Bangkok Photoshoot
I bought some Cinestill 800 film and was itching to try it out on a night-time shoot. Through the Bangkok film photography community, I connected with Pat, an amazing model I'd found on Instagram. She agreed to meet me at Hua Lamphong Station one evening.
I arrived at the station an hour early to location scout. After 45 minutes of wandering around the mostly deserted station, I called Michael and told him I didn't think I could make it. I was sweating more than I'd ever sweated in my life—and it was 8 pm! To top it off, I'd just started my period. The exhaustion was so intense. What am I doing with my life right now?
But Michael made me laugh. And then Pat showed up, and soon my exhaustion was forgotten.
We explored hidden stairwells with amazing textured walls and hopped onto parked train cars. The deserted rail lines of Hua Lamphong Station gave us the freedom to wander onto empty trains and explore what lay behind closed doors. Then, to top the night off, we wandered down to Chinatown where Pat told me stories of her life as a model in Bangkok and Milan.
These two locations were in stark contrast to one another. The very busy streets of Chinatown offered vibrancy and bold color, while the quiet station gave us space to create without interruption. It was a photographer's dream—the kind of night that reminds you why you pick up a camera in the first place, even when everything in your body is telling you to go home.
A lovely photo of me sweating while I wait for Pat.
