Friday, January 10, 2014

More Feeding

Another example of internet feeding, here is a story from a site called phuketwan.com (Phuket is an island in Southern Thailand, that it is very popular destination). Slate.com is a pretty prestigious online magazine so there might be some notice of the work as a result, this is the first little blurb I have found.

Phuketwan.com

slate.com The Sex Workers of Thailand: Unlike some of his earliest environmental portraits, Canadian Gerry Yaum photographed his subjects - a mix of male, female, and ''ladyboy'' workers from go-go dance bars, beer bars, and the streets - against a white backdrop. ''There is nowhere for viewers to hide. They must confront the subject.''