Category: PHOTO ESSAY

PHOTO ESSAY : BETWEEN COMING AND GOING

October 24, 2026
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TEXT & PHOTO: SATITA TARATIS

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Between Coming and Going is a photographic series shaped by years of traveling and observing nature. Along the way, I have encountered places that remain ecologically rich, places undergoing change, and places where aspects of the natural world survive only in memory. These experiences have led me back to a fundamental question: What, exactly, is the relationship between humans and nature? 

Our lives depend on soil, water, air, food, and the living beings around us. At the same time, we classify these things as ‘resources’ and transform them in the name of ‘development.’ What happens in one place is often repeated somewhere else, making it impossible not to wonder: What have we learned from what has already come before? 

This photographic series gradually moves through three passages of time: what we carry with us from the past, the present in which we are now living, and what still remains before us. 

Photographs, memories, fabric, and colors derived from nature are brought together as a way to reconsider these relationships once again—and to reflect on how we are living alongside the world. 

Measured against the vast timescale of the Earth, our lives may be no more than fine lines that appear, remain for a while, and then disappear. Yet within that brief span, our choices still leave traces that extend into the lives of others. 

Perhaps what needs healing is not nature alone,
but the relationship between humanity and the world. 

And while so much still remains before us, I would like to invite us all to look again—and to consider what may be the most important question of all: 

During the time we have been given on this Earth, how will we relate to this home, and what kind of world will we pass on to one another? 

That question begins now.

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Satita Taratis (Mind), born in 1993, is a visual storyteller whose work explores the relationships between humans, nature, and spirituality. Her practice begins with questions surrounding the climate crisis and invites us to recognize that humans are not separate from rivers, forests, soil, or other living beings. Rather, we all exist within the same web of relationships.

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facebook.com/satitataratis 

PHOTO ESSAY : THE UNINVITED

October 17, 2026
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TEXT & PHOTO: PLOY NIPATUTIT

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This photographic series began with a question that emerged from my everyday life: Why is ‘not being invited’ such an uncomfortable yet intriguing experience? 

I discovered that ‘not being invited’ is remarkably complex. Hidden within it are feelings of awkwardness, alienation, loneliness, and worthlessness, as well as the sense that one is intruding on someone else’s space. More than that, it can also harbor feelings of self-pity. 

Yet the experience evokes an entirely different response when it happens to someone else. I found myself reacting in the opposite way, sometimes looking at the uninvited with derision or amusement, as though they were ridiculous or even pitiful. 

We are naturally more sensitive to the hurt when we are at the center of such a situation. When it happens to someone else, however, we tend to be less empathic. 

At the same time, ‘not being invited’ can take on another meaning. It may represent a conscious decision to remain within one’s own space—a choice that everyone, including myself, has every right to make. 

Exploring ‘not being invited’ through the photographic series The Uninvited has led me to reflect on freedom, self-acceptance, and the possibility of choosing a path in life without allowing the gaze of others to determine its course. The series also invites others to consider what the phrase might mean to them from their own perspectives.

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Ploy Nipatutit previously worked on the editorial team of a publishing house and is also an author. She began taking photographs in 2022, initially as a hobby and as a means of personal healing. After discovering that photography shares a connection with writing, she began pursuing the medium more seriously. Her current practice centers on photographic series driven by storytelling, through which she seeks to develop increasingly complex and multilayered narratives.

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PHOTO ESSAY : JUST STOP AND LOOK

October 3, 2026
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TEXT & PHOTO: TEERAYUTH BOOSABONG

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“When I discovered street photography, I never saw the world the same way again. Whenever I’m out walking around, I pause, take a moment, and look at my surroundings. By connecting the things I see, I can always find a new story. Every point of view is meaningful, and what I see gradually becomes work in my own style.”

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Chief Petty Officer First Class Teerayuth Boosabong (Peeja), a Royal Thai Navy petty officer who fell in love with street photography

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PHOTO ESSAY : SUNDRIED-SONGKHLA

September 27, 2026
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TEXT & PHOTO: BARRY MACDONALD

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It was an everyday occurrence to bump into all kinds of things being sundried on the street all over Songkhla. Chillies, pork, rice, orange peels, shrimp, fish, squid, durian husks, flowers, tea, egg shells, bread crumbs, cutlery, coffee cups, cats litter tray, clothes, solar batteries and even a prayer mat.

Sometimes there is a lot of talk about traditions and culture, but then you realise they are actually quite recent occurrences. I think sun drying is maybe one of the oldest traditions in Thailand and a link to the past and nature that really grabbed my attention. It’s not only aesthetically beautiful, but also a lovely way to see the important ingredients in the local people’s lives.

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Barry Macdonald (b. 1984) is a freelance photographer from London, England. He started off shooting musicians and found out about the enjoyment of travelling from going on tour with bands around Europe and the USA. His work has evolved into a hybrid of street and documentary. He is interested in sociology and tries to look at culture and human nature through his photography. He has lived in Bangkok, Thailand since 2022.

barrymacdonald.co.uk
instagram.com/barrymac84

PHOTO ESSAY : SOMETHING STILL REMAINS

September 13, 2026
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TEXT: THAN DEESAMER
PHOTO: WEERAPON SINGNOI

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Designed by Amorn Sriwong, a prominent figure in the Thai modern architecture movement, Ang Kaew Dormitory is one of the earliest buildings at Chiang Mai University. Today, the building may soon become a memory. After Chiang Mai University put its demolition plans on hold, the future of the more-than-60-year-old building remains uncertain, amid ongoing debates over its architectural and historical significance, as well as the memories embedded within the place. 

What makes Ang Kaew Dormitory significant lies not only in its modernist form solely, but in the way the building was designed to ‘work’ with its surroundings. Open spaces allow air to flow through the building, louvered panels filter sunlight, while the structural system becomes an integral part of the architecture itself. These details reflect an approach in which beauty emerges from function and context, rather than from ornamentation. 

The photographic series ‘Something Still Remains’ invites us to look at Ang Kaew Dormitory through its building masses, voids, light and shadow, and traces of everyday use. It is an attempt to document a piece of architecture at a moment of transition for sometimes, photographing an old building is also a way of preserving evidence of something that may no longer exist in the future.

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Beer Singnoi (Weerapon Singnoi) is a Thai architectural photographer whose work spans both commercial architecture and residential projects. His photographs are distinguished by the use of natural light, color, and spatial composition to convey the atmosphere of each building. He is also the founder of Foto_momo, a personal project that documents and archives modern architecture through photography, creating a visual database for those interested in the field. This long standing interest in architectural documentation is reflected in his photographs of Ang Kaew Dormitory, captured on September 3, 2026.

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PHOTO ESSAY : BEDS BUT NOT FOR SLEEPING

September 6, 2026
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TEXT & PHOTO: KURT HOLLANDER

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Beds But Not For Sleeping is part of a large photography project entitled The Architecture of Sex which documents all the places (love motels, swinger’s clubs, massage parlors, men’s clubs, brothels, videochat studios) in Cali, Colombia where people have sex outside of their own home.

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Kurt Hollander is originally from New York City, lived in Mexico City for many years, and has been living in Cali, Colombia for the past 12 years. He is a writer and fine art/documentary photographer, and has most recently exhibited his work in the 2025 Venice Biennale and in Documenta 15.

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PHOTO ESSAY : RESTINPLANT

August 8, 2026
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TEXT & PHOTO: PEERAPAT WIMOLRUNGKARAT

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Nature can be soothing to the eyes and, sometimes, the mind. 

I wanted to create a small space to collect images of trees, leaves, light, shadow, and the quiet details we encounter each day. 

There may be nothing particularly extraordinary about this series. I simply wanted to preserve the things that make me feel at ease when I look at them, hoping that on a tiring day, stopping by this space might offer your eyes a little rest. 

#restinplant 

A little place to rest your eyes.

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Peerapat Wimolrungkarat, or Add, is a photographer who enjoys capturing still images that continue to linger in memory.

instagram.com/restinplant

PHOTO ESSAY : NEKO CATS OF JAPAN

July 4, 2026
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TEXT & PHOTO: MASAYUKI OKI

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This series is part of my first overseas photobook, ‘Neko Cats of Japan,’ published in March 2026. Traveling across Japan, I capture the subtle gestures and expressions that reveal cats’ true hearts, along with their unique personalities and adorable moments in nature. Each photo is a heartfelt tribute to these beloved feline companions living vibrantly in Japan’s beautiful landscapes.

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Masayuki Oki is a Japanese photographer who began seriously photographing cats in 2014 after encountering his first love cat, ‘Busanyan Senpai’. His work stands out for capturing the emotions and relationships of cats that closely mirror human behavior. He has gained international recognition, expanding his global presence this year with an exhibition in Taiwan and the release of a photobook. He remains constantly open to international collaborations

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PHOTO ESSAY : INCONVENIENT SUNSET

June 27, 2026
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TEXT & PHOTO: BHUMIBHAT PROMBOOT

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Built structures and public spaces are often deployed as instruments for shaping new forms of society and culture, while at the same time bearing traces of the power that seeks to erase older social and cultural formations. This takes place through processes such as superimposition, replacement, and amalgamation, processes that are not merely physical transformations occurring in the ordinary course of things, but also structural mechanisms that steadily compress and constrain the lives of people and communities, pressuring them to gradually accept and grow accustomed to the abnormal as if it were ordinary. 

Under the weight of labor systems and industry, those living both within and beyond the formal workforce alike seek out public spaces for rest, spaces that feel safe and open, free from the images of labor they confront each day. Such places offer a way to ease exhaustion and stress under the mythology of desire, through small pleasures that allow life to continue moving forward. 

The beaches surrounding the Map Ta Phut industrial estate present a layered image of hope and aspiration in the development of public space around an industrial zone, under the promise of employment and stable income. Parts of the sea and shoreline have been reclaimed for public utility, serving energy production and the infrastructural foundations of national stability. Buildings and power plants have come to overlay the landscape of an earlier public realm once used for leisure, while also replacing former coastal fishing grounds, compelling local communities to gradually accept and adapt to changes they cannot refuse. In time, these unfamiliar conditions have been normalized into a ‘new normal,’ one in which the boundaries between people, sea, and industry within this coastal public space can no longer be clearly separated. 

Today, along the beachfront of the Map Ta Phut industrial area, people from Rayong and elsewhere still come and go as usual, gathering to talk, pause, eat, fish, and spend time by the shore. These ordinary acts unfold alongside the boundary line of the power plant, which stands in between, dividing the horizon from the sea. Through the movement of time, as the sun prepares to slip below the horizon, the ‘past’ and its earlier memories begin to fade; the ‘present’ remains governed by gross domestic product (GDP) as the measure of prosperity; and the ‘future’ remains an unresolved question of sustainability, one that continues to shape the fate of the ‘coastal public space’ under the existence of the ‘Eastern Seaboard Industrial Estate.’

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Bhumibhat Promboot, under the Human Made in Rayong project, in collaboration with EPIGRAM, Thai News Pix, the Thai Society of Environmental Journalists, and Dot to Dot.

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PHOTO ESSAY : URBAN LIGHT

June 13, 2026
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TEXT & PHOTO: PATTARADANAI FANGNOI

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This photographic series explores the shifting relationship between light, objects, and people within the urban landscape, drawing from the photographer’s quiet observations of everyday life. Here, light operates as both subject and device. It reveals and conceals, allowing objects and figures to appear as traces of existence briefly suspended in time. Rather than constructing a linear narrative, the series opens a contemplative space in which viewers are invited to read the images through their own perceptions and experiences.

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Pattaradanai Fangnoi is a photographer whose practice centers on people and places as they emerge within the unchoreographed rhythms of everyday life, observed through a younger contemporary perspective.

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