The hour before the train station resume its busy schedule. When one of my favorite locations, the Bangkok Railway Station, was reduced...

I was once asked, "Why a train station?" when I began taking a series of portraits at Hua Lamphong Train Station in Bangkok, Thailand—an iconic place I later described as "A train station frozen in time." That phrase perhaps best captures its allure. At first, my choice was practical. Living within reasonable distance and having easy access via mass transit made it convenient amidst Bangkok's notorious traffic. As the collection of portraits grew, it became a form of meditati