Somnambulism
January 26, 2021
I’ve been living in the world of creativity since I was at the university which has been more than 20 years. I was also ranked number 14th of top creatives in Asia. These backgrounds shape the way I approach photography with creativity as the main principle. In other people’s perspectives, they also have to agree that this is what makes my work uniquely me.
But the truth is…
When I come back from taking photos and go through my files, there are usually two types of photos. The first type is usually the photos I took with intentions and creative motives, purposefully to create the most special street photos.
The second type, on the other hand, always leaves me in wonder. I question myself how they make their ways to my memory card, as if I don’t recall taking them and why I took them at all.
I guess it’s the same as when we sleep. We talk in our sleep, toss and turn, or even sleepwalk without being fully conscious and without knowing why we are doing it. It’s the moment of unconsciousness where there is no reason for your actions. A lot of times, we experience this. And Yes! Sometimes it seems like we are conscious, but we still have no control of our actions and still behave in an unplanned way.
I can’t define or recall any emotions, feelings, principles or reasons I had when pressing the shutter for each photo in this series.
This gives a special meaning to the series. These photos didn’t ask for any attention and didn’t want to happen. They were neither designed nor calculated, but they “abruptly came out of nowhere.” After all, I could not deny this coincidence of existence just like we can’t deny that we sleepwalk, because we would find out what we actually did last night after we’re awake anyway.
Thanasorn Janekankit is usually known to everyone as “Rab Thanasorn”. He was born in Thailand. He has been working in an advertising agency in Bangkok, Thailand for more than 10 years. He is ranked Top 14 creative in Asia. Rab also applies his perception from his work to create his own street photography’s style. Now, he’s one of The New Wave Thai Street Photographers, ranked by famous street photographer, Artyt Lerdrakmongkol, and many street photography’s blogs in Thailand. His work has been selected for show in several countries, International Photography festival, Photography Blogs including Miami Street Photography Festival, Italian Street Photo Festival, StreetFoto San Francisco, Brussels Street Photography Festival and many more. He won awards from OPPO Creators Awards 2019 and Sony World Photography Award 2018 (National Award-2nd). He is one of the members of “Little Box Collective” The International Collective that gathered the diverse styles of street photographers from different regions around the world.
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