tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24254644541817203182024-02-19T12:15:34.753+07:00Thai Street LifePhotography from the wonderful streets of ThailandUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger448125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425464454181720318.post-78022482363853217192023-11-06T16:00:00.001+07:002023-11-06T16:00:00.151+07:00"Deposit" Photo<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiRN_4_KunXow8ZMKWY4ugEXnPnN0GD59PfX3ZI7T91c9eLMhS2FQRyAX9f43mydljDBausxg-rVeE3tyUzDVX847i1ptz6rXi5H5upN3oViSnNnBFIiu29VHG2h37R5gwCzXTSzr5xDPwXxAy14nKO5Sh6lN2mSe5SV-LKaJ9R-zHftY1e15V3wjQ_Ms/s3232/Deposit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Thai woman with bicycle" border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3232" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiRN_4_KunXow8ZMKWY4ugEXnPnN0GD59PfX3ZI7T91c9eLMhS2FQRyAX9f43mydljDBausxg-rVeE3tyUzDVX847i1ptz6rXi5H5upN3oViSnNnBFIiu29VHG2h37R5gwCzXTSzr5xDPwXxAy14nKO5Sh6lN2mSe5SV-LKaJ9R-zHftY1e15V3wjQ_Ms/w640-h428/Deposit.jpg" title="Deposit" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am not 100% sure
about this but I think when she came back to collect her bicycle she
found out that a bird had left something on her handlebar-grip.</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Photograph taken in
Petchaburi, Thailand.</i></span></p>
<p><style type="text/css">P { margin-bottom: 0.08in }</style></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Phetchaburi, Mueang Phetchaburi District, Phetchaburi 76000, Thailand13.0995798 99.9437136-15.210654036178845 64.7874636 41.409813636178846 135.0999636tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425464454181720318.post-47553178194353546822023-11-05T15:56:00.001+07:002023-11-05T15:56:00.143+07:00"Captive Market" Photo<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWPRsPHZQii31aE-PHHNz3_8pdp0qRcQL5n_hypSpY8O5TM9BBrp14OPD0W7WiU_x5ZKTW4ojydoFnicf2RF91hGFrEMrAl09veglOHZAaubKEpB6nZRLJlwiyte2Jj-yo8ByQMfhVVcmFZ9oPilomUvz_8hBK9GYCJjka_xo8x7s_68L_QMdSY9rkxj0/s3840/Captive%20market.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Lottery ticket seller and couple in street restaurant" border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWPRsPHZQii31aE-PHHNz3_8pdp0qRcQL5n_hypSpY8O5TM9BBrp14OPD0W7WiU_x5ZKTW4ojydoFnicf2RF91hGFrEMrAl09veglOHZAaubKEpB6nZRLJlwiyte2Jj-yo8ByQMfhVVcmFZ9oPilomUvz_8hBK9GYCJjka_xo8x7s_68L_QMdSY9rkxj0/w640-h360/Captive%20market.jpg" title="Captive market" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;">A lottery ticket seller
making the most of a cheerful couple having to wait for their
noodles. I think the smiley woman bought some.</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Photograph taken in
Petchaburi, Thailand.</i></span></p>
<p><style type="text/css">P { margin-bottom: 0.08in }</style></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Phetchaburi, Mueang Phetchaburi District, Phetchaburi 76000, Thailand13.0995798 99.9437136-15.210654036178845 64.7874636 41.409813636178846 135.0999636tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425464454181720318.post-69121802721352393262023-11-04T15:51:00.001+07:002023-11-04T15:51:00.141+07:00"Not in the Saddle" Photo<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix6THJ3JdqQwEvVMv-4Dj-SmVmBkc7cspa05JcsXzn-atqEMxUWCrPzBP_NSMq51pofg9aGHOGhShRg3Elz5jNBqfPA13LM5GqGnP7dHWDN9BUxeNPDgYwMECCnkpKlUPPFZ6WdwEmq2tACmVcCChHp-jDa7Oq3rF07pktCT-nQ5UqNc3CNlq1FfQ-GbY/s3840/Not%20in%20the%20saddle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Man looking like he is sitting on a bicycle" border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix6THJ3JdqQwEvVMv-4Dj-SmVmBkc7cspa05JcsXzn-atqEMxUWCrPzBP_NSMq51pofg9aGHOGhShRg3Elz5jNBqfPA13LM5GqGnP7dHWDN9BUxeNPDgYwMECCnkpKlUPPFZ6WdwEmq2tACmVcCChHp-jDa7Oq3rF07pktCT-nQ5UqNc3CNlq1FfQ-GbY/w640-h360/Not%20in%20the%20saddle.jpg" title="Not in the saddle" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I think this man is the
owner of the samlor (three-wheeled bicycle taxi) but he might not be,
however, the perspective coincided perfectly for him to be sitting on
the saddle without actually touching it!</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Photograph taken in
Petchaburi, Thailand.</i></span></p>
<p><style type="text/css">P { margin-bottom: 0.08in }</style></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Phetchaburi, Mueang Phetchaburi District, Phetchaburi 76000, Thailand13.0995798 99.9437136-15.210654036178845 64.7874636 41.409813636178846 135.0999636tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425464454181720318.post-63807937887375390182023-11-03T15:45:00.001+07:002023-11-03T15:45:00.140+07:00"Pairs" Photo<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB_Qie5Y104-qFuGMHLW2mofrXjnGZwtxxfSXynC7wKWC4UTDIf4iWi1Uf3T5M14fiLgbOJ64M411tVakaSkYpVwCn6rz7Xv576IG7flYahYpha7ttuPPM7wLk_yvBVdcjcQLOtg-LtaeTjzf1RRG_oMkLXcOxN1XeID382avBRd1Xt59YcgoImwBdUzE/s3840/Pairs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Two Thai women plus satelite dishes" border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB_Qie5Y104-qFuGMHLW2mofrXjnGZwtxxfSXynC7wKWC4UTDIf4iWi1Uf3T5M14fiLgbOJ64M411tVakaSkYpVwCn6rz7Xv576IG7flYahYpha7ttuPPM7wLk_yvBVdcjcQLOtg-LtaeTjzf1RRG_oMkLXcOxN1XeID382avBRd1Xt59YcgoImwBdUzE/w640-h360/Pairs.jpg" title="Pairs" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;">Slightly cheeky photo
of a pair of women walking in synchrony with a nice pair of satelite dishes.</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Photograph taken in
Petchaburi, Thailand.</i></span></p>
<p><style type="text/css">P { margin-bottom: 0.08in }</style></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Phetchaburi, Mueang Phetchaburi District, Phetchaburi 76000, Thailand13.0995798 99.9437136-15.210654036178845 64.7874636 41.409813636178846 135.0999636tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425464454181720318.post-77421742449228782982023-11-02T15:40:00.001+07:002023-11-02T15:40:00.140+07:00"The Iceman Ducketh" Photo<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz-s9sj5_Eh9L5Im9sLf6xzxax2_Ef5xcxJnn9XiAdwwZSQewUB-YYtClH84EY8YJZWz_MSVvCFSyPOarZjKRk0C7MjBpEfeQuPmZ1ca_XpIuq3hqbsHqRJDkL3m7mvBeY3cI9YZ2NzVPXEF3kGHZc5teiXwfzlMQavdLZWHRfpQldI2ZY7f5OaF9Hkro/s3840/Iceman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Man carting ice around market" border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz-s9sj5_Eh9L5Im9sLf6xzxax2_Ef5xcxJnn9XiAdwwZSQewUB-YYtClH84EY8YJZWz_MSVvCFSyPOarZjKRk0C7MjBpEfeQuPmZ1ca_XpIuq3hqbsHqRJDkL3m7mvBeY3cI9YZ2NzVPXEF3kGHZc5teiXwfzlMQavdLZWHRfpQldI2ZY7f5OaF9Hkro/w640-h360/Iceman.jpg" title="The iceman ducketh" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;">Every day this
silver-haired man carts ice around Petchaburi market to numerous
vendors to help keep their produce fresh. Many obstacles lie in his
route including pot-holes, curb-stones, shoppers, dogs and this
annoying sun-shading cloth.</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Photograph taken in
Petchaburi, Thailand.</i></span></p>
<p><style type="text/css">P { margin-bottom: 0.08in }</style></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Phetchaburi, Mueang Phetchaburi District, Phetchaburi 76000, Thailand13.0995798 99.9437136-15.210654036178845 64.7874636 41.409813636178846 135.0999636tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425464454181720318.post-35803345331209381402023-11-01T15:35:00.001+07:002023-11-01T15:35:00.139+07:00"Brunchtime" Photo<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqsbm5RrlAzHqKwLCo29mpfuRYcPJ61yMmHDoUAFf608DlZ_rSKlXxvEeDU0LTq_ZS1CVRoPuGk6KYse9QqrEIqwafQCzTefmeuaLz59fcNxBe0lXpzfOMZIhCQgNgV5IzAV7MWbnYTzKrO5lMct2wymluzY0rdQYCrXJHKt5-ffcPKgvY9MvLXwui8i8/s3840/Brunchtime.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Thai man eating lunch in market" border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqsbm5RrlAzHqKwLCo29mpfuRYcPJ61yMmHDoUAFf608DlZ_rSKlXxvEeDU0LTq_ZS1CVRoPuGk6KYse9QqrEIqwafQCzTefmeuaLz59fcNxBe0lXpzfOMZIhCQgNgV5IzAV7MWbnYTzKrO5lMct2wymluzY0rdQYCrXJHKt5-ffcPKgvY9MvLXwui8i8/w640-h360/Brunchtime.jpg" title="Brunchtime" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;">I think his expression
is just an effect of being frozen in a photograph rather than a
problem with the sticky rice he was eating. And I hope the young guy
driving that motorbike doesn't accelerate too quickly or he might
lose his friend off the back.</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Photograph taken in
Petchaburi, Thailand.</i></span></p>
<p><style type="text/css">P { margin-bottom: 0.08in }</style></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Phetchaburi, Thailand12.9035085 99.6341358.6384557245441425 95.23960375 17.168561275455858 104.02866625tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425464454181720318.post-25014794146842307032023-10-31T15:29:00.005+07:002023-10-31T15:29:00.135+07:00"Loads of Difference" Photo<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTZXfjjRY-yux1nzCgvKDSYdb6sY5PZF-b16egW1bmVyncRkAUCkHhiFNy_8xofa1vssfuc-u7rY_fozled44bSR4K2auoMZrG1iikvoGkmIrK2Oj0M5FQtmsnbBgzn-YJl1Ys86wUzFpf1VC6jsPp-pl65bxF7h7brka1bIjfMfq3i_ggvHV3gqxw1bw/s3387/Loads%20of%20difference.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Man carrying boxes, woman carrying child" border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3387" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTZXfjjRY-yux1nzCgvKDSYdb6sY5PZF-b16egW1bmVyncRkAUCkHhiFNy_8xofa1vssfuc-u7rY_fozled44bSR4K2auoMZrG1iikvoGkmIrK2Oj0M5FQtmsnbBgzn-YJl1Ys86wUzFpf1VC6jsPp-pl65bxF7h7brka1bIjfMfq3i_ggvHV3gqxw1bw/w640-h378/Loads%20of%20difference.jpg" title="Different loads" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;">Different kinds of
cargo requiring different kinds of care.</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Photograph taken in
Petchaburi, Thailand.</i></span></p>
<p><style type="text/css">P { margin-bottom: 0.08in }</style></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com04X42+P3J, Tha Rab, Mueang Phetchaburi District, Phetchaburi 76000, Thailand13.1068489 99.950136313.102669149976183 99.945844765576169 13.111028650023815 99.954427834423825tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425464454181720318.post-53608973347138578532023-10-30T15:29:00.002+07:002023-10-30T15:29:47.859+07:00"Market Vendor" Photos<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX44DcKMRLhyphenhyphen84n0Jx4aLVUJHtM6BTO_ZWY-603E1xQbAvFJY4npQu6ATK2uObWaIE5CAswFmFneOzzkJzJQxF4EbcFr8E9lYXmfVQh0-kl8jhZpkoRBExfzLWACuCzahO9kO1nnvTwqnA48XSSX4oromAzVDccq22Mz1QqW0sAcHTgEdvmpiny9uv3oI/s2457/Market%20vendor1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Old Thai woman in market" border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="2457" height="562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX44DcKMRLhyphenhyphen84n0Jx4aLVUJHtM6BTO_ZWY-603E1xQbAvFJY4npQu6ATK2uObWaIE5CAswFmFneOzzkJzJQxF4EbcFr8E9lYXmfVQh0-kl8jhZpkoRBExfzLWACuCzahO9kO1nnvTwqnA48XSSX4oromAzVDccq22Mz1QqW0sAcHTgEdvmpiny9uv3oI/w640-h562/Market%20vendor1.jpg" title="Market vendor" width="640" /></a></div> <p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Ten years after last
posting on this blog I have decided to start it up again.</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;">We moved away from
Chiang Mai with its very convenient street markets and now have moved
again to near the town of Petchaburi. A new place with new
possibilities that have inspired me to take my camera around the
streets again. I am also trying out a couple of new techniques which
will appear here over the coming weeks.</span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGcvGWp6sJlRXpUbXG_Q6j3KbLygyBhTZgi1L4j-itXq8ROnZbYmnNjIXELgJgyarFIeuqV8cQkLLVBTyYvDeb7fNHb5Dr24kyIb85FG6Vv-sNb_ZskZv36W_TaK_gmWL5iGzJJxddEC8IYa4cuVrLxyEV8mXshnawHCuSD6LIeawoqWy_BbWkEUUaIn0/s3840/Market%20vendor2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGcvGWp6sJlRXpUbXG_Q6j3KbLygyBhTZgi1L4j-itXq8ROnZbYmnNjIXELgJgyarFIeuqV8cQkLLVBTyYvDeb7fNHb5Dr24kyIb85FG6Vv-sNb_ZskZv36W_TaK_gmWL5iGzJJxddEC8IYa4cuVrLxyEV8mXshnawHCuSD6LIeawoqWy_BbWkEUUaIn0/w640-h360/Market%20vendor2.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><p></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;">For today here are two
pictures of one of the first aged characters I photographed around
Petchaburi market. I didn't notice what she was selling but she was
sitting by the roadside looking tired or possibly bored.</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;">Petchaburi market has
still retained a lot of its old character but I bet she has seen many
changes in her time. The increased use of plastic bags being one.</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Photographs taken in
Petchaburi, Thailand.</i></span></p>
<p><style type="text/css">P { margin-bottom: 0.08in }</style></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com04X42+X25, Matyawong, Tambon Tha Rab, Amphoe Mueang Phetchaburi, Chang Wat Phetchaburi 76000, Thailand13.1073876 99.950104413.105297738283781 99.947958632788087 13.109477461716217 99.952250167211915tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425464454181720318.post-52715369435898247682013-02-18T07:00:00.000+07:002013-02-18T07:00:01.488+07:00“Sniper Dog” Photograph<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Looks like the recoil from this
sniper dog’s rifle has sent it flying backwards.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I’m not sure why some of these
street dogs end up wearing clothes. They are perhaps “semi-pets” but free to
roam as they wish and spend their lives outside but even the coolest nights in
the middle of the cool season should not really be a problem for a street dog
in Bangkok. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Some perhaps acquire shirts as a
way to stop them scratching at fleas or mange but it’s hard to believe this
would ease either the torment or the condition.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Or maybe it’s just a fashion
statement.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Photograph taken at Zeer, Rangsit,
Bangkok, Thailand</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And who is going to argue with
her?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Photograph taken at Zeer, Rangsit,
Bangkok, Thailand</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">A young Thai boy slithering into
the Chinese Year of the Snake. His rubber cobra actually had quite a realistic
wriggle as he carried it along.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Happy New Year (a few days late).</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Photograph taken at Zeer, Rangsit,
Bangkok, Thailand</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Perhaps the Tax Office give her a
rebate for the free campaign advertising. But then why would be in English here
in Thailand?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">More likely, the design and cost of the shirt were far more important then the content.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Photograph taken at Zeer, Rangsit,
Bangkok, Thailand</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">To me it almost looks like the dog in this
photograph was somehow stuck to a wall and is now getting nervous about
slipping down.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I had never seen a dog in this
spread-legged position before I came to Thailand but it seems to be the fashion
amongst the country’s street dogs, perhaps as a cooling aid.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Photograph taken at Zeer, Rangsit,
Bangkok, Thailand</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Walking around Thai markets where
stallholders often have to bring their children along, I regularly see young
kids latched onto mannequins like this. At first sight it looks a bit like the
mannequin is acting as a surrogate mother but it’s probably truer to say that it’s
just an enormous doll to play with.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Photograph taken at Zeer, Rangsit,
Bangkok, Thailand</span></div>
<!--EndFragment-->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425464454181720318.post-90767549933044963252013-02-12T07:00:00.000+07:002013-02-12T07:00:06.501+07:00“Dog Carriers” Photograph<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">In his book “The Truth about
Dogs”, Stephen Budiansky begins by pointing out just how parasitic dogs are: they
have effectively conned us into providing their every need for them and, on the
whole, really do not provide very much in return. And they have been extremely
successful with this strategy.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The signs are that they are now
stepping things up to a new level and have started forcing us to make cute
little bags for them so that we can carry them everywhere and feed them little tidbits
along the way.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Beware, dogs are more organised
than you think. They have a plan and it must be stopped before it’s too late. Don’t
allow yourself to become a dog carrier.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Photograph taken on Saturday
Walking Street, Chiang Mai, Thailand</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">It’s revealing to me how the
fortune teller here does not seem to be reading the cards on the table but the
woman herself. Of course, it could just be that as I took the photograph he
happened to glance up at her for a brief moment but I suspect that the real
trick is to keep her focussed on the interesting-looking cards so that he can
carefully study her demeanor and reactions to guide the telling of her fortune.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I don’t think he’s a policeman
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Photograph taken near Siam Center,
Bangkok, Thailand</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Two men idly waiting at a bus stop
and sharing the shade from his hat.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The “Bangkok Futsal Arena”
mentioned on his shirt was a large, expensive indoor stadium built on the
outskirts of the city last year for the FIFA Futsal World Cup tournament which
took place in Thailand. Unfortunately, it was not ready in time so this shirt
has probably had more use than the arena.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Photograph taken at Victory
Monument, Bangkok, Thailand</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I like this as a compositionally
strange photograph that, for me at least, somehow still works.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The hands are the only clear
subject so your eye goes straight to them even though they are tucked away in
the bottom corner. Then there must be a body attached so you look upwards and
perhaps make out an arm and realise that the light patch at the top is actually
the side of her head which then directs you down to the left where she is
looking but there isn’t enough detail to see what she is looking at so it’s
back to the hands. These three points form a triangle for the eye to wander
around.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">There is infact no story to tell
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while she waits behind.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Photograph taken near Siam Center,
Bangkok, Thailand</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Some might believe his bag is full
of goods to sell on a market stall, perhaps shirts or maybe large,
torso-covering underpants like the ones he is modelling, but I know it’s
actually the last person to call him a sissy for wearing an orange plastic
belt.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Photograph taken near Siam Center,
Bangkok, Thailand</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Looks like this guy has run out of
zoom.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The two bags are full of clothes
to sell and he’s waiting for his other half to arrive to set up their market
stall. His waist-line suggests they do quite well from trading.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Photograph taken near Siam Center,
Bangkok, Thailand</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The laughter looks a little forced
anyway so no surprise this woman hasn’t joined in.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">She looked like she was waiting
for somebody and when I walked passed again twenty minutes later she was still
waiting in the same place and still not laughing.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Photograph taken near Victory
Monument, Bangkok, Thailand</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">There has been a little unseasonal
rain in Bangkok recently but the chances are that the residue left from this
spillage after the heat has evaporated the water away will sit there slowly
getting mixed </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">by feet and wheels and paws</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">with all the other residues of various types until the real rain arrives in two or three months. Looks like there
is already a good accumulation and it makes me grateful for the Thai tradition
of removing one’s shoes before entering a home.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The fact that the cup was also left
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Photograph taken near Victory
Monument, Bangkok, Thailand</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Crouched down on the ground at the
bottom of these steps this old woman has the demeanor of a beggar but is
actually trying to sell something (I didn’t notice what). Unfortunately, nobody
is interested in buying so she has adopted even more of a begging posture but still doesn’t
seem to be getting any sympathy sales.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Photograph taken near Victory
Monument, Bangkok, Thailand</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Buddhist monks always seem so
incongruous in commercial settings but they can be connected as shop owners do
sometimes request a few monks to come and bless their shop particularly when it
first opens. This is all part of the service they provide to the local
community, which is still quite strong, even in Bangkok.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The other connection between the
shop and the monk in this photograph is the happy coincidence of colour.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Photograph taken near Victory
Monument, Bangkok, Thailand</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Munich has its Oktoberfest with
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a time. This is a Bangkok version involving iced water in metal mugs but with
the added bonus of a yellow straw in each!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I suspect that the buxom
Oktoberfest waitresses earn better tips than this guy.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Photograph taken at Victory
Monument, Bangkok, Thailand</span></div>
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