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Photo exhibition: Thai Taxi Talismans
Famed for his blog featuring photos taken inside Bangkok taxis, Dale Konstanz's first exhibition of his unique shots opens this weekend
"I asked the driver about this fat Buddha, and he told me he brings good fortune," said Konstanz.Over the last few years years, Mahidol University professor Dale Konstanz has gained a steady stream of fans to his blog, “Still life in moving vehicles,” which features photos of the religious icons and offerings inside Bangkok taxi cabs. Now, Konstanz's photographs are being featured in an exhibition, opening this weekend at Silpakorn University.
Like his blog, the exhibition will include close-up photos of the Buddhas, gods, goddesses and monks in Bangkok cabs, as well as yan drawings on taxi ceilings, phuang malai flower offerings hanging from rear-view mirrors, pictures of the Royal Family displayed on dashboards and other lucky charms that Thai cabbies rely on to protect them, generate luck and to conjure up customers.
Other photographs focus on interior spaces of the cabs and views of taxi drivers within the confines of their work environment.
Konstanz has been documenting the sacred decorations and interiors of Bangkok cabs for the past four years. The work will be exhibited in the Phra Phrombhichitr Gallery at Silpakorn Universityʼs Wang Ta Phra Campus from October 23 to November 1. His forthcoming photo book, "Thai Taxi Talismans, Bangkok from the Passenger Seat," will be published by River Books in 2011.
