Bang Rak | Bangkok Photo Walks, Issue 116

About 44 photographers and one model met at Saphan Taksin BTS station on October 12th, 2025 for our 140th

photo walk, gathering in the serenity of the San Chao Jiao Eng Biaw Shrine for the group photo. The group

almost immediately separated out into two clumps, the first following Mark and focusing on street photography

while the much slower clump formed around Chutima, Ben and Far Far, our guest model.

Our route first snaked around Central Bangrak, through a small wet market, past Wat Suan Phlu and along

the back alleys to Bangrak Junction, where Charoen Krung Road spawns Silom Road. Continuing north, we

got back off the main road quickly, ducking back into the sois to pass OP Place, the Embassy of France, and

the Haroon Mosque and Civil Defence Volunteer station before ending up back on Charoen Krung Road at the

General Post Office. The back group, with the model, went all the way down Soi Charoen Krung 32, almost to

the CAT Tower pier, to shoot Far Far in front of the street art gallery there. We then backed up on ourselves a

little to pass through Warehouse 30 and finally catch up with Mark’s group at ATT 19 gallery and café, which

kindly opened early especially for us.

The planned route went on a little further before looping back around to ATT 19, passing the Embassy of

Portugal and House No. 1 to see some more street art on Soi Charoen Krung 28. However, the group with Far

Far made such slow progress that the walk lasted for closer to three hours than the more typical two, even with

with this last section cut off.

For those who were more interested in shooting the neighbourhood than the model, the Bang Rak

subdistrict had plenty to offer. It’s a place with a lot of different cultural influences throughout its history as a

commercial hub for western traders, which you can see all over the architecture. We visited the broader Bang

Rak district in January 2024 and the foreword of Bangkok Photo Walks issue 97 described a lot of the most

interesting historical highlights, though we got a better view of them on walk #140 than walk #121. Sticking

closer to the river this month, we also encountered some striking modern structures, including the monolithic

French Embassy and the orwellian General Post Office building, though neither features much in this 116th

issue of Bangkok Photo Walks.

The following 14-page section is just photos of Far Far, some sorted into pages or spreads by a single

photographer, others with multiple contributors. After that, it’s just street photos, with 33 excellent

perspectives of the neighbourhood’s unique quirks and scenes. We hope that you enjoy them all.

Have fun,

Mark, Chutima, and Ben.

Magazine Editor

Ben Reeves

Photo Walk Coordinator

Mark A. Hathaway

Administrative Support

Chutima Panjapan

Logo Design

Ubonpayom Ongsara

Front Cover Photo

Shay

Group Photo

Ben Reeves

Back Cover Photo

Mark A. Hathaway

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October 2025 Issue 116