Yaum's Photo Diary

Did a bunch of contacts from the 4x5 film developed so far. Some of them look quite good, think there are some strong photographs in the fir...

" At a certain point, humans creating art no longer need to be told what they're supposed to do. "

This morning I started to develop the 4x5 sheet film from the Ladyboy series. So far the images look OK, sharpness, exposure seem fine. Some...

The US gov't has learned from the Vietnam war, now they control and ban photographers that depict the Iraq war in ways unacceptable to W...

I found out today that the deadline for submissions to the VAAA gallery for the 2009 season is Sept 15. I have already been rejected 3 times...

Was visiting Dean Jones Razzle camera site today and found the Bananarama in his hall of fame section along with many other dazzling razzlin...

I donated some work to help a local youth organization raise funds. Check it out here: http://www.artauction2008.deviantart.com/gallery/ You...

First thoughts after arrival is boy Canada is cold and quiet. The temperatures seem downright cool here after being in Thailand even thou it...

Well I am back in Canada again, after a long exhausting day of travel which included a 2 hour car ride plus around 24 hours on 3 different a...

Had a very nice Thai meal at a local beach area here. I ate barbecued crab along with spicy papaya salad, raw oysters, spare ribs and a frie...

I shot the last of my film today, all the color and b/w roll film, 425 sheets of 4x5 b/w and about 20 sheets of color 4x5 are gone! The fina...

I went out at 12am and found 2 ladyboys to photograph around 3am, now it is close to 5am and I am heading home after updating this blog. I h...

Went down to find some ladyboys to photograph today and was sitting drinking some water when a lady sex worker I had met briefly the night b...

It is amazing how enjoyable getting your hair dyed, cut and washed can be. I just spent an hour or so under the care of 3 Thai ladies as the...

"I didn't choose to be born like this. I am who I am. And to be honest, I like who I am."

The current portrait session count is. 17 different ladyboy sex workers. 3 different lady sex workers I expect to shoot Mat (2nd time) and B...

Photographed 2 more ladyboys at 10am today Mat and Dao, they came to my room and I did the shoot in the room. Mat was one of my favorite mo...

I had a nice moment tonight just wandering the streets. There was a good Thai band playing in a beer bar, it was about 3am and the bar was m...

Nut a ladyboy I photographed earlier this week told me that many times farang men will talk to them and pretend they are interested just to ...

I only did 2 photo shoots today, a ladyboy named Ann and a named ladyboy Pim but it was a good day. Both ladyboys were interested and visual...

Have only a handfull of days left, I still have film to shoot about 8 people. Today was basically a day of rest, I had a nice meal with a fr...

I---, is a man I have known since 1999. I met him again last night, he is a sex pat (ex pat who lives in Thailand to buy sex) he came to Tha...

Walked into some areas of Thailand I had not visited for years. I ran into an old friend from my earlier photographs of sex workers. The lad...

Talked to around 8 or 9 ladyboys tonight all are interested in doing photographs some for a second time. I have 3 tentatively scheduled for ...

Photographed a ladyboy from last year named Ji Ji. Last year she was sort of angry during the shoot but today she was very pleasant. Ji Ji h...