The Quarter Hostel, Bangkok
The Quarter Co Working Hostel in Ratchathewi, Bangkok. I had a quick breakie as I was passing on my way to my digs in Pratunam.
Nikon FM2 / Fuji Industrial 400
Bayoke Sky Tower
Matty
Mamiya C220 / Kodak Portra C220
Sak Yant, Pratunam, Bangkok
Nikon FM2 | Konica Minolta Centuria Super 100 [expired 03/2008]
More of this film here.
A tattoo artist in Bangkok.
I found this gentleman tattooing a sak yant (สักยันต์) in a little shop in Soi 17 off the Phetchaburi Road near Pratunam. Not really sure how I ended up there but he kindly let me photograph him.
I was having a pretty good day with my Thai and felt confident enough to explain my business and these men were more than happy with my being there. We chatted away in Thai for around 10 minutes and I learnt some useful vocabulary about sak yants.
Sak means to ‘tap’ or ‘tattoo’ and refers to the action of the bamboo ‘needle’ and yant comes from the Hindi word yantra which is the word for the designs. They are not a Buddhist tradition but have been adopted in the Thai Buddhist tradition from an older Indian tattooing practice.
Unfortunately I had slow film loaded in both cameras I had with me. A roll of expired 100 iso Konica Minolta Centuria Super film in my Nikon FM2 and a roll of expired Kodak Portra 160NS in the Mamiya C220.
Tattoo Shop – Soi 17 Petchburi, Pratunam
No. 251 Cha Am to Hua Hin
On the way back from Cha Am.
This trip was memorable, not for the lady in the photo or the amazing night market that just so happened to occur on the day I visited (every Wednesday) but for a lady who struck up a conversation with me on the way there – she was on her way to pick up her son who’d been away at school. We chatted all the way.
Nikon FM2 / Fuji Industrial 400 / Nikkor 24mm F/2.8 AFD
Around Hua Hin, Fuji Industrial 400
Nikon FM2 / Fuji Industrial 400 / Nikkor 24mm F/2.8 AF-D,