Photo Essay:
Hua Lamphong After a suggestion he should check out Hua Lamphong Railway Station, celebrityentertainment photographer Kristian Dowling spent a few hours over a couple of days documenting the comings, the goings and the resting of people at Bangkok's central station. He found it an intriguing place, a central hub for the many people passing through Bangkok. As Dowling normally focuses on celebrities and the entertainment industry, this kind of work allowed him total freedom
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to express himself without any of the restrictions usually imposed in that line of work. His passion for photography started on the street. Limiting himself to only one fixed lens without a zoom and using manual focus and exposure, Dowling finds that placing restrictions on his gear forces him to concentrate on the experience and achieving pictures that best represent what he is feeling and seeing at the time.