Life In Klong Toei

These are glimpses of life in the Klong Toei slums of Bangkok. Klong Toei has a history dating back to the 9th century and served as a major port to cities upstream from the Chao Phraya river. Once a bustling center of commerce, the area was later replaced by bigger ports in the east thus converting the neighborhood into the slums we see today. Although poor and drug ridden, this area houses people that are the best and worst of what the city has to offer. In our lifetime these slums will be replaced by the homogeneity of condominiums, housing projects and shopping malls - some call it progress, while I see decades of precious history being wiped away. The purpose of this series is to capture the raw power and elegance amidst all of the chaos in hopes of reminding future generations of what it meant to be an individual and to be free.