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PHOTO ESSAY : BANGKOK DEEMED

November 5, 2021
by Ratchadaporn Hemjinda

TEXT & PHOTO: CHATCHAVAN SUWANSAWAT

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Ever since I was a child, I’ve always lived in Bangkok, and never moved anywhere. My parents were quite protective of me and didn’t let me go out that much. When I grew up, it turned out that the restraint from childhood has become some sort of a complex that urges me to walk around Bangkok as much as I can now that I’m an adult. I always find weekend city walks to be exciting and addictive. I like to keep on walking, sometimes with a destination in mind. At times, I would just wander aimlessly. The walk always leads me to unusual places and things, born out of unintentional clashes between humans and nature, all struggling to survive in the city that many both love and hate.

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Chatchavan Suwansawat is an architect and occasional writer. He wrote ‘Architect-Jer,’ the book that talks about the quintessential Thai characteristics through design objects created by people living in the city. He founded Everyday Architect & Design Studio where he works on architecture and its relation to his interest in Thai-ness.

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WE SEE OUR SOULS BETTER IN THE DARK

October 15, 2021
by Ratchadaporn Hemjinda

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

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

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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MEMOYOU (MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING)

August 2, 2021
by Ratchadaporn Hemjinda

SANTI LAWRACHAWEE, GRAPHIC DESIGNER AND CO-FOUNDER OF PRACTICAL DESIGN STUDIO, EXPLORES AND DIVES DEEP INTO THE TRACE OF HIS MEMORIES OF THE PAST DECADE IN HIS LATEST EXHIBITION FEATURING A SERIES OF BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY CAPTURING THE LINE OF THE RIVER AS WELL AS HIS LARGE AND THICK NOTEBOOK

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PHOTO ESSAY : ON THE WALKWAY

July 15, 2020
by pratchayapol


TEXT & PHOTO: PAHPARN SIRIMA CHAIPREECHAWIT

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Traveling gives us a chance to encounter the extraordinary and create memorable experiences. This week’s PHOTO ESSAY captured by Pahparn Sirima Chaipreechawit, who is one of the members of Street Photo Thailand and a photo curator, will present to us what she had witnessed along the way.
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“…Is apart of life, captured and reflected in photographs, forever telling our stories.”

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