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08 Saturday Dec 2012
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Architecture, Bangkok, History, Photo, Photo Galleries, Photography, Photos, Thailand
Block of traditional shop houses still in use (see here). Bangkok, near Wat Pho.
Image 306
From the collection – ‘Siam 7: Echo’
Posted by Yargo | Filed under Artwork, Image Works
Pin Klao Pier
04 Tuesday Dec 2012
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Architecture, Art, B & W, Bangkok, Black & White, Photo, Photos, Thailand
New roof for Pin Klao river pier, western side of the Chao Phraya, Bangkok.
(Pen work, 67x42cm, approx 21 hrs.)
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From the collection – ‘Siam 7: Echo’
Posted by Somchai | Filed under Artwork, Image Works
Reaching for Grace
01 Saturday Dec 2012
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Art, Bangkok, History, Photo, Photo Galleries, Photography, Sculpture, Thailand
One of the gold covered statues of a Kinnaree at Wat Phra Kheo, Bangkok.
A Kinara in the Thai tradition was a being who combined the upper part of a human and the lower part of a bird. The Kinaree (Thai) is the female version, whilst the male version is the Kinnon (Thai). They are not exclusive to Thai culture but the aspects which are most emphasized there are their feminine nature and prowess in the performing arts. They are supreme in the art of love and symbolic of female beauty and grace. The representation of the female part is highly realistic, unlike many creatures in Thai myth, many of which are hidden by a mask. You can easily imagine an original Thai girl providing the model for the sculpture, in contrast to the highly stylized and non-gendered, non-specified form of Buddha statues. This grounding in realism is trying to claim for humanity those desired aspects, love, beauty, grace e.t.c that were so appealing to Thai culture despite the obvious absurdity of the creature as a whole. (Somchai)
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From the collection – ‘Siam 7: Echo’
Posted by Yargo | Filed under Image Works, Photo Galleries
Expanding
29 Thursday Nov 2012
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B & W, Figure, Monochrome, Photo, Photo Galleries, Photography, Portrait, Thailand
Quiet. Absorbing.
Thinking. Imagine.
Private…
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From the collection – ‘That Girl’
Posted by Yargo | Filed under Image Works, Photo Galleries
Survivalist
28 Wednesday Nov 2012
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Architecture, Bangkok, History, Photo, Photo Galleries, Photography, Photos, Thailand
Fort Sumen is one of only two surviving fortresses that remain from the long line of them that protected the city wall of Bangkok. It is larger as it sits at the point the wall met the river to the north (upstream) of the city. After the french infantry quickly overran the fortress guarding the downstream end of the wall, the king ordered all the fortresses to be destroyed. Somehow, two of them managed to avoid being converted to rubble.
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From the collection – ‘Siam 7: Echo’
Posted by Yargo | Filed under Image Works, Photo Galleries
Blue Busy
27 Tuesday Nov 2012
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Architecture, Bangkok, Blue, Night, Photo, Photo Galleries, Photos, Thailand
Yes, the inside of Bangkok airport actually is this colour – but only at night…
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From the collection – ‘Siam 7: Echo’
Posted by Yargo | Filed under Image Works, Photo Galleries
Wan Mak
26 Monday Nov 2012
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Architecture, Bangkok, Culture, History, Photo, Photo Galleries, Photography, Thailand
Central roof prang of the reliquary at Wat Phra Kheo, Bangkok.
(Wan Mak = ‘Colour Plenty’)
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From the collection – ‘Siam 7: Echo’
Posted by Yargo | Filed under Image Works, Photo Galleries
Old Shophouses
25 Sunday Nov 2012
Bangkok was originally all mangrove swamp, with the population still living on the river in floating houses. At the time, the locals dubbed the town, ‘The City of Mud’. When the first hard surface roads were built over a century ago, many were lined with these repeated units called ‘Shop Houses’. The idea was the family that ran the shop downstairs lived in the room above. They were snapped up by the Chinese who then lived in the city. In many parts of the old town they can still be seen and are still in use.
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From the collection – ‘Siam 7: Echo’
Posted by Yargo | Filed under Image Works, Photo Galleries
Waiting Thoughts
23 Friday Nov 2012
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B & W, Figure, Monochrome, Photo, Photo Galleries, Photography, Portrait, Thailand
Time’s end…
…memory’s distraction…
…calm’s reflection.
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From the collection – ‘That Girl’
Posted by Yargo | Filed under Image Works, Photo Galleries
Symmetry
22 Thursday Nov 2012
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Architecture, Bangkok, Culture, History, Photo, Photography, Photos, Thailand
This temple is a relative youngster at just over 100 years old. It is also unusual in being built entirely from Italian marble.
Wat Benjamabophit, Bangkok
Image 297
From the collection – Siam 7: Echo’
Posted by Yargo | Filed under Image Works, Photo Galleries
