Tom Vater

Check out the excellent photo essay Risky Bangkok by seminal Thai photographer Vinai Dithajohn.
Vinai Dithajohn is a Bangkok-based photojournalist covering news and documentary stories in Thailand and Southeast Asia for the past ten years. He has been shooting Thailand’s political turmoil as well as Bangkok’s dark underbelly and subcultures, often risking his life [...]

January 14th, 2012 | Tags: Bangkok, Bangkok culture, photo essay, photographer, photojournalist, Risky Bangkok, slide show, Thailand, Thailand politics, Thailand racing, Thailand tattoos, Thailand youth culture, Thauiland subculture, Tom Vater, Vinai Dithajohn | Category: Thailand | Leave a comment

The first Bangkok Literary Festival at the Neilson Hays Library on May 22nd. Impressions by Black (Saksiri Hipfotobyblackcat).
Review of the Literary Festival in The Nation newspaper.

May 27th, 2011 | Tags: Aroon Thaewchatturat, Bangkok, Bangkok Literary Festival, Black, Chris Baker, Joe Cummings, Neilson Hays Library, Nic Dunlop, Philip Cornwell Smith, photography, Ralf Tooten, review, Saksiri Hipfotobyblackcat, Thailand, The Nation, Tom Vater, Vinai Dithajohn, Yvan Cohen | Category: Thailand, Writer´s Corner | Leave a comment

It´s not easy to write about war. Harder still to write about war at home. Bangkok is my home and tonight, parts of the city were on the verge of giving way to total chaos. After eight weeks of street protests by the so-called Red Shirts aiming to force the Thai government to resign and [...]

May 13th, 2010 | Tags: Bangkok, Bangkok Dangerous, Demonstration, demonstration ratchaprasong, Major General Sae Daeng, Protest, protesters, red shirts, Sae Daeng shooting, Sala Daeng, Thailand, Thailand conflict, Thailand politics, Thailand struggle, Thaksin Shinawatra, Tom Vater, unrest, Vinai Dithajohn, violence | Category: Thailand | Comments (1)