From the Wild to Paris
A shared path of two photographers
People Space is a new gallery located in the heart of the old town of Bangkok. Until present, we have organized two exhibitions: Paper by Wisut Ponnimit and Mind’s Eye: Collections of Hand-Coloured Black and White Photographs by Chaipong Kittinaradorn.
Our coming exhibition, From the Wild to Paris, will open on this Saturday 12 July. The exhibition covers photographic works of two photographers, M.L. Prinyakorn Voravan and Supachai Ketkaroonkul. Despite disparity in contents, they both share the same path of documentary photography.
Using different kinds of lens and telling different stories, they both have the same kind of heart - the one that is eager to learn and understand our world.
Talking about wild life photography, M.L. Prinyakorn Voravan is one among those very few who dedicate their life for it. He has been in the wilderness taking those pictures of wild animals and their nature home for more than 20 years. Although he is a descendant of hunters, unlike his ancestors, his only weapon is a camera and not a rifle. His philosophy has changed from hunting to storytelling.
Still, despite long period of working, M.L Prinyakorn has never exhibited his work anywhere (in Thailand). At most, he has a picture book called Spirit of the Jungle published many years ago.
The other photographer is Supachai Ketkaroonkul. He graduated from the Faculty of Liberal Arts majoring in Film from Thammasat University. His black-and-white portraits are important parts for Open Magazine in its beginning phrase. The beauty he conveys through his lens is raw but not savage. It is documentary reality coated with poetic tenderness.
Supachai left Bangkok for Paris years ago to further his master education. When finished, he flied back home and still works as a photographer.
It is true that the story of Paris has been told over and over again for it is never a forgotten or unnoticed city. But once more, we will see Paris, in many different views, through the eyes of a Thai photographer who fell in love and lived with her for 6 years.
From the Wild to Paris aims to represent never-ending stories of both the wilderness and the city, two things that seem to be far apart but in fact tightly relate to one another. In the wild, there is life not different from in the city and as nature keeps balance for all life, what happens in the wild will eventually reach the city. This is why we have to travel so far From the Wild to Paris to learn from nature and understand more of our existence.
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On view from 12 July – 17 August 2008
Venue: People Space
116 Phraeng Phuton Road, San Chaopor Suea, Phranakorn, Bangkok 10200
Open Hours: Only on Saturday and Sunday (11 am - 7 pm)
(By appointment if besides Saturday and Sunday)
Opening Party: 12 July 2008 (8 pm onwards)
- Wild life slide show from M.L. Prinyakorn Voravan with live music from Manoch Puttan
- Artists’ Talk: Pinyo Trisuriyatamma will talk with our artists, M.L. Parinyakorn Worawan and Supachai Ketkaroonkul.
For more information:
Tel. 081 5491002
Email: people.space@yahoo.com
www.people-space.blogspot.com
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