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VIDS IN ONE FRAME
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Bangkok

Wat Arun framed through market wires, monks mid-stride, and the moments Bangkok forgets it's being watched.

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city street with distant temple spire
· I ·
waiting area with monk and passengers
train and man sitting on wooden bench
silhouetted man facing temple spire

he sees it every morning

side building with stairs and people passing
city police officer facing toward Buddhist temple architecture
motion blur of tuk-tuk with truck in background
man hailing a blue bus on a busy urban street
motorcycles waiting in traffic at busy intersection
workers moving carts down dimly lit Bangkok alley
man sitting alone at bus stop against crumbling wall
“The sacred and the everyday, separated by a single street.”
· II · across the water ·
boats speeding past temple across choppy river
temple across water with anchored boats
boats docked at shore with child sitting on top
central Bangkok street with a Wat Arun view
tuk-tuk driver resting, engrossed in his phone
tuk-tuk driver reclining in stationary vehicle
man reclining in back of parked tuk-tuk
people seen through glowing bus window at night
“Two drivers sleeping. Same heat, different tuk-tuks.”
· III · the monsoon ·
personwalking by Grand Palace wall with umbrella
Grand Palace spires and person with blue umbrella
monk shielding rain with a plastic wrap

orange robes, clear plastic

person carrying produce bags stacked on scooter
monk on bustling rainy street near barriers and tarp
monk walking with umbrella amidst urban greenery
street scene with pedestrians and monk under umbrella
monk navigating busy street with umbrella
man standing beside his scooter in rainy night scene
“The plastic kept the water off. The saffron kept everything else.”
· IV ·
wrapped bouquets stacked in flower market stall
vendor selling lotus flowers arranged in bundles
man selling lotus flowers outside storefront
market vendor resting in chair surrounded by produce
woman with denim jacket walking along busy sidewalk
street food vendor surrounded by pots and supplies
motorbike squeezed tightly in narrow alley space

Photographs by Vidhart Bhatia · Bangkok · Nov 2024 ■

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