Yaowarat (เยาวราช), referred by locals as Chinatown, was the only place I wanted to shoot some photos this time in Bangkok. The subject has been in my interest for a while and I didn’t even scratch its surface.
Old cinema
Sin Huad
Tan Sam Year LTD Part
Yu Hua
Drinking in the alley
Future MRT subway stattion
Toilet
Rest and play
Open daily
Old market
Apartment
Dish washing
Cooking
Welcome
Riding
Of course, there were food, lots of street food and also people. Some stalls had a long line to get their services. But I was more interested in shophouse facades, one of the features that characterised cities in Thailand. Also, small alleys drawn me into them to explore deeper in the environment and its people.
Going up
It will be more interesting how a new subway station would affect this urban area.
I walked from Chinatown to the complex through Broadway while taking photos of abstract cityscape. You knew you were in a right place when it felt like an invitation to submerge into it.
There wasn’t much time of a proper photo session in Moscow, unfortunately. The only one was in Moscow Metro circle line–Koltsevaya line.
It took about 90 minutes to hop on and off the train on each of the twelve stations. I wish I had more time but had to regroup with others to see a circus. Otherwise, it could have been a real joy to explore details on the unique decors of each station. More than that, juxtapositions of contemporary local commuters and Soviet Union architectures built during the cold war were truly fascinating.
Novoslobodskaya
Kiyevskaya
Park Kultury
Oktyabrskaya
Dobryninskaya
Paveletskaya
Taganskaya
Kurskaya
Komsomolskaya
Prospekt Mira
Krasnopresnenskaya
While taking the Metro, I just couldn’t help thinking of London Underground I experienced the year before. Even though the navigation for passengers couldn’t top London, it was still easy to get around and very efficient, especially, for a megacity like this. And to have permanent public arts (even they were propagandas, then and now) in public transports set Moscow Metro apart from any other cities in the world.
