Portraits from a corner at the Hua Lumphong Train Station - Platforms and around

I was once asked, "why train station?" when I started to take portraits in the Hua Lumphong Train Station, Bangkok, Thailand - a train station I later describe it as "A train station frozen in time." Well, that probably best explains it.

It started with a simple reason as I live within convenient means to get to the station as traffic is something to factor seriously in Bangkok. As the collection of portraits started to grow, it becomes more or less a meditation to try to create images from the same location over and over with variations unique to each I photograph.

So the collection continues, display in random order.

Olga Svyryda, November 2016, Hasselblad X1D50c + XCD 45/3.5

Irina Kornia, October 2016, Leica M-P 240 + Summilux-M 35/1.4 ASPH FLE

Tatiana Larionova, September 2016, Leica M-P 240 + Summilux-M 50/1.4 ASPH

Valentina Kolot, November 2018, SONY A7RIII + EF 24-70/2.8 GM

Sorina Miheala, January 2018, Leica M10 + Summilux-M 50/1.4 ASPH

"The best thing about a picture is that it never changes, even when the people in it do."

~ Andy Warhol

Victoria Pacheco, March 2020 Hasselblad X1DII-50c + XCD 45/3.5

Jenny García Vergara, April 2018, Hasselblad X1D + XCD 45/3.5

Valentina Kolot, November 2018 Leica M10 + Apo-Summicron-M 50/2 ASPH

Sabrina Baycroft, September 21, 2019 Leica M10-D + Summilux-M 35/1.4 ASPH FLE

Daria Luci, September 2015, Leica MP240 + Apo-Summicron-M 50/2 ASPH

"The journey has it own lyrics

A duet of balanced motion

The rails and wheels in tune"

~ Richard L. Ratliff

Gao Ming Ming, December 2018, Fujifilm GFX50R + GF 110/2 R LM WR

Daria Luci, September 2015, Leica M-P 240 + Summilux-M 50/1.4 ASPH

Benish Paracha, June 21, 2020 Leica M10-D + Summilux-M 50/1.4 ASPH

"Beauty can be seen in all things, seeing and composing the beauty is what separates the snapshot from the photograph."

~Matt Hardy

Daria Saburova, February 2016, Leica SL Typ 601 + Apochromat Kinoptik Paris 50mm F2 Focale

Angela Hasler, January 2016, Leica SL Typ 601 + Vario-Elmarit-SL 24-90/2.8-4 ASPH

Carol Alves, October 2017, Leica M-P Titan + Apo-Summicron-M 50/2 ASPH

Erika Larissa Tang, August 2017, Leica M-P Titan + Summilux-M 35/1.4 ASPH FLE

Tatiana Kucheruk, October 2017, Leica M-P Titan + Apo-Summicron-M 50/2 ASPH

Valentina Kolot, November 2018, SONY A7RIII + FE 24-70/2.8 GM

"In photography there is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality."

~ Alfred Stieglitz

Daria Saburova, February 2016, Leica SL + Apochromat Kinoptik Paris 50mm F2 Focale

Ivy Roșu, July 2018 Leica M10 + Summilux-M 50/1.4 ASPH

Sara Maricevic, March 2019, Leica Q2

Betina Canoza, March 2018 Leica M10 + Summilux-M 50/1.4 ASPH

Sara Maricevic, March 2019, Leica Q2

Elena Shangina, September 2020 Leica M10-D + Summilux-M 50/1.4 ASPH

Malu Carvalho, January 2019, Leica M10 + Summilux-M 50/1.4 ASPH

Victoria Pacheco, March 2020 Hasselblad X1DII-50c + XCD 45/3.5

Tamara Morozova, August 2020 Leica M10-D + Summilux-M 50/1.4 ASPH

Daria Saburova, March 2016, Leica SL 601 + Vario-Elmarit-SL 24-90/2.8-4 ASPH

Amanda Gabriele de Oliveira, March 2019, Leica M10-D + Summilux-M 28/1.4 ASPH

Maria Klepikova, August 2020 SONY A7R IV + FE 24-70/2.8 GM

Aigul Fazylova, April 2019, SONY A7RIII + Sigma 40mm F1.4 DG HSM Art

Kao Ming Ming, December 2018, Fujifilm GFX50R + GF 110/2 R LM WR

Erika Larissa Tang, August 2017 Leica M-P Titan + Summilux-M 35/1.4 ASPH Titanium

Victoria Pacheco, March 2020 Hasselblad X1DII-50c + XCD 45/3.5

Varvara Zorina, October 2016 Leica SL + Vario-Elmarit-SL 24-90/2.8-4 ASPH

Liza Kaylee, July 2019 Fujifilm GFX100 + GF 45/2.8 R WR

Sorina Mihaela, November 2017 Leica M Monochrom Typ 246 Jim Marshall Edition + Summilux-M 50/1.4 ASPH.

Tamara Morozova, the Bangkok Railway Station August 2020 Leica M10-D + Summilux-M 50/1.4 ASPH

Carol Alves, October 2017, Leica M-P Titan + Apo-Summicron-M 50/2 ASPH

Dasha Miller, March 2018, Leica M10 + Apo-Summicron-M 50/2 ASPH

Daia Saburova, March 2016 Leica SL + Vario-Elmarit-SL 24-90/2.8-4 ASPH.

Anastasia Maslova, August 2019, SONY A7RIII + FE 85/1.8

Sabrina Baycroft, September 21, 2019 SONY A7R IV + FE 85/1.8

Anastasiia Burdak, September 28, 2019 Leica M10-D + Apo-Summicron-M 75/2 ASPH FLE

Alisa Ratushniak, October 22, 2019 Leica M10-D + Summilux-M 50/1.4 ASPH.

Aigul Fazylova, April 2019 Leica M10-D + Apo-Summicron-M 90/2 ASPH

Victoria Pacheco, February 29, 2020 Leica Q2

Benish Paracha, June 21, 2020 SONY A7R IV + FE 24-70/2.8 GM

Tatiana Larionova, September 2016 Leica M-P 240 + Summilux-M 24/1.4 ASPH

Ivy Roșu, July 2018 Leica M10 + Apo-Summicron-M 50/2 ASPH

Anastasia Maslova, June 23, 2020 Leica M10-D + Apo-Summicron-M 90/2 ASPH

Shalika Chitkosolsuk, May 2021 Leica M10-D + Summicron-M 35/2 ASPH

The right train of thought can take you to a better station in life.

Sorina Mihaela, November 2017 Leica M10 + Summilux-M 50/1.4 ASPH

Tamara Morozova, the Bangkok Railway Station, Thailand August 2020 Leica M10-D + Summilux-M 50/1.4 ASPH

Irina Kornia, October 2016 Leica SL + Summilux-M 50/1.4 ASPH

Maria Klepikova, August 2020 SONY A7R IV + FE 24-70/2.8 GM

Victoria Pacheco, February 2020 Leica M10-D + Summilux-M 50/1.4 ASPH

Elena Shargina, September 2020 Leica M10-D + Summilux-M 50/1.4 ASPH

Angela Hassler, January 2016 Leica SL + Vario-Elmarit-SL 24-90/2.8-4 ASPH

Shalika Chitkosolsuk, the Bangkok Railway Station before dawn, Bangkok, Thailand April 2021 Leica M10 Monochrom + Summilux-M 50/1.4 ASPH

Tatiana Batir, November 2018 Leica M10 + Summilux-M 50/1.4 ASPH

Fai, Panasorn Khaophong - this is one from the Railway Station Chiang Mai took during my 2021 New Year ration in Northern Thailand, place here as a part of the collection. January 1, 2021 Leica M10 Monochrom + Summicron-M 35/2 ASPH

Pim Bubear with her friends, the Bangkok Railway Station March 2021 Leica M10 + Summilux-M 50/1/4 ASPH

Shalika Chitkosolsuk, the Bangkok Railway Station before dawn, Bangkok, Thailand April 2021 Leica M10 Monochrom + Summilux-M 50/1.4 ASPH

Daria Demchenko, the Bangkok Railway Station, Thailand Leica M11 + Summilux-M 50/1.4 ASPH July 2023

Shalika Chitkosolsuk, the time of social distancing, Bangkok, Thailand April 2021 Leica Q2

Benish Paracha, Bangkok, Thailand June 2021 Leica M10-D + Summilux-M 50/1.4 ASPH

Daria Luci, at the workshop of the Bangkok Train Station, Thailand September 2016 Leica MP240 + Summilux-M 50/1.4 ASPH

Daria Saburova, February 2016, Leica SL 601 + Vario-Elmarit-SL 24-90/2.8-4 ASPH

Olga Svyryda between Zion and the Matrix, at the Bangkok Railway Station, Thailand Hasselblad X1D + XCD 45/3.5 September 2021

Goda Paulavičiūtė at the Bangkok railway Station, Thailand Hasselblad X1D + XCD 45/3.5

Elena Shargina at the Bangkok Railway Station, Thailand December 2021

Noppakun Limtoasuvan at the Bangkok Railway Station, Thailand Leica M11 + Summilux-M 50/1.4 ASPH November 2022

Sara Maricevic, at the Bangkok Railway Station, Leica Q2, March 2019

Daria Lucia, at the Bangkok Railway Station, Leica MP240 + Summilux-M 50/1.4 ASPH February 2022

Noppakun Limtoasuvan at the Bangkok Railway Station, Thailand Hasselblad X2D 100C + XCD 38/2.5V November 2022

Shalika Chitkosolsuk, the Bangkok Railway Station, Thailand Leica M10-D + Summilux-M 50/1.4 ASPH March 2023

Anastasiia Burdak, the Bangkok Railway Station, Thailand Leica M10-D + Summilux-M 50/1.4 ASPH July 2023

Daria Demchenko, the Bangkok Railway Station, Thailand Leica M11 + Summilux-M 50/1.4 ASPH July 2023

Arina Kudeiar, the Bangkok Railway Station at daybreak, Thailand Leica M11 + Summilux-M 50/1.4 ASPH April 2024