People, places, stories... The portfolio of Philippe Têtu

Baiyoke Tower II Bangkok

Phil Tetu — Tue, 28 May 2013 00:46:58 +0000

Bangkok flower market

Phil Tetu — Thu, 16 May 2013 01:02:16 +0000

Broadway Records Bangkok

Phil Tetu — Mon, 06 May 2013 00:19:11 +0000

Wat Saket (Golden Mountain)

Phil Tetu — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:46:12 +0000

Going around on the klongs

Phil Tetu — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:24:04 +0000

After many years living in Bangkok I rarely find myself in a situation where I think of myself as an outsider, a tourist exploring the city with his camera and smiling at things for no reasons but when I do, I’m most certainly on the klongs!

The klongs are those canals crisscrossing Bangkok that once earn the city the name “The Venice of the East.”

Yaowarat Road, Bangkok (Chinatown)

Phil Tetu — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 03:13:10 +0000

I love Yaowarat! There is another city living inside Bangkok full of people, smells, colours and things you won’t see anywhere else! It’s one of my favourite places to go snap photos and if you ever come to Bangkok you should definitely visit it!

There’s a lot of busy people so it’s probably not for everyone but I found that if you just keep on walking and take some shots on the way it is a really nice way to spend an afternoon!

Shot with my X-pro1 and the Fujinon 35mm F1.4.

Day at the hospital

Phil Tetu — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:20:26 +0000

Long weekend in Hua Hin, Thailand

Phil Tetu — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 07:02:17 +0000

Hua Hin is located 2.5 hours driving from Bangkok and this city is the perfect place for a relaxing seaside resort family vacation and it’s also the full-time residence of the current beloved king.

It’s been a while since my last seaside vacation; I usually go there for work so it was good to relax for a long weekend and I only took out my Fuji X-pro1 camera for an hour or so to capture the vibes of the resort where we stayed. I didn’t want to photograph the place in a conventional way since it would have feel like working

Enjoy!

Chinese new year in Thailand

Phil Tetu — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 04:11:34 +0000

A neighbor’s kid all dress up!

A happy year of the snake to you all!

Just some photos of the ritual we did home.

Table full of offering in front of the house

My retro visa run

Phil Tetu — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 03:55:09 +0000

Every two months I have to leave the country to renew my visa and normally me and May would take a long weekend vacation in a different country everytime but sometimes I’m too busy with work so I just book a roundtrip flight to KL or Singapore and waste the day waiting, reading and this time taking photos on the way.

There’s two airports in Bangkok and Don Muang is the oldest one. It brings a lot of good memories thinking 8 years back when I landed here for the first time with my two childhood friends for a 5 weeks vacation that changed my life in a way I would never expected.

This airport feels like it never changes from the 80′s and even the taxi I took to get there had that same feeling so I couldn’t help myself to make a gallery of that retro visa run.

All photos were taken with the Fuji X-pro1 camera and the incredible 35mm F1.4 lens.