Comments on: The Red Shirts in Bangkok: The Faces of Day Three

By: Catherine

Catherine — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:11:45 +0000

Thanks (?) it was quite the experience. From start to finish, I wasn’t sure what to expect. And I do believe they surprised us all.

By: home health agencies

home health agencies — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:56:38 +0000

Not that I don’t enjoy your prose, but these photos are excellent content in themselves. So, don’t worry about writing up any text when you don’t have time. As Talen said, you really do have a knack for getting wonderful human expressions. I love the close-up shots, especially the face of the man with his palm over his face.

Seeing them the way you’ve shown them, it doesn’t matter what color their shirts are, where they come from, or even whether they were given any money. It’s the humanity that shines through, and theirs should be accorded no less respect than anyone else — peasants, office workers or hi-so.

By: SiamRick

SiamRick — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:10:28 +0000

Cat, your photos put a completely friendly face to the Red Shirt protest compared with the usual media warped mirror. Unfortunately, I didn’t have time today to check the news agency photos (in new computer system class all day). But I can imagine images of contorted faces suffering under the scorching sun and humidity being interpreted in photo captions as crowd tensions. I admire your devotion to the subject. And, reading the messages above, you definitely have hungry audience of couch commentators.
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By: Catherine Wentworth

Catherine Wentworth — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:51:47 +0000

David, Yes! It was strange driving around a huge city sans traffic. Then, every once in awhile, I’d pass army guys decked out in their magnificent robocop gear. Surreal. I’ve seen it many times before (it has not exactly been peaceful around here), but it still gets to me.

Talen, Thank you for easing my mind. I was worried about stopping the videos before completion (judgement call).

Kaewmala, Photos can be so powerful and I’m hoping as such. So much has been happening that I would like to share (given the time).

Like, today I was helped along the route. It was hot being in the sun, so one person gave me a cold cloth for my face. Another, a bottle of water. Others walked up to just to let me know that they appreciated me being there. Many, many, people gathered me in to document the day. It was totally amazing.

‘…it doesn’t matter what color their shirts are, where they come from, or even whether they were given any money. It’s the humanity that shines through, and theirs should be accorded no less respect than anyone else.’

Absolutely. Some expats get upset about the money aspects of this march. But when the poverty is deep, what to do, lah? How can they stop the drive to make money to come to BKK? I’m not going to go into it here in detail… but I’ve been poor. And when you are poor, options and priorities are different. Luxuries are few. And the luxury to take off work for seven days? Heh.