Did a bit more editing tonight before sleeping. A nice way to get tired!
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| Prem, laughing after smoking meth, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY, Khlong Toei Slum, Bangkok, Thailand 2025 |
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| Apple, with sad eyes, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY, Khlong Toei Slum, Bangkok, Thailand 2025 |
Today’s thrift store book find “Treasury of Philosophy” 1955. Above my intelligence quotient but will give it a go! $3 CAD.
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| A fascinating book to read |
One of my favourite old fart retirement thingy’s is to go to thrift shops searching for interesting books. Found one today. 1960 “The Life of Michelangelo” $3.59 CAD.
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| Old book but quite lovely |
I have received the high res proof PDF from Tomasz T at FRAMES magazine. It looks good. Will not post it until the magazine comes out in early 2026. I think it is edition number 22, February 2026. There will be 7 images and some stories published. We will receive $200 USD for the story. I will use the money to buy food for THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY.
Note* This will be the 4th time the work has been published in a photo mag. It is rather wonderful to have the people in the photographs honoured through publication. I will post a pics and a video of the FRAMES magazine story, when I receive my copy.
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| Dao sleeping, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY, Khlong Toi Slum, Bangkok, 2025 |
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| Self portrait with graffiti, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY, Khlong Toi Slum, Bangkok, 2025 |
Been thinking on framing for the possible 2008-09 AMBROTOS KANATA exhibition.
How to proceed? Diptych’s? Ambrotype sizes? Types of frames? How many?
Here is a 14x14 inch ambrotype in a hand made pine frame. The black substrate behind the clear glass ambro is only a test 11x14 inch metal plate.
I currently thinking of going with 11x14, 14x14, 20x24 and 24x24 ambrotypes in large hand made wooden frames.
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| This diptych frame looks pretty good. |
The gallery is the "Comox Valley Art Gallery", Courtenay, Vancouver Island BC, Canada. It is a smaller gallery but quite nice, a lovely space.
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| 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.
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The gallery exterior  |
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| Interior gallery space |
A few quick edits from a snowy day in Edmonton. I miss the people under the freeway now.
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| Prem, exhaling meth smoke, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY, Khlong Toei Slum, Bangkok, Thailand 2025 |
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| Dao, doing meth in a tent on the street, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY, Khlong Toei Slum, Bangkok, Thailand 2025 |
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.
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.
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.
