Thailand – Songtaew (song = two, taew = benches)

1927 – Muang Sukhothai

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Thailand – The Culture of Ladyboys

Via: Beautiful/Decay

In Thailand, the term ladyboy is a nickname for transgender women, and they are a population often met with intolerance and prejudice. Their place in society is explored through photographer Soopakorn Srisakul’s series Mistress, in which he captures the daily life of his girlfriend and four other ladyboys. They all work at bars and as call girls in the infamous red-light Nana district in Bangkok.

Srisakul’s images are his journey in understanding his partner and the others experiences. There are few positions that are hiring transgendered women, so this community typically finds work in department stores, makeup counters, and cabaret venues. Those that are bargirls generally make better the better wages, which allows them to save up for gender reassignment surgeries.

Mistress presents us with poignant pictures of both work and home. There are moments of dark clubs, sure, but there are also quiet scenes in bright bedrooms. Srisakul writes:

They go out working, come back to their room, go relaxing outside, occasionally go back to visit family in the countryside, and then go to work. They, like anyone else, just try to get by. They laugh for joy, cry for sorrow, they work to earn a living, and they have an argument with their boyfriend, just like anyone else. In this sense, what makes them so different from us as to warrant a harsh treatment from the moral society, and do they deserve it at all?

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Bangkok – 1957

Via: Teak Door

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Chiang Mai – 1960 flood

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Chiang Mai – Suriwongse Theatre as seen in 1958

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Thailand – ‘Photo of the Day’

‘Baby Rice Field’ @ Mae Jam by wanas by wanas

http://500px.com/photo/75435989/baby-rice-field-@-mae-jam-by-wanasapong-jaiinpol

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Bangkok – Japanese tank runs along Royal Palace December 1941

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Thailand – 1899 Chiang Mai

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Bangkok – 1972

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Thailand – Chiang Lai – ‘Post-quake Photo of the Day’

 

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