Blog: The Geography of Memory

A recapitulation of my work and wandering ways with thanks to those that have influenced and encouraged me to keep writing and making images.

Note: The blog’s format is such that you often have to click “read more” to see the image, especially at the bottom of a page.

Walking in Bangkok

Of course I am curious and when I arrive in a place I like to see and understand what happens around me. However, I need to travel slowly and I avoid plane trips. A photographer must not run but walk, tirelessly. Then he can seize what is on offer on the pavement, at the street corner, in life."
~ Henri Cartier-Bresson

I took this photo while walking from one end to the other of Lumpini Park in central Bangkok. Over the years I keep coming back to it. At first I loved it, then less so. Then I set it aside for a while and later I started to see it differently. And finally I saw how to process it to better evoke the dreamlike quality that made me take the photo in the first place.