‘Rediscovering Forgotten Thai Masters of Photography’ is the fruit of many years of Manit’s labour of love, to seek out and gather the work of seven Thai masters of photography, whose work vary greatly in style and substance. Some of this work has never been shown to the public before. One of them, Buddhadasa, is a revered sage and monk who used photography as a medium for the Buddha’s teachings. Two are better known as celebrated writers, Rong Wong-savun and M.L. Toy Xoomsai (who had taught Rong photography). One of them, Pornsak Sakdaenprai, still had to rely on sunlight for printing and enlarging when he opened his photo studio because, in 1959, his remote hometown in Northeast Thailand had not yet entered the age of electricity.

Manit Sriwanichpoom is one of Thailand’s leading photographers, and the best known in the international art world, having exhibited worldwide including in Saatchi Gallery (London 2015), the Centre Pompidou (Paris, 2010), The 6th Asia Pacific Triennial (Australia, 2009), Photoquai (Paris, 2007), the Venice Biennale (2003) and Photo Espana (Madrid 2001). His works are collected by important museums around the world such as the Maison Europeenne de la Photographie (Paris), the DG Bank (Germany), the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (Japan), the National Gallery of Australia, the Singapore Art Museum and well known private collectors. In 2007 he was awarded the Higashikawa Overseas Photographer Prize from Japan. In 2014 he was honored the Chevalier de L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by French Ministry of Culture.

18 x 25 x 1.3 cm., 220 pages, Softcover.