Yaum's Photo Diary

There is something really attractive to working in a simple way. If you study the work of Sebastiao Salgado or W. Eugene Smith you see that ...

Well am off to Asia again soon. I plan on shooting 5 weeks in Thailand with the 8x10 and also a Hasselblad in studio followed by 10 days to ...

Tia 28 Ladyboy Sex Worker in Shortime Room, Thailand 2008 Auria 25 Ladyboy Sex Worker in Shortime Room, Thailand 2008

Long Female Sex Worker in Shortime Room, Thailand 2008

Mat 25 Ladyboy Sex Worker, Thailand 2008

I realized today that my C-41 bottle chemistry is getting old, so I am going on a developing spree. I have lots of color negative film to de...

"With photography you have one little moment and you allow everyone else to fill it in."

Over the last few hours I have been working in the darkroom on an important print. My mind keeps going back to the "Khon Thai" pro...

People are always asking you to explain why you photograph this or that, it is rather annoying actually as the pictures if they are good eno...

Added another 9 photograph Ladyboy page, slowly improving and expanding the site (at least that's the goal!) http://www.gerryyaum.com/la...

Been thinking of the simplicity and beauty of working in a traditional way. Weston, Adams, Curtis, Atget, Sturges and Strand all worked with...

I want to make a larger variety of images, I have sort of been caught in the sex worker scene for the last few years. I have to branch out a...

Well the website is up again! I had some uploading problems over the last few weeks but things are back to normal again, now that the proble...

Soldier by August Sander A project has been in the back of my mind for years now. The idea to create a great body of portraiture dealing wit...

Planning a trip to Asia soon, I will continute the studio on white background portrait photographs from 2007. I have been debating which way...

Making a good photograph is rather simple, all you have to do is be completely devoted and work your ass off! This idea that some people are...

Have been working on scans for a book project that has changed names 3 times: -20 Photographs -36 Photographs -Thoughts From My Heart (kind ...

"Within all of us there is an illusive melody, which when heard and followed will lead you to the fulfillment of your fondest dreams....

Bui ladyboy sex worker, Thailand 2008 Man with broken glasses, Thailand 1999 Wall Tool Sleng prision-torture house, Cambodia 1999

Homeless street man, Thailand 1999 Cambodian children living in Tool Kok slum, Cambodia 1999 Grave, Hong Kong 1999

Pong, Thailand 2003 Mom, Canada 2008 Bee Ladyboy Sex Worker, Thailand 2008

Mat 25 ladyboy sex worker with her new breasts, Thailand 2008 Weird ass double exposure of ladyboy sex worker, completely accidental, Th...

Long sex worker, Thailand 2008 Dad, Canada 2008 Ladyboy sex worker, Thailand 2003 Lin sex worker in her room, Thailand 2003

Baby boy with his mother in Tool Kok slum, Phnom Penh Cambodia 1999 Sleeping child in a slum, Phnom Penh Cambodia 1999 Little person greeter...

Tried something new, a ring flash with a 250mm lens and 4x5 HP5 film, might try this more in my next trip to Asia.

Here are some of the images I recently found, with limited manipulation ( I have to learn photoshop!). Nong in the bath, Thailand 1999 Young...