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Comment by NEWS PORTFOLIOS*NET on August 19, 2015 at 8:23pm

Rediscovering Forgotten Thai Masters of Photography

Bangkok University Gallery (City Campus)
Opening Reception: Saturday, 19 September 2015 from 6 - 8 pm.
***Pre-opening at 3 – 5 pm., a talk session by one of the masters Pornsak Sakdaenprai and the exhibition curator Manit Sriwanichpoom
Exhibition period: 19 September – 31 October 2015

7 masters of Thai photography:

Buddhadasa Bhikku (1906 – 1993)
Mom Luang Toy Xoomsai (1906 –1961)
Liang Ewe (1911 – 1992)
Saengjun Limlohakul (1924 –1997)
S.H. Lim (1930 –)
Rong Wong-savun (1932 – 2009)
Pornsak Sakdaenprai (1938 –)

Curated by Manit Sriwanichpoom

“Are there no Thai masters in photography for us to study at all?” wondered Manit Sriwanichpoom, photo-artist and special photography lecturer. As he researched lessons for his students, he could only find the work of Western masters for them to learn from. There were no serious texts on Thai photography. This is his motivation for initiating, in 2011, the project to seek out Thai masters of photography.

‘Rediscovering Forgotten Thai Masters of Photography’ is the fruit of many years of Manit’s labour of love, to seek out and gather the work of seven Thai masters of photography, whose work vary greatly in style and substance. Some of this work has never been shown to the public before. One of them, Buddhadasa, is a revered sage and monk who used photography as a medium for the Buddha’s teachings. Two are better known as celebrated writers, Rong Wong-savun and M.L. Toy Xoomsai (who had taught Rong photography). One of them, Pornsak Sakdaenprai, still had to rely on sunlight for printing and enlarging when he opened his photo studio because, in 1959, his remote hometown in Northeast Thailand had not yet entered the age of electricity.

Photo Bangkok Festival, in concert with the Bangkok University Gallery (BUG) and Kathmandu Photo Gallery, is proud to play a part in supporting this project to record Thai photographic history, as a valuable and inspiring resource for the general public.

For more information, please call 0 2350 3626 or www.facebook.com/events/1632502200338966/

Comment by NEWS PORTFOLIOS*NET on August 19, 2015 at 8:23pm

Comment by NEWS PORTFOLIOS*NET on August 19, 2015 at 8:23pm