had while there. While I had
very little technical knowledge, I was able to
apply my background in other arts, such as
painting, to the composition, etc. of my
pieces.
I joined the International Artist Community,
now renamed the Professional Artists Network of Korea, and… much to my surprise…
my photography took off very quickly. In a very short period of time I was part of several
exhibitions and was even asked to show a piece in the Gwangwhamun International Art
Festival at the Sejong Museum in Seoul. I’ve since been fortunate enough to have a few
solo exhibitions as well as having my work published in a variety of magazines in Korea,
Thailand, Australia, and the Philippines.
Since moving from Korea to Southeast Asia, I have been working to improve my
technical knowledge and skills. While I feel that I am still trying to truly find my voice as
artist who uses photography as my medium, I find that my work typically falls into 3
main categories: fine art nudes, conceptual studio pieces, and what I think of as “life
moments”, capturing glimpses of everyday life around me as I travel throughout Asia.
www.RickSaint.com
www.facebook.com/ricksaintphotography
instagram.com/ricksaintphotography/
My name is steve attwood & I was born &
raised in Worcestershire, England. I studied
engineering and currently work with in the
power industry , LNG , oil & Gas.
I have been based in Bangkok for the past 8
years.
I've had an interest in photography for
some years now , but just using point and
shoot cameras. I took the plunge and
bought my first DSLR in 2011 and haven't
looked back!
With a mix of self teaching and some
proper lessons I feel I have improved
greatly the last 2 or so years.
I really don't have a particular favourite
subject to shoot , will just get out there a
shoot what takes a my fancy any particular day.
I think my biggest achievement so far in photography will be this exhibition.
Biggest regret in photography not shooting RAW from day 1 …
Plans for the future, I would like to try a few documentary type projects? I have one or
two ideas in the pipeline when I get the time … watch this space …
here is link to my flickr , instagram & FB for post with my BIO
www.flickr.com/photos/stevea42389/
instagram.com/stevea42389/
www.facebook.com/groups/377502089048342/
is from the Philippines, but has found his passion of
photograph in Thailand. "Thailand is a special place that
presented a lot of open doors for opportunities", he says.
Aside from photography, Bem is a graphic designer and
layout artist and uses photography to aid his work. One
thing that inspires him in photography is the way the artist
can present ideas to the world. Great minds talk about
ideas, so a great photographer captures and creates great
ideas. His motto is Simple (while Playing with a mixture of
photographic Words) , "Focus on the Bigger Picture", He
says. There are deeper meanings and emotions that can
be presented from a great picture. Bem currently works
full time as a computer / media teacher and graphic designer at Niva International School and
in his spare time does a lot of fashion and conceptual shoots with his team, Photography
Entrepreneurs.
My first camera was an olympus film camera bought back
in 2002. It was a gift for myself using my first salary! But,
shooting with film was a challenge, I was a first timer and
had to rely on instinct, trial & error and a bit of luck to get
good shots. But compositions were done mostly in
"Tourist" mode. I was still working in India back then, and
was travelling often, always keeping the camera along with
me.
I moved to Thailand in 2004 and soon found love for the
digital version of the picture making machine called the
Sony DSC-T7. This pocket sized camera soon become my
best friend, and I must have taken a couple of thousand
pictures in the span of 3 years that I used it. My little buddy
even survived a head on motorcycle accident.
Eventually, I realised that I wanted to have more control
over my pictures and moved to a DSLR. This change has allowed me to learn how to control
light and master all the technicalities and has taught me to appreciate the fact that taking
pictures is all about being patient, the right moment at the right place. My journey in
photography has transformed me as a person - it makes me appreciate the little things /
circumstances that surround us at all time - which sometimes become obscured by the daily
grind of our lives. Presently, I am pursuing photography as a second profession, working
commercially to produce product shots. I also enjoy street and portrait photography.
Who am I, really?
I'm only one of many walking and talking
bag of meat and bones. Not really too
different from the 7 billion other similar
breathing life forms in the planet today. If
I say that my particular set of m. & b. first
appeared
in
somewhere
in
the
Philippines, then that makes me just a
little bit more distinct. After all, only 98
million other clothed sentient beings can
claim that. If I say that I like to take
photos, that only narrows that number
down to about 97.9 million.
I could attempt to significantly trim down that figure further by claiming that I'm a
semiconductor test engineer who also knows a little bit about taekwondo, mountain climbing,
playing the violin, pharmaceuticals, and mobile app development. The problem is, none of
that information is relevant to you.
So, who am I? I'm just a dude who will display a few weird pictures at the Nelson Hays Library
starting on September 3.
is a french photographer born in Paris in
1971.
After his studies of audiovisual techniques
he started to work as a freelance sound
recordist for TV documentaries, doing this
for now 20 years. His first introduction to
photography was during these college
years with B&W film photography but he
started to seriously get involved into it
about 12 years ago and since it has
become part of his everyday life.
In connection to his work he quickly
turned himself into documentary photography and street photography. Long walks into the
cities eyes wide open and camera in hands looking for any original composition involving
everyday people and their environment. When a frame has grabbed his attention he always
try to include a human presence into it to bring more atmosphere to the final shot. It needs a
lot of time and patience but also a sharp sense of observation and anticipation both things
that his working experience has helped to provide.
Married to a thai wife he's been in and out of Thailand for something like 12 years now and
spent 8 months in Bangkok in 2014, that was when he discovered the BPG group. As a result
there were a lot of walks through the hidden gems of Bangkok and a lot of new friends
related to photography. These walks were a great chance to explore some parts of the city he
might have not found as a newcomer. Since the beginning of his “Thai experience” he realised
that Thailand was a fantastic place for any photographer. The friendly attitude of Thai people
in regard of photography, the hustle and bustle of the life in Bangkok or in the rest of the
country offers so many opportunities to frame a shot and this is definitely stimulating when
you love photography.
The 3 photographs shown “In the Blink of an Eye” Photography Exhibit are an excerpt of some
street photography done during his last months in Bangkok as he is now back to Paris.
http://nz-photo.com/
Born (1959) and raised on a farm in the Netherlands, I
always had an interest in drawing, painting and to some
extend in photography. Creativity seems to come to me
in waves, but has always been a consistent factor in my
life.
As a high school student I had the chance to discover
different parts of the world by working as a deck boy at
sea in the late seventies. Took my first ‘selfies’ then with
my Ricoh camera, but in reality most of these exotic
travel pictures were not really that great. Wish now, I
had better mastered my skills already at that time…
My profession has allowed me and my family to
continue to travel all over the world and experience
different cultures, life styles and more important, be
able to try and capture this in paintings and photos. My
interest in photography as an amateur photographer
increased with the opportunities provided by the digital
age. Living more than a year in Thailand now, I believe,
that my development as an amateur photographer significantly progressed and I’m
passionate to continue to grow and tell more ‘stories within the frame’ .
is a Bangkok native, a student of science and an amateur
photographer. He spent his childhood in Bangkok, his adolescent
years in Singapore and Australia before returning home. That’s
when he picked up a camera to create permanent records of
important moments of his life, both big and small.
Thana has always been drawn to good stories in all format,
including photography. It is the stories-telling element that gives
photography its power. Naturally, he developed a strong interest
in photojournalism and documentary photography and has
grown to respect prolific photographers and their iconic
photographs that defined the issues of the time. Following their
lead, Thana attempts to share stories and injecting his own
commentary on the issues through his photography.
Now Thana has made the streets of Bangkok his photography
playground. By exploring and getting lost in his hometown with
his camera, he uses street photography to reconnect to the city.
His personal projects cover aspects of the city that are close to his heart, including
photographing the homeless and street beggar as well as anti-government protest that lasted
for 6 months.