Bangkok

I have visited and seen parts of Bangkok today.

Some seen in company of tour buses and guides. Me, as one of many, observing, snapping pictures to help the memory relive the experience of being here.

Other places I felt more like the one being watched.

As an image maker I’m truly used to being the observer and always get a bit uncomfortable when it’s the other way around.

I’m a voyeur. One that quietly studies his surroundings.

It is part of being a photographer and I role I’m comfortable in.  I watch, I study, I wait, I capture.

I have gotten good at it. The watching and waiting part….

Exposing myself doesn’t have to be a part of this. Not letting the world see myself as I observe…

The assignment I’m on is asking for more:

To not be the observer but a partaker, to have the images put myself in it rather than out side of it.

As a craftsman I have gotten more conscious about where and how I watch.

Where I stand when I take my picture is not so much about a tripod position rather than how I feel and relate to my surroundings.

I’m truly excited about where I stand today. Ready to embark on 35 days of shooting pictures where I’m in it rather than observing.

Ko Phi Phi, Mauritius, Seychelles and Malta here I come…..

One response to “Bangkok”

  1. bjørn says:

    Erik…

    How to watch

    good luck 🙂

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