Dao, face and feet, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY, Khlong Toei Slum, Bangkok, Thailand 2025
Slightly different versions, not sure on how much contrast to give the image, it would probably work better a Platinum-Palladium print with more tonality in it.
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Khun Dao and Khun Apple, betweeen trucks doing YaBa, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY, Khlong Toei Slum, Bangkok 2025
Tonight I sent in photos for the Cardinal Arts Journal, at Gadsden StateCommunity College in Alabama, USA. THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY and maybe THE FAMILIES OF THE DUJMP work should be published there at some point. Thanks Tabitha.
https://cardinalartsjournal.org/
Gadsden State Community College
I bought mostly short sleeved black polyester T-shirts in my order but also have some long sleeved ones. As well. 36 shirts total. Some to give away at talks and workshops, but most for personal wear. Here is a sample from the shop. I chose 9 pics from this trip to place on the shirts, 2 from the dump and 7 from the slum.
I hope this picture choice shirt will raise awareness about abuse.
Total cost = 9960 baht ($423 CAD)
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| Khun Prem after being beaten by her boyfriend #3, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY, Khlong Toei Slum, Bangkok, Thailand 2025 |
I get tired of the ME ME ME stuff, that seeems so obsessively important in our selfie society. From a Facebook discussion,
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from the last night:
Khun Apple , smoking YaBa on the last night, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY, Khlong Toei Slum, Bangkok, Thailand 2025
Khun Prem, walking the street under the freeway, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY, Khlong Toei Slum, Bangkok, Thailand 2025.
Note* Khun Apple has 4 children who live with her family in Buriram, Thailand, 2 boys and 2 girls.
Thoughts about the new Khun Apple photo from Facebook.
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She is begging you to love her
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not sure why she took off her shirt but she did. so I documented it. I never asked her to undress.
It led to an important photograph about her life. Sh was a gogo dancer and freelance prostitute when younger. Her Swedish long term boyfriend paid for her breast enlargement, 90000 baht ($3835 CAD).
The picture is of her face and upper body. Here current life is represented by pain and confusion on her face, one of her breasts is exposed, representing her past life in the ugly world of sex tourism.
I feel it is the most important photograph made this trip. I usually do not spend to much time naming pics, but call this photo Khun Apple,Madonna To me photograph represents some of the pain many woman suffer during their lives in a male dominated world.
Video was made as I walked away after my last night in the slum working on THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY!
Khun Apple (Bun), Madonna, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY, Khlong Toei, Bangkok, Thailand 2025
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Khun Apple (Bun), topless, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY, Khlong Toei Slum, Bangkok, Thailand 2025
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Khun Apple (Bun), in a concrete hole with a fire, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY, Khlong Toei Slum, Bangkok, Thailand 2025
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from tonight:
Khun Dao, sleeping alone, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY, Khlong Toei Slum, Bangkok, Thailand 2025
From last night:
Khun Apple (Bun), unable to sleep, 1230am, went out stealing metal #1, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY, Khlong Toei Slum, Bangkok, Thailand 2025
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Khun Jet, walking with sleeping mat #2, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY, Khlong Toei Slum, Bangkok, Thailand 2025
Self Portrait #3, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY, Khlong Toei Slum, Bangkok, Thailand 2025
From tonight:
Modern digital cameras allow you to shoot in light and in ways that were impossible before. This photo was made with a Blad X1-D at 25600 ASA, in very low light as we were walking and talking about his life. I believe at this point Khun Jet (60) was talking about his 2 children and how much he missed them. To make pictures while walking in very low light like this with a film camera would have been impossible without a flash.
Khun Apple, smoking YaBa #5, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY, Khlong Toei Slum, Bangkok, Thailand 2025
Khun Apple, exhaling YaBa smoke, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY, Khlong Toei Slum, Bangkok, Thailand 2025
Today, Apple at 36. I will leave Thailand soon. When I return, I doubt Apple will be alive.
Making photos for THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY can be very difficult. My hope is that these documentary slum drug photos will help someone in some small way. If after viewing them one person stays away from this horror, or stops the path they have started to walk, then everything will be worth it.
Note* I started to go to the slum, around 2-4pm, then lateer 10-12pm, and now will try 530am,
Note** My friend Larry L taught me the value of arriving early at your shooting location, to make pictures.
Khun Wan, drunk with liquor bottle, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY, Khlong Toei Slum, Bangkok, Thailand 2025
Khun Prem, laughing, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY, Khlong Toei Slum, Bangkok, Thailand 2025
Note* The 3 men in the truck I met last night, were polite and kind. They worked so damn hard it was like they were working in fast forward. One man told me they work 6-8 hours a night at this hypersonic, almost running pace.
The work as you can expect it, is filthy. I am rather used to shooting in such conditions after years in the Mae Sot dump photographing thee families. I doubt a series on garbage workers would be any dirtier.
Tonight:
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