Link: The Akokiniskway Gallery Walk Through (Rosebud, Alberta) On YouTube

Here is the YouTube video link for the quick walk through video of the show currently hanging in Rosebud Alberta at the Akokiniskway Gallery. I plan on doing a more comprehensive video of the exhibition in the coming days.
https://youtu.be/UJ8MH-_p0A4

A Few More 5x7s

Here are some more 5x7 shots from the practice Linhof 5x7 camera work from a few weeks back. All shot with the 120mm in a burnt our areas of Banff National Park in Canada. Can't wait till I can make some real pictures, social documentary photographs, something with HEART to them. Enough of this pretty tree fluff stuff.

Update* Am leaning toward shooting everything in beautiful natural light, all formats, 35mm, 120mm and the 5x7 stuff. The only place I will probably use flash is with the Rolleiflex if I  photograph anything at night.

An Anthology Of Gender: The Binary Illusion

Not sure what this is about exactly but they are using one of my images from the sex worker on white series. When you arrow your way through the app my photo is in the Indochina Kathoey section (kathoey is a not so polite way to say Ladyboy or gay person in the Thai language) I stopped using that word years ago because the ladyboy's (polite term) did not like it. It is always important to be very polite to your subjects and to treat them with the utmost respect.
https://prezi.com/aauhxf_34jom/untitled-prezi/

Screen capture from the link

Rolleiflex Test Shots

After running some film through my Rolleiflex F 80mm f2.8 camera (the one I plan on taking to Thai). I found the negs to be RAZOR RAZOR sharp which is great. I am getting some vignetting from my lens hood so will need to correct that. Next I will do some testing with the close up filters. I want to practise composing my tight head shots at f2.8 (handheld and with a tripod). I should be able to make some very good negs with this tool in Thai.

Here are some scans from last week that I made with the cheaper 75mm f3.5 Rollei Automat. I doubt I will ever take the time to print theses pretty negs but I might go back there some day and do ULF wetplate collodion!! That is definitely an option, that could yield outstanding more unique results. Wetplate collodion imagery of pretty much anything is exciting and fresh.

Horse Thief Canyon #1 near Drumheller Alberta

Horse Theif Canyon #2

Link: Alberta Open Image 2015 Advertisement On Artrubicon

Here is a link to an advertisement for the 7th annual Alberta Open Image 2015, showing at the Jubilee Auditorium in Edmonton at the Kaasa Gallery (Oct.1 to Nov. 15). Come to the opening on October 16th, I will be there we can talk photography,
Alberta Open Image 2015

The Great Film Round Up

Went searching through 2 of my 4 photo supply deep freezers (loaded with film and photo paper). I wanted to see how many sheets I have of my oldest Tri-x 5x7. I found a cardboard box containing 500 sheets (10-50 sheet boxes) that became outdated in 2009. I will use that film this trip. I plan on opening up one of the boxes and shooting some of the film over the next couple of weeks to make sure it is up to snuff. Then if everything is OK I will take 400 or 450 sheets of the stuff to Thai. I have several boxes, 7+ of 2012 outdated 5x7 which I will keep frozen for now.

While rummaging about I also found 2 boxes of 25 sheet Ilford HP5 5x7, that will also stay frozen for now. Someday if Kodak goes completely belly up, and I run out of supplies, I will switch to Ilford HP5 as my main film.

There is plenty of 120 Tri-x film in the stand up freezer, I plan on taking 30-40 rolls. I am also going to take 60-75 rolls of 35mm Tri-x. Not sure how many of those I have ready to go. I do my own film loading from 100 foot Tri-x rolls using a bulk loader and film cassettes. I loaded up a bunch of cassettes of 2012 outdated bulk a while back if I need more I can do that my last week of work before I fly.

In one of the deep freezers I have about $4000 worth of Tri-x 8x10 film. After I shoot all my 5x7 I plan on moving up to the 8x10 and do portraits, probably in Asia. That stuff is all outdated  October 2014, so it should be good for a while yet. After doing the 8x10 I might try moving up to doing portraits with 11x14 film, should about 70 by then : ))

One strange find was a ton of very old Agfachrome 120 50ASA stuff, 100+ rolls. Not sure how I can use that up but need to try to figure out someway. It is pretty ancient, it has been frozen for years so that will help but colour shifts may occur. I wonder if I can use it to re-photograph my negs then use the Agfachrome positives in the darkroom to enlarge down onto collodion wetplate. When I was in New Orleans a while back for my show I met several people who did wetplate in the darkroom from positives. They used a special type of film to make the positives(forget the name now), I wonder if all my old Agfachrome would work. It might!!

You can never have too much film : ))

3 More Workshops For Early 2016

I should have 3 more workshops happening early (January-February) in 2016. All 3 are darkroom workshops, 1 basic and 2 advanced classes. Thanks Stu and Nathan, your helping to pay for my early 2016 photo trip back to Asia. I hope to travel again for around 5 weeks in about March 2016, this will be a 2nd trip after my coming 7 week shooting trip which starts soon.

All the money I make from teaching goes directly back into my photography. Whether it is new film, new photo paper or money for photo trips, everything earned from the workshops goes back into the photography.

Photo Idea: Environmental Flash Portraits

Today with all the thought about doing wet plate, ULF format work etc I thought about doing portraits this way also. Many times when you do wet plate of people in the field the photographer also uses an accessory flash hit on the subject (usually from a battery operated high end flash unit). I kept thinking of this, and how it would effect the look of the image.

I do not have a ULF camera and am currently not doing wet plate collodion work but I thought why not try it on 5x7. Here is the idea.

- shoot vertical 5x7 portraits at 1/2 face body to 1/4 face body compositions.
- add in in snippet of flash to give the photo of an edge, mixed with daylight.
- Possibly expose for daylight at F5.6 with the 210mm and add flash for f2.8 or f4 (underexpose).
- Possibly expose for daylight at F8 with the 120mm and add flash for f4 or f5.6 (underexpose).

This type of photo technique might give a cool looking edge to my portraits. I want the images to stand out in some way. I have always liked the look of direct flash on my subjects, adding in a bit of distortion with a wide angle lens might help also. I could print them on the Ilford cool tone fibre very contrasty, using the Durst condenser 5x7. I could be onto something here.

Will do some tests using this style and post them next week. Doing dozens and dozens of these portraits in the Mae Sot, Thai dump and Klong Toey Slum (Bangkok) might be in my future.

Cargo Trailer For Wet Plate Darkroom

Am getting inspired by the driving across Canada doing wet plate idea. I would use a 16x20 or even a 20x24 camera. To do wet plate collodion effectively having a darkroom trailer like the one in this video would be ideal.

Chris Honeysett wet plate darkroom trailer (40 second mark of video).
Wet Plate Trailer Darkroom

Here is a local trailer going for $5993 CAD. Probably too big and heavy to pull behind my old van as it weighs 2200lbs. If I got a single axel smaller version trailer this idea might work. I would need something with good interior height so I could stand to work . I would also need the single rear door style ramp for pushing out my wheeled - carted ULF camera and gear and the shooting location.

A side effect of having the trailer is that I could eventually give wet plate collodion workshops in the field. Those workshops might eventually pay for the purchase and darkroom upgrades cost to the trailer. I already have 2 potential students interested in learning the process. Maybe I could do 1 day workshops of lets say 3-5 students at $500 a pop. 3 or 4 of those style workshops and everything is pretty much paid for.

2200lbs, interior height 6 feet 6 inches, 7 feet wide, 16 feet long

Photo Idea: 7 Months In Canada Making Wetplates

Been thinking about the possibilities of doing wet plate collodion work in Canada with the new proposed Chamonix 16x20. The Chamonix people also make a wet plate holder in whatever size you need. Being able to do large wet plate tin types, ambrotypes (glass) or glass negs is another big selling point for the Chamonix brand. They also provide other wet plate equipment like large silver bath containers.

My current dream photo project would be to travel Northern Canada as well as remote places like Fogo Island just off Newfoundland making wet plate tintypes or ambrotypes on black glass. I would concentrate on photographing people but could also do some landscapes, maybe even older buildings found along the way, and other cool visual stuff. 16x20 wetplates would be very beautiful and one of a kind.

It would be cool to buy a small trailer of some kind to use as a wetplate darkroom, hook it up to the van and then travel Canada for 6 months from early spring (April) to late fall (October) making wet plate images.

Could call this series CAN-LODION  : ))
Chris Honeysett South West USA Wetplate Collodion Project

More Dad Dreams

Just woke up 35 minutes before I need to start getting ready for my night shift. Did not sleep well, had multiple dreams about dad. Felt like 10 dreams tonight, mostly about him getting sicker having trouble eating on his own, in a wheelchair. I was pushing dad around in his chair. I kept on watching him in every dream, watching and worrying he he was getting worse. At times kept watching his face, the glasses he was wearing, his changing expressions. Was always trying to help him but it did no good.

When will all these dad dreams stop or at least get down in number?

Dad after he was sick, Digital photo made with Canon and ring flash, summer 2014

Dad visiting a graveyard near his home town the fall before we knew he was sick in 2013, 8x10 Deardorff, 250mm

5x7 Trip Photo Tests

Here are a couple of scans from a few of my set ups last week in the mountains. I wanted to work on my 5x7 camera technique so I could shoot more efficiently in Asia, here are the results.

5x7 Linhof, 120mm lens, 1 second at f32.5, yellow filter, normal dev

5x7 Linhof, 120mm lens, 6 seconds f45.5, yellow filter. +1 dev

Landscape photography is difficult. I find it refreshing and fun to do but the results always seem trite and common place to me. I gave these 2 negs normal and normal +1 development and used a yellow filter to lighten the leaves of the yellow leaved trees.

The negs turned out quite nice with good shadow detail and overall contrast. These were shot on quiet almost windless days which helped with the long exposures. Composition-ally I find these photos a confused, busy, a bit jumbled, lacking a strong focus-subject point. Still overall a good technical attempt. I will continue to work with the camera next week when I go the mountains for a second and last time this year. I need to use my wide angle 120mm to better effect. When I am in Asia I need to compose more strongly with this wonderful lens.

Nada

For the first time in a long time I have no new shows to look forward to, no exhibitions on the horizon. When the Rosebud show runs out Oct.24, there will be no other galleries to print for.

DC3 Art Projects Gallery  in Edmonton wants to view my "Forgotten Laughter" photos when they are available. The Toot Yung Gallery (or its successor) in Bangkok still wants to show some work of mine but that's about it. A couple of maybes is all I have going for me now.

No shows to print for, no opportunities to exhibit new work is an empty feeling. I guess I need to keep plugging away with a series of new submissions after I return from Asia in December. I hope I can move up from #3 type galleries to #2s.

Brick by brick! We will get this done.

Quote-Link: Ian Ruhter (Photographer)

"If you really love photography, (if) you love it (then) you can't really fail. You might fail financially, or maybe emotionally but if you just want to do photography and want to make pictures then I'd say do what's in your heart, do that. The rest will follow and work itself out one way or the other. At the end of the day you will still be doing what you love."

Ian Ruhter is the mind and leader behind the silver and light wet plate collodion project.
Framed Show - Sliver & Light Wet Plate Collodion Process With Ian Ruhter

Note* I will think back to this quote next year, if I leave security to pursue my photography full time.

Link: 20x20 Wet Plate Collodion

Check out this fun video. The camera is rather half assed (but works), the final image all that really matters is beautiful. The photographer used some kind of black dibond, thats interesting, I might try that in the future with my 16x20 camera.
20x20 Wetplate Photog

"In Buddha's Path" Preliminary Photos?

Maybe this coming trip wit the 5x7 I can do a few shots dedicated to the new photo series idea "In Buddha's Path". I was thinking I could take the 5x7 to Ayutthaya the former capital of Siam (Thailand). Ayutthaya is chock full of temples, monks and many other things Buddhist, so it would be a good way to start out. I could make up a few small 5x7 negs. Not sure how those will look contact printed (probably too small) but this could be the start of something larger. It is important to get a feel for a new series. If I get started maybe I can keep the snowball rolling down the hill in future years with a 8x10, 11x14 and 16x20 camera.

Will have to see how this fits into things, with only 7 weeks in Asia I need to manage my time carefully and get as much done as I can. "Forgotten Laughter" is the number one priority, it is what I must concentrate on. If I can put in a bit of work on "Migrant Worker", "Families of the Dump", "Lost Innocence" and "In Buddha's Path"! That would be great!

Ayutthaya Thailand

Links: Hugo With His 16x20 Chamonix

Here is the a video of the 16x20 Chamonix camera I am thinking of buying, starring Hugo. This fun little film was put together by Eddie Gunks. I guess Hugo also owns the 11x14 and 14x17 reducing backs, which is my plan as well (maybe 11x14 and 12 x 20).
Hugo with his 16x20 Chamonix camera

Hugo with his 16x20 Chamonix, Impossible Project photo by Nicole Caldwell

Note* The camera weighs 33.95 pounds, plus holders, tripod, lens. I will need to be able to build some kind of cart system to carry the potential 50 pound weight. Either that or hire Sherpa like people in Asia to carry my gear around.
Note** The 16x20 Chamonix with shipping will cost $8975 CAD. With a lens, and holders, maybe  a tripod, that number will go up to around $12000-$15000 CAD.
Note*** 16x20 film holders run at $430 USD each plus shipping.
ULF Format Film Holders
Update* The Richard Ritter 16x20 only weighs 17lbs, something to consider! That is like half the weight of any other 16x20 camera I can find.

Photographer Kenro Izu

Been looking over the wonderful and inspiring work of Kenro Izu again. Here is his website
Kenro Izu Website

Buddhist monk by Kenro Izu

Kenro Izu with his 14x20 Deardorft and Buddhist monks

Photo Idea: "In Buddha's Path"

I came up with up with ANOTHER very ambitious photo idea while in the bath before work today (seems I do some of my best thinking there) The idea even has a working name "In Buddha's Path".  This photo series is connected to my study of the work the ULF format photographer (uses 14x20 Deardorff) Kenro Izu. One photo by Izu of a Thai monk in an open space started me thinking of doing a large series of photographs on the subject of the Buddhist faith

Some of the Asia wide (Thai, Cambodia, Laos, Burma, India, Nepal, Tibet) possible subjects for the "In Buddha's Path"series include:

- Monk/Nun Portraits (8x10 - 11x14 format)
- Temples (16x20 format)
- Buddhist alters (11x14 format)
- Historic Buddhist sites (16x20 - 12x20 format)
- Ceremonies (8x10 and up)
- Praying/Meditation/The Faithful (8x10 - 11x14 format)

I would use the proposed new camera the Chamonix 16x20 or 14x17 for this project. With reducing backs I would access to other format sizes depending on the composition/subject. I could do 16x20, 12x20, 8x20, 7x17 and 11x14. I would also have my 8x10, 5x7  and 4x5 camera possibilities (that's a hell of a lot of film sizes!). The idea would then be to print all these large format negs (or digital negative versions) onto Platinum/Palladium paper.

I have never done platinum printing before but I feel it is in my future, it is just too beautiful not to do. After seeing the wonderful work Donald McCullin did on platinum at the National Gallery exhibition a few years back, I need to do it. I fell in love with the platinum wonderful long range tonal look.

All of this is long in the future. I need to learn platinum printing, get a high end UV printer with print vacuum capability (not a cheapo shitty home made model). I would also have to buy a ULF camera, holders, lens, tripod etc etc. So this is a long long long way from a series I can jump into but the possibility of the photographs that could be made is very exciting. This project would be very expensive to do, so I would have to make some money from print sales, grants and exhibition artist fees etc. Working security alone will not give me enough funding to pay for everything. A project like this is more viewer friendly so print sales is a real possibility. No one wants to hang a harsh naked lady boy sex worker photo over their kitchen table but a photo of a platinum print of a beautiful Buddhist temple in the jungles of Laos? Sure why not!

If this series happens I would slowly build towards it. Get the ULF camera, tripod and 1 lens first. I could do pictures as possible, and go from there. Maybe at first I could just just silver gelatin fibre prints before eventually moving up to Platinum-Paladium prints in my golden years of life, hmm, in my Platinum years of life!

Update*  I wonder if my heavy duty Majestic tripod can handle the weight? That would save on buying a heavy expensive Reis tripod for now.
Update** I think it would be important to incorporate people in this project as much as possible. The heart and soul of Buddhism is after all the people who follow it, the monks, nuns and faithful.

Forgotten Photos

Came across these older photos by accident doing a google search. Never printed any of them but they might be worth some time in the future. When I am older and not shooting much anymore, it will be quite fun, even joyful to go through all my old negs looking for printable pictures.

Quote: Joan Crawford

"Be afraid of nothing."

Link: Opening A 24x24 Chaminox

This would probably be too heavy and large a camera to transport out into the field but doing wet plate in studio? Trey cool!!
Opening a 24x24 Chamonix Wet Plate Camera

ULF Chamonix Cameras, The Answer?

Hmm, I know I just wrote a post about simplifying things but : ))

Is the Chamonix view camera the answer to my Ultra Large Format view camera problems? If for example I bought a 16x20 version of this camera could I get reducing backs to also shoot 11x14, 8x20 and 12x20? I could have 4 cameras in one, thou I would have to buy all the holders etc. Doing wet plate is a big option with these type cameras as film costs are so expensive. The idea of having a 16x20, 11x14 and a panoramic of some kind (8x20, 12x2) in one camera is very appealing. I could use this machine for portraits and for producing my slumscape series (opposite Kenro Izu photography).

The Chamonix seems like a great option. Online people rave about the quality, the cameras are also lightweight and cheaper than manufactures like Ebony, Canham, Lotus. I guess these things are made in a shop in Haining, China by 8 experienced craftsmen. Heck if I bought the thing I might even travel to China to pick it up myself to avoid shipping costs.

If I want to go really extreme they also make a 20x24 ($500 more than their 16x20) camera!! Everything is lighter weight and cheaper than elsewhere. Here are some details

Chamonix Camera Website

Chamonix 16x20, $6315 USD, 34 pounds

16X20 specifications
Accessories	Film Holders
Bellow	Maximum	1050mm
	Minimum	210mm
movement	Front	Rise : 158mm
		Fall  : 94mm
		Tilt  : limited by bellow
		shift : 52mm to each side
		swing: limited by bellow
	Rear	shift  : none
		swing : 10 degree to each side
		Tilt    : 25 degree backwards, forwards limited by bellow
weight	Sapele and carbon fiber: 33.95 pound/15.40 kg
	Dark Walnut: not available

Current price list, subject to change without notice.

16X20: $6,315
International EMS shipping: Camera $450

20X24 horizontal only specifications
Accessories
Bellow	Maximum	920mm
	Minimum	220mm
movement	Front	Rise : 142.5mm
		Fall  : 142.5mm
		Tilt  : limited by bellow
		shift : 104mm to each side
		swing: limited by bellow
	Rear	shift  : none
		swing : ?
		Tilt    : 11 degree backwards, forwards limited by bellow
weight	Canadian Maple: 42.5 pound/19.3 kg
	Dark Walnut     : Not available

Current price list, subject to change without notice.

2024 Horizontal: $6,315
2024 Convertible: $6,805
International EMS shipping: $560 

Update* I sent a email to Chamonix asking for more details.

Update* Hmm. I wonder if I could get a 14x17 camera with 11x14 and 7x17 Reducing backs? Then I would have the 7x17 for panoramic work, the 11x14 for portraits and the 14x17 for making extra large platinum prints.

More 5x7?

Been thinking of late of shooting the 5x7 more this trip, and 120 and 35mm less. I think my favourite, most difficult to view and challenging neg from the Rosebud show is the one made of dad 2 days before he passed. I printed this photograph last after I had already thought I had finished work for the show. Sometimes the extra effort you make pays off, hard work is usually a good thing. By working a bit harder at the end I think I was able to show the best photo in this dual exhibition. If I had been lazy and not done the work, the photo would not be a strong part of the exhibition in Rosebud right now.

Dad, Linhof 5x7 120mm lens, printed on durst condenser enlarger at high contrast

This photograph was made with the 5x7 Linhof and 120mm Nikon f8 (wide angle) lens. I feel doing portraits using this wider than normal lens could be very effective. Many photographers will not use wider lens for portraits but I think they can be a very important tool. The distortion and shape changing that goes on can effectively tell a story in a more unique, visually persuasive way. Taking portraits is not about making your subjects look beautiful, portraits should about telling an important human truth.

I am also quite excited about the possibilities Jack's donated 5x7 enlarger give me. Now that I have a top end condenser 5x7 machine, I want to use it for all it is worth. The added sharpness (my perception only?), the added contrast, the fact I can make larger prints is all very tantalizing.

I want to shoot more 5x7 this coming trip, maybe instead of 400 sheets I could take and shoot 500 or even 600. I have such a hard time putting down my 35s thou, love those cameras and the grain you get from them when shooting Tri-x. Now I also have the Rolleis that I want to try as well. Damn!! Too many ways of seeing, too many photos I want to make. 7 weeks is not enough time to get everything done I want to get done.

My problem is I have an insatiable curiosity to try new things and make photos in new ways. I want to do everything all the time. Photography has so many  different cameras, different looks, different techniques. I want to do them all, now, tomorrow and the next day. I am constantly switching off to something new, often times not completing what I started before. The way I see is always changing, always adapting, blurring and then refocusing.

Maybe If I concentrated more on one or 2 types, styles, whatever you want to call it. My work would improve, the power of the message becoming more enhanced and effective. Maybe by shooting more 5x7 this coming trip, I can tell the stories of the "Families of the Dump" and "Forgotten Laughter" more powerfully.

Poem: Canto 81 By Ezra Pound

Here is part of the poem "Canto 81" by Ezra Pound. It was used in the Sally Mann autobiography "Stand Still".

What thou lovest well remains, 
                                                the rest is dross 
What thou lov'st well shall not be reft from thee 
What thou lov'st well is thy true heritage 
Whose world, or mine or theirs 

My Slate.com Photo Essay Comment Page

Here are the comments made on my Slate.com photo story. A while back they published my white background sex worker images. The comments are all over the place, as would be expected. The best thing is that the pictures engaged people, created a discussion, that's the whole reason behind why I do my documentary photography. I want to get people talking about my subjects, raise awareness into their lives, stir the pot a bit. The goal is to get the viewer off his complacent sometimes indifferent ass and involved! That happened at Rosebud on Saturday, and it is happening here in this comment section. Brick by brick builds the grand cathedral! The AGA maybe be indifferent but I will keep plugging away, brick by brick.

Note* Slate chose the images that were used. I would have preferred to have added a few more female workers to the essay, to help balance the story.

The original Slate photo essay page:
Slate.com Gerry Yaum Sex Worker Portraits

A link to the page where I found the comments:
Facebook Slate Comments Post

Comments:

Slate.com

January 9, 2014 · 

Sad, draining photos of the sex workers of Thailand

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    Steve Goble This was depressing.

    Like · Reply · January 9, 2014 at 6:54pm
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    Jeff Steinman Yeah VaVa don't actually read the article. It's much easier to judge when you don't have to learn anything.

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    Jon Acker "In 1994, Canadian photographer Gerry Yaum saw a documentary about the sex tourism industry in Thailand. Two years later, he visited the country for the first time and has since returned many times..."
    
    I'll bet.

    Like · Reply · 12 · January 9, 2014 at 6:06pm
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    Diana M Morin Please don't use the word "draining" and "sex workers" in the same sentence EVER again. Thanks.

    Like · Reply · 8 · January 9, 2014 at 5:52pm
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    Thomas Niel Garcia Yeah
    Don't show the happy ones

    Like · Reply · 8 · January 9, 2014 at 5:38pm
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    Jessica Kay Murray But what if we said these were garment factory workers? Would you still feel the same? Would you be able to tell the difference and pick out the sex workers if they were dressed identically to electronics factory workers?

    Like · Reply · 3 · January 9, 2014 at 11:16pm
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    Jeff Steinman VaVa: Asia is a big place. Merely living there doesn't confer expertise on anyone.

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    Margarita Kristof I don't know whether Thailand is more poor than India, but poverty and prostitution in the latter is not into your face, although it is there and mb even more vile. I was told by Tai people that their corruption lies in the events of Vietnam war, when Sion was fucked up by the US. I can't judge, but Thailand, such a beautiful place, I will never visit again because of the daily, hourly sight of old fat and ugly Western men dragging alongside girls and boys who look underage. It was so pukeworthy that I don't have any desire to return to that 'paradize'

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    Kathryn Leslie Challenger Anywhere in the world .....it's All about MEN and their DICKS!

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    Sonia Lopez Ocasio Their eyes looks so empty and sad! I understand why Gerry Yaum is photographing these young sex workers. It's one of those things you don't think of as we live our comfortable lives. You know the saying out of sight ...out of mind. frown emoticon

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    Ryiad Cooper Unless you're a sex salve...... I have no sympathy for sex workers. You choose to do that work.

    Like · Reply · 1 · January 9, 2014 at 5:49pm
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    Michael David Czapla could be Houston TX or Detroit MI

    Like · Reply · 1 · January 9, 2014 at 6:26pm
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    Genessa Ches Nice pics but I didn't get any emotions from them.

    Like · Reply · 1 · January 9, 2014 at 10:22pm
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    Cam MacLean They need to rethink this headline.

    Like · Reply · 2 · January 9, 2014 at 8:25pm
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    Bill Reardon What about the sex workers in Las Vegas, or Chicago, or New York?

    Like · Reply · 3 · January 9, 2014 at 6:26pm
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    Carolina E. Barillas The elephants are treated even worse!http://www.whydontyoutrythis.com/.../this-is-why-you...

    Like · Reply · 1 · January 9, 2014 at 5:53pm
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    Sakina Ali This is so sad. They have no emotions, they are drained of feelings. So sad

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    Syed Wajih Ul Wahab The question is how many actually felt bad for them and did something for them and how many sex tourists clicked like wrote sympathising comment and booked a flight to Thailand.

    Like · Reply · January 10, 2014 at 9:04am
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    Nikki Colorado Will have nasty comments, of course.

    Like · Reply · January 9, 2014 at 5:44pm
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    Katy Seeley hm. those look like relatively high class sex workers, to me. ho-hum.

    Like · Reply · January 9, 2014 at 5:56pm
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    Betty Cross It's amazing how passable the ladyboy sex workers are. I think a lot of them take hormones from a very early age.

    Like · Reply · January 10, 2014 at 6:08am
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    Walt Zeankowski ...cannot be unseen...

    Like · Reply · January 10, 2014 at 7:54am
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    Stephen Hooper He really likes the boys doesn't he?

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    Bertan Atalay Jessica Kay Murray: Of course no one will be able to tell the difference. You are missing the point - together with most of the posters. The photographs are capturing their sadness and destitution, not their jobs. They are being exploited, as much as the factory workers, perhaps. However, the factory workers, on occasion, fight back; whereas, the sex workers are oppressed emotionally, and directly-physically. They are beaten and at times killed if they were to leave.

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    Ana Karina Hurrera Christian Castro

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    Elaine Craig Grieco So sad

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    Jordan Haddad Michael Quinn

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    Kelly Alexander the philippines are worse

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    Amelita Flores Exploitation!

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      Mona Noureddine Nop they're adults they are stupid!

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    Marjee Zeier How come most of them are male?

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    Tara A. Huber Very sad.

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    Mona Noureddine There are plenty of other things they can do to get money.. I have no sympathy for them

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    Mudhakrihussein Abuumudhakrimushi They are foolishly

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    Marty Van Haren They each wore a large pin with a number! My Friends made me go to see it as didn't believe the stories. The 15 minutes I stood there in shock will never leave my head. It made me very sad.

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    Marty Van Haren I stopped in Pattaya while in the Navy in 1980. The sex workers then in three groups. Those that worked the bars for sailors, others lived with men as "house keepers", then there were the" Sex Club", "girls/ladyboys. 
    
    Very modern club with a large lounge. One wall was all glass with wide carpeted steps the workers lounged on

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    Joe Parks Are more of the customers foreigners or locals? I wonder.

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    Starr Anderson Heartbreaking.

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    Dan Strobel They're all men. Weird

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      Mona Noureddine No not all of them..

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