Although prostitution is illegal in Thailand, the high levels of corruption amongst police and government officials, as well as the significant challenges being faced by remote communities, have led to Thailand consistently being ranked as one of the countries in which sex trafficking is most prevalent. I have so far made only one trip to the affected regions (mainly in Mae Hong Son province alongside the Myanmar border) and will be developing this project further over the coming months to document the challenges faced by families in ‘at risk’ communities in more detail. I am also in the process of making contact with trafficked girls working in the sex industry, as well as the sex traffickers and their scouts who get rich from this industry.
I am an Australian photographer currently based in Chiang Mai, Thailand. I have chosen to present two projects for review.
The first series, entitled « Eis Berg » is from the short project which I shot for the workshop, on the many ice cream (or « Eis ») shops in Berlin’s inner suburbs, primarily in the Berlin suburbs of Kreuzberg and Prenzlauer Berg.
The second (in-progress) project presented for review is from a long-term project that I have recently started working on, which covers the complex issue of sex trafficking in Northwestern Thailand.
Portfolio du workshop Photojournalisme avec Ron Haviv, Mai 2015.
Revue écrite par
JULIÁN DUEÑAS,
Directeur du magazine GEO
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