Possible AMBROTOS KANATA Exhibition on Vancouver Island

The gallery is the "Comox Valley Art Gallery",  Courtenay, Vancouver Island BC, Canada. It is a smaller gallery but quite nice, a lovely space.

Courtenay BC

 

The exhibition IF it happens, will allow the following:   

- I will allow for the work to be exhibited, possibly for the first time.  Letting me tell a         important story about Canada in glass. 

- The exhibition will allow more trips to Vancouver Island to make more and more ambrotypes. 

-It will push me to work harder and harder on the project. If I have a space, I want to fill with   beautiful and powerful work. The exhibition IF it happens would not be until 2028 or 2029.

The gallery exterior

 

Interior gallery space

2 New THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY Images

 A few quick edits from a snowy day in Edmonton. I miss the people under the freeway now.

Prem, exhaling meth smoke, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY, Khlong Toei Slum, Bangkok, Thailand 2025

Dao, doing meth in a tent on the street, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY, Khlong Toei Slum, Bangkok, Thailand 2025

Leonardo Catalog!

Interesting book but of the day. A Da Vinci exhibition catalog from a German show back in 1998, $10.30 CAD. Will be a fun read.

FRAMES Magazine Files Sent

Sent out the FRAMES magazine submission tonight. That work should be taken care of now. It was a lot of work and took a lot of time.

I think the magazine, issue #22, comes out in February. Will post all of that later of course.

Only 7 images and stories will be published but the magazine is a gem, very beautiful and book like. It is a great opportunity. Thank you editor Tomasz T for letting the stories of the people "Under the Freeway",  be told. 

The $200 USD earned from FRAMES magazine, will be used to buy food for thee people in the photographs.

FRAMES Magazine Submission Near Completion

Over the last week I have put in many hours doing the final preparation for thee coming FRAMES magazine story. FRAMES wants 7 photos with stories for their mag, they will pay $250 USD. I will use that money to directly help the people in the photographs, through food buys.

I wanted to show THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY project this time. This will be the 4th time the photo work is being shown in a photography magazine. I did not want to show THE FAMILIES OF THE DUMP this time. The freeway pictures and the lives of the people there have not been given much exposure. A bit in one magazine and several online stories is all that has been seen. I decided to do the "Freeway" series this time and only 2025 work, not the earlier years.

 I had trouble editing down so I decided to go with 20 images and let them do the editing at FRAMES. I included harder images and softer (non drug or violence related) images for them to choose from.

I do not care which 7 they choose. The most important thing is getting the peoples stories seen and heard, and receiving the $250 USD to buy food for THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY.

Here are thee photos and stories chosen, things might change a bit before I end them in!

Note* I will of course be using my pseudonym Gerry Yaum for this mag story as per usual. I will have to make sure they put my real name on the check thou :) Or I will not be able to cash it.

Note** I am still working on the higher meg files of the images, trying to get just right. The pics below are just a reference to the stories, which might change as well. 

Khun Apple, high on YaBa, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY

Worked all night on my FRAMES mag submission. They want me to send 7 images. I will send 23, including this new image edit of Apple. I will let them choose their 7. Each photograph will also have a title and a story.

Khun Apple, high on YaBa, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY, Khlong Toei Slum, Bangkok, Thailand 2025

Khun May

Khun May, exhaling meth smoke,THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY, Khlong Toei slum, Bangkok, Thailand 2025

Some New Images, FRAMES MAGAZINE?

After the joys of shovelling snow tonight in Edmonton, I decided to journey back to Thailand. Edited a few new photos from THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY in Khlong Toei slum, Bangkok, Thailand. I wish I was there now, making photographs, helping folks, instead of here doing the snow thing.

Maybe can find something new to submit to the FRAMES magazine opportunity.

Khun Dao high on meth

Khun Apple smoking meth under a cloth

Khun Applee wearing found sunglasses

Khun Prem after being beaten by her boyfriend

Khun Dao smoking meth

Khun Jen in his room #2

Under the freeway at night

Khun Jen in his room

Knun Pia in his room

Population Canada