Tender – Thai Traditional Massage

Posted by aroon on Oct 29, 2012 in News | Leave a comment

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“Tender” is the project I did for Bangkok Photography Workshop in 2007, organized by James Nachtwey and David Alan Harvey. The massages I observed did show some kind of pain but people who went through the process got out with lesser pain and seemed to be satisfied. I call this act “the pain of pleasure” and with this photo series I offer a glimpse of the art of traditional massage.

Noir Nation Vol. 2 on Sacred Skin

Posted by aroon on Sep 18, 2012 in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

The Noir Nation Vol. 2, an eFormat magazine featuring Noir fiction and non fiction essays on tattoos, is out now, including an essay by Tom Vater on the recent book Sacred Skin Thailand’s Spirit Tattoos.

Find my interview at Wat Bang Phra Tattoo Festival, and Sacred Skin Book’s video here on Noir Nation‘s site

Sacred Skin on ARTE

Posted by aroon on Sep 6, 2012 in News, Publications | Leave a comment

Sacred Skin–Thailand’s Spirit Tattoos The ARTE documentary about Sacred Skin, my photo book (co-written with Tom Vater) on Thailand’s sacred tattoos is online now. Directed by Marc Eberle, featuring photographer James Nachtwey, tattoo master Achan Neng Onnut and the authors.

This short documentary was originally broadcast in France and Germany in September 2011.

Sacred Skin in Bookcase Programme, ASEAN TV

Posted by aroon on Aug 6, 2012 in News, Publications | Leave a comment

First part of an interview with writer Tom Vater and myself for Bookcase, 30 May 2012, a show hosted by Manote Tripathi on ASEAN/Nation TV about Sacred Skin, is online now. Sacred Skin is the first English language book on Thailand’s sacred tattoos, sak yant.