The Damage YABA Causes

These photos were taken about 10-20 minutes apart. First Khun Apple smoking YaBa then after. YaBa is called “crazy medicine” in Thailand as it destroys your mind. YaBa is a form of meth. This drug is ugly and brutal

From the series, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY.

Khun Apple,  smoking YaBa (crazy medicine)#2, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY, Khlong Toei Slum, Bangkok, Thailand 2025.

3 stages of YaBa use.

Apple Smoking YaBa

Khun Apple,  smoking YaBa (crazy medicine)#2, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY, Khlong Toei Slum, Bangkok, Thailand 2025

Equality, the Important Word!!

 

More Editing Today, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY

More editing today.

Khun Apple, laying on a pallet after doing YaBa (meth), THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY, Khlong Toei Slum, Bangkok, Thailand 2025

Jack Smoking Meth #2

Khun Jack  smoking nam keng (meth) #2,  THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY, Khlong Toei Slum, Bangkok, Thailand 2025

A New Edit from Today

Khun Apple (Bun) With head scarf, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY, Khlong Toei Slum, Bangkok, Thailand 2025

More Submissions

Note* Many of the submissions came back because of an invalid email address, only a portion got through. Submitting work to galleries is a very frustrating process. At least submitting is free to do now with digital uploads.

T-Shirt Choices

T-shirt confusion, time for decisions.

Trying to figure out out which pictures (4 possibilities) , what color (black or white), which style, how many and what size T-shirts to order. 

In  the pic, the left is a cotton shirt 6xl (250 baht), right polyester 5xl (280 baht).

Note* If you buy 20 shirts any of 1 type (different sizes ok), you save 20 baht per shirt (84 cents CAD).

Coton 6xl and Polyester 5xl

Will put them on my website to raise money to help the people in the pictures or I might sell or give them away at artist talks. I like the larger polyester pictures, I am not sure how I will deal with that in the real world.

Cotton 6 xl

Polyester 5xl

Improving Submission PDF for THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY

Gosh the updates to THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEEWAY PDF file keep coming. Now every time I add a photo I like, I wish all the galleries, all the clubs, all the schools, all the curators I sent work to would have the most recent, better version. 

As I add newly found and edited photographs the submission (galleries/talks) PDF keeps improving, so I guess thats a great thing!

Note* The same thing is also happening to the PDF book design

Part of my Submission PDF for THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY

THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY, Book Layout, So Far

Been resting the legs (3 minor injuries) of late, hope to get back shooting soon. I am running out of time on my time in Thailand extension. Soon will have to return to the land of snow and ice hockey.

Am working on my PowerPoint presentation, my new pic editing and my wannabe PDF photography book layout. The idea being that when there is a grant opportunity for photo book production I can send in the PDF and maybe get some help to publish a book.

A book has been a dream of mine for 47 years or so now. Anyway here is what I have so far.

Another Photo of Khun Apple, Former Bargirl, Mother of 4 and YaBa Addict

Khun Apple, with blowing hair, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY, Khlong Toei Slum, Bangkok, Thailand 2025

Quote: Mel Brooks

 

B&W Magazine Layout, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY and THE FAMILIES OF THE DUMP

Found this today in my files. The layout from the B&W Magazine feature a while back. We Also got the cover.