About the Photographs
By John Goss
photography for this book began on my first visit to Thailand in 1988, before it became my home.I soon switched from taking tourist snaps to documenting the puzzling sights in street, market and fairground. Most Thais I queried paid little attention to the meanings of the everyday things around them. So lots of these images remained unexplained until this collaboration with Philip to uncover the origins and interconnectedness of things like coins in ears and poodle-shaped bushes. As with many people, my first encounter with things Thai started with my discovery of Thai food. Perfumed soups, Technicolor gelatinous cubes, drinks tasting like spiced wood in hand-embossed mugs a sensory over load calmly overseen by portraits of monarchs in every restaurant. While pop in many countries has become appropriated by commerce, in Thailand these mundane marvels of found art' remain an unselfconscious part of daily life. I've tried to record this unsung beauty, free from the posed and styled quality of many books and magazines on Thai culture. These scenes, encountered through serendipity, were not set-up or re-arranged, though a handful of images needed some composing. While Thais love to prepare for portraits, I've sought to record their
About the PhotographsBy John Gossphotography for this book began on my first visit to Thailand in 1988, before it became my home.I soon switched from taking tourist snaps to documenting the puzzling sights in street, market and fairground. Most Thais I queried paid little attention to the meanings of the everyday things around them. So lots of these images remained unexplained until this collaboration with Philip to uncover the origins and interconnectedness of things like coins in ears and poodle-shaped bushes. As with many people, my first encounter with things Thai started with my discovery of Thai food. Perfumed soups, Technicolor gelatinous cubes, drinks tasting like spiced wood in hand-embossed mugs a sensory over load calmly overseen by portraits of monarchs in every restaurant. While pop in many countries has become appropriated by commerce, in Thailand these mundane marvels of found art' remain an unselfconscious part of daily life. I've tried to record this unsung beauty, free from the posed and styled quality of many books and magazines on Thai culture. These scenes, encountered through serendipity, were not set-up or re-arranged, though a handful of images needed some composing. While Thais love to prepare for portraits, I've sought to record their
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