PHOTO EXHIBITION “BANGKOK. ONE YEAR AS ONE DAY”

was in Moscow in 2014. All works were taken in Thailand since 2011 till 2012 in street genre.

Bangkok in Thai means “city of wild plums”. Long ago they called a fishing village on the banks of the Chao Phraya river where the city was later laid.

Bangkok residents call their city Krungtep, which means “city of angels”. The full name of the city got into the Guinness book of records – as the longest name in the world. This name Bangkok received during the ceremony which proclaimed it the capital of the state of Siam (Kindom of Thailand).

Bangkok – one of the fastest growing cities in South-East Asia. The first impression of Bangkok – a modern, business city, where life does not stop for a minute.

It feels like the whole city consists of sky-piercing high-rise buildings with unusual architecture, exquisite hotels with Thai flavor and huge shopping centers.

But this is just one of the many faces of Bangkok…