![[ Sally typing ]
Just one more time with those crummy buildings!
I love this block, I love these buildings. A lot of the folks in my family like looking at old fancy buildings and houses that are nice and pretty — life-sized dollhouses. I, on the other hand, like stuff that looks crummy. I like the stains and textures, the visual discord. I like the evidence of usage, the clothes hanging out to dry. I like that everything looks to have been soaked in tea (or bus exhaust) for weeks, months, years. Somehow it seems more real to me, more human, and it’s the perfect contrast to the shiny shopping malls down the street, or the sleek iPhone that I took the shot with.
This shot was taken just down the street from the hotel where Tommy and I stayed, on Th Ratchaprarop…or Rajaprarop. There’s no standardization with the romanized spellings of Thai words. So on top of the endless map/signage errors and inconsistencies that we found along the way, the liquidity of spelling added a bonus challenge to countryside (BFE) navigation.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/wUXSwtVgmpwdt91ovj5zTETso1_500.jpg)
[ Sally typing ]
Just one more time with those crummy buildings!
I love this block, I love these buildings. A lot of the folks in my family like looking at old fancy buildings and houses that are nice and pretty — life-sized dollhouses. I, on the other hand, like stuff that looks crummy. I like the stains and textures, the visual discord. I like the evidence of usage, the clothes hanging out to dry. I like that everything looks to have been soaked in tea (or bus exhaust) for weeks, months, years. Somehow it seems more real to me, more human, and it’s the perfect contrast to the shiny shopping malls down the street, or the sleek iPhone that I took the shot with.
This shot was taken just down the street from the hotel where Tommy and I stayed, on Th Ratchaprarop…or Rajaprarop. There’s no standardization with the romanized spellings of Thai words. So on top of the endless map/signage errors and inconsistencies that we found along the way, the liquidity of spelling added a bonus challenge to countryside (BFE) navigation.
1 year ago