The People behind the Wall

Living behind the wall. The People of Mahakan Fort.



Backstage The Face Thailand season 3

A quick report from those that were the selections for the new season of  the famous TV format The Face Thailand (season 3). More than a thousand girls arrive from all over the world to participate. Friends and family to help out. All the waiting and anxiety about an event that could change the lives of some of them forever. 

Likay. The Glittering Family. 



Most of Thai men enter the monkhood (Buat Phra) at some point in life. Many of them remain in the monkhood for only a short period, often a couple of days, sometimes months or years (even lifetime). The ceremony is complex . It lasts a few days , usually 2-3 days, during which the candidate will be shaved , dressed in white and carried around the city with pride. The whole family is involved, the whole town is involved. Dances , music, sweets and alcohol will be part of the fun. 






Songkran festival is well known for its folly. between water and colored powders. Big attractions every years for foreigner tourists in Bangkok, Pattaya and Pucket. But what happens in small villages it has a different flavor. It's a collective celebration of life and joy. The whole village comes together to sing, dance and celebrate. But things are not always as easy as they seem.


China is a huge country . We know well how much change is going through ,but yet, in rural China millions of people still live like a hundred years ago. With all the contradictions of a countryside that often fight against overbuilding cities, with Chinese middle class tourism every day more urgent. With huge income differences, study and education. Many people try to face the new way of this endless country.


The Tibet road is marked. No way back. Not anymore. Chinese tourism asks for space, Chinese industry calls for resources and Chinese agriculture needs those waters and those lands. The Tibetan people have no more space. They picks up the crumbs and clings firmly to their traditions, knowing that it will be only a matter of time before it all disappears.


Tokyo is a great little town. Thousands of busy people move neatly along the thousand of rail networks and bus lines that serve the city. Difficult to grasp the different souls of this mysterious city and many times indecipherable. 


The rice harvest is a crucial moment in the life of this country. Every year thousands of peasants struggling against drought and pollution for harvest, sell and feed theyr family The Thailand climate allows them 2-3 crops per year. Although it is increasingly difficult given the scarcity of water due to climate change.