Category: PHOTO ESSAY

WE SEE OUR SOULS BETTER IN THE DARK

October 15, 2021
by Ratchadaporn Hemjinda
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TEXT & PHOTO: WAN CHANTAVILASVONG

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I was traveling alone on a cloudy and misty day when I found myself in a total serenity among the Ajanta caves: a world heritage site that Buddhist monks had lived in over a thousand years ago. The caves and the structures are what is left from an arduous act of digging on the stones. The deeper into the mountains, the dimmer and more blurry the light becomes one with the darkness. There, in the darkness, sit small dark rooms surrounding the main hall. Each room is a void absence of light, which is left for us to contemplate on the nature of our souls.

In this darkness, 2 craftsmen used their small lights to prolong the life of these dark voids that enrich the nature of our souls.

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Wan Chantavilasvong is a city planner and a researcher, who cherishes photography as her serious play. Her photography often portrays the similarities and differences of the environments and the lives of people in different parts of the world.

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PHOTO ESSAY : BANGKOK URBAN STORIES

September 25, 2021
by Ketsiree Wongwan
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TEXT & PHOTO: HIROTARO SONO

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I always try to find the stories hidden in the details when I walk in urban spaces.
Especially about the relationship between spaces and people.

“Why does this space seem comfy?” “What element makes an atmosphere like this?”

Urban Spaces are created by humans. So it is full of someone’s ideas.
And the amount of ideas are too much to understand in a second.
So if we want to enjoy our urban walk, we have to fully concentrate to catch these ideas and stories hidden in an urban space. 

I shoot when I feel like I am able to notice stories,
for my inspiration to design architecture,
and for my happiness to be shared with someone.

This is my point of view.
And this is my Bangkok.

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Hirotaro Sono (Hiro) is a Japanese Photographer one who captures and shares the emotion of space and people. and an Architect one who designs the emotion of space and people.

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PHOTO ESSAY : YOUR HOUSE DOWNSTAIRS

September 4, 2021
by Ketsiree Wongwan
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TEXT & PHOTO: JONATHAN TAN

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Singapore is known for quality public housing where more than 80% of Singaporeans stay in Housing Development Board (HDB) flats. What is lesser known are the architectural wall features at the void decks of HDB flats. This “hole-in-the-wall” feature comes in various shapes and bright pops of colours which jazzes up the void decks, common spaces for Singaporeans to gather. While they are more commonly found in older flats, these “holes” are recognisable by Singaporeans as part of Singapore’s landscape and heritage.

This series aims to compile these “holes” that are found in what Singaporeans would colloquially describe as, “your house downstairs”.

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On his occasional free time, Jonathan dabbles in creative side projects. His photography works like “Singapore Pantone” and “Your House Downstairs” gained coverage across local and global publications. Most of his work stems from the belief that you can find art all around us, especially in the sights that often go unnoticed just because we see them every day.

Jonathan currently works in advertising at 72andSunny Singapore as a Senior Brand Manager. Despite being in a non-creative role, Jonathan believes that everyone has a creative side.

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PHOTO ESSAY : AYUTTHAYA, 2015 – 2021

August 21, 2021
by Ketsiree Wongwan
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TEXT & PHOTO: NAWAPAT DUSDUL

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A series of photographs of architectural structures that have emerged in Ayutthaya between 2015 and 2021 have been captured by smartphone cameras during my personal visit to the sites. Having worked as a media person in the architectural and design industry, and being an Ayutthaya local, I have willingly and pleasurably volunteered to represent the team and interview the people who are the minds behind these projects.

These include Assistant Professor Boonserm Premthada of Bangkok Project Studio (The Wine Ayutthaya and The Artisans Ayutthaya), Siriyot Chaiamnuay and Arisara Chaktranon of Onion (Baan Pomphet and Sala Ayutthaya) and Noppachai Akayapisud of Space+Craft  (The Summer Coffee Company Old Town).

For each meeting, I wanted to capture each of the works from my own perspective. At different times of day, the light was being cast on these magnificent built structures—the spirit of Ayutthaya can be beautifully and diversely interpreted and portrayed. I took these pictures as a native citizen of Ayutthaya who sincerely hopes to see this great city welcome more places and architectural creations that will become part of its architectural heritage. As well as to coexist alongside the world-heritage sites that call the old capital home.

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Nawapat Dusdul is currently a contributor for Baanlaesuan, an avid storyteller of stories he wants to tell and most of the time, stories he is assigned to tell. He loves photographing nature where a change of posture is not needed, architecture that is never camera-shy and objects that can stay still and move without him asking. 

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PHOTO ESSAY : FIND THE LIGHT

June 12, 2021
by Ketsiree Wongwan
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TEXT & PHOTO: SOMYOS SAE-NGOW

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Light creates ever-changing shadows and fragments of light.
Light is interpreted differently from each person’s perspective.
We have to first discover our own light in order to know and understand our own light.

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Somyos Sae-Ngow is an office worker and a freelance architectural photographer who likes to take pictures of buildings and objects from his surroundings. 

PHOTO ESSAY : (NEXT) STATION

April 24, 2021
by Ketsiree Wongwan
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TEXT & PHOTO: PEERAPAT WIMOLRUNGKARAT

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No matter when I visit, Bangkok Railway Station (Hua Lamphong) is always a place for inspiration.

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Peerapat Wimolrungkarat (addcandid) The photographer who loves to capture moments and memories that hidden in still images.

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PHOTO ESSAY : FEEL COMPLICATED

April 3, 2021
by Ketsiree Wongwan
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TEXT & PHOTO: ANAN NARUPHANTAWAT

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Graphical photography has always been my favourite image style because it’s simple yet conveys so many emotions. It was sheer coincidence during a typical workday that I came across unusual angles of an interestingly looking building in Bangkok’s Soi Ari neighborhood.

Web of lines sprawled over the building’s glass exterior in the seemingly endless length and countless layers. The striking appearance captivated me, and emotionally I found myself being pulled in, following its every dimension. The building’s intriguing complexity made me feel as if I was diving deep into my own emotional pit, and it was then that I realized—perhaps the complexity of the most complicated piece architecture is nowhere near that of the human psyche…

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Anan Naruphantawat, a freelance photographer with a passion in nature and design who loves to convey his feelings and emotions through the images he captures. He has a Facebook page for his architectural photography called Studio.Horizon.

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PHOTO ESSAY : IN THAT MOMENT

March 20, 2021
by Ketsiree Wongwan
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TEXT & PHOTO: WARUT DUANGKAEWKART

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During certain moments in life, there are times when we feel everything around us feels so special that we want to document them in the form of photographs. It’s because these moments may only happen once, it becomes breathtaking but at the same time so calming and captivating that we want to spend as much time as possible taking in every detail of the moment. An experience we can perceive through all our senses; not only through sight but by hearing, smelling and feeling every aspect of its presence.

To feel a sensation isn’t merely about waiting for it to appear before your eyes or having others guide you towards the experience. There are, ultimately, several elements involved in the formation, selection, observation, embellishment and appreciation of what is in front of us, in the particular moment when the world stays still—the time when all of the elements fall rightly and truly into place.

Trees growing outside the window, curtains bathed in the sun, grass swaying in the wind, mushrooms blooming underneath a damp log, an ordinary-looking wooden house standing by the road, a sea of trees and mountains, a fading image of leaves, an unfamiliar town, a noticeable presence of grass flowers and images we see but deliberately choose for them to remain unclear.

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Warut Duangkaewkart is a creator under the name ‘lowerline studio’ with combined interests in architecture, art, and life. He likes to observe his surroundings, questions what he sees and finds answers from different beings.

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PHOTO ESSAY : FLUKE

February 27, 2021
by Ketsiree Wongwan
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TEXT & PHOTO: WATTIKON KOSONKIT

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“Work, save up some money and start traveling.” A piece of advice from my former and last boss. There’s nothing unusual about an architect and his architectural pilgrimes, with old favorites and new works of architecture being the desired destinations. But for someone who typically works until the last minute before going on a trip, the equipment I tend to grab with me are usually somewhat unfitting for the inclination to photograph all the gorgeous built structures I encounter. The journeys where I get to see incredible architecture become something imprinted in my memories. While I cannot fully capture the beauty and magnitude of the architecture I admire, my endeavor to memorize all their possible details often leads me to notice the people being inside and outside of buildings and their interactions, manners and behaviors.

I’ve begun to pay more attention to the people. As someone who’s far from being called a professional photographer, to wait for a subject to perfectly enter a frame is practically impossible. When going on each trip, from picking up the wrong lens for my camera to capturing the right moments, I don’t know what else to call these pictures rather than a fluke.

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Wattikon Kosonkit is a chubby architect who contains over 100kg and works as a draft man in FATTSTUDIO. He always has travelled to his favourite architecture and interesting in some kind of photography.

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PHOTO ESSAY : AKITA GEOMETRY

November 6, 2020
by Ketsiree Wongwan
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TEXT & PHOTO: NATHANICH CHAIDEE

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The journey to visit a childhood friend from elementary school (Anothai Oupkum – curator) who has temporarily relocated to Akita prefecture of Japan, introduced a new travelling experience where the absolute seclusion made it feel like there were only two of us roaming places.

In the beginning of March last year (2019), we travelled from the city center to Akita’s famous milk onsen. Normally, there would be a bus that would take us from the station to the destination. But for some reason, the bus we were on that day needed to make a stop at Lake Tazawa. While my friend had been to the onsen a couple of times herself, this was the first time she visited the stop.

There were only the two of us and a couple of men and women who got off at this particular spot. Even as the prefecture’s popular lake, the point we got off was far from being a landmark on the tourist map. The excitement of making a surprising detour, the view of the mountain resting beautifully before our eyes, the crystal clear water of the lake, the thin layer of snow coating the ground’s surface, and of course the conversation between long lost friends has been imprinted in our hearts. 

After going over the photographs, we noticed a connection between various geometric forms, serenely intertwined. 

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Born and raised in Chiang Mai, Nathanich Chaidee moved to Bangkok to pursue her studies at the Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University. Her interest later shifted to design, following by the decision to study and eventually earn the second bachelor degree, this time in interior design, from Bangkok University’s Faculty of Architecture. Chaidee is currently a freelance writer with the area of focus in architecture and interior design, and still enjoys film photography, which has long been her favorite hobby since middle school.

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