Strangers on a train, 35mm B&W Film
On a 3rd class train from my hometown Bangkok to the northern city of Chiang Mai in Thailand, I met this stranger who was heading home after having served his time in jail as a drug offense convict.
This man left his home in a northern province to seek fortune in the capital city of Bangkok when he was only 15 years old. Like many young people in the rural parts of the country, going to the City was the only way out of poverty and the miserable future waiting for them in their neighborhoods. Most of them had heard tales about the opportunities waiting for them in the City and about how people like them could build themselves up, but many of them did not have to wait too long before the harsh reality woke them up from their dreams, and this man was one of them.
He told me how he tried to make a living by doing everything anyone offered him to do; dishwashing, working at the gas station or working at construction sites. Soon he managed to save up enough money to open a food stall selling skewed pork on the streets of Bangkok. Unfortunately, his business did not go well and he lost most of his money.
His failure drew him to the City’s infamous underworld of drugs. After losing all his possessions, he finally lost his own freedom when he was arrested while using drugs at his friend’s place and was sentenced to two years in prison.
While he was there he started to think back about the reason he left home and soon realized about what he had left: his life and his family. For the first time since he left his home, he wrote to his mother and told her everything. A few weeks later he received a reply from her saying nothing but 'Please come home.'
'This photo was taken with a Nikon fm2 model on a 35 mm B&W Film. I have a passion for street photography and thus prefer taking them on film. As a film addict, I just love the feeling after pressing the shutter, where you can do nothing with the picture except maybe praying for it to be a good one. So it depends a lot on your skills, determination, and a bit of luck. I have never tried editing my photographs as I want to leave it as it is as much as possible. Although some people might think otherwise, I do not believe that beauty needs to be perfect.'
J
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