Bangkok Flood 2011 Diary by Harit Srikhao

During the Lockdown in Bangkok, I spent most of my time throwing things out of my storage room.

I happened to find some old prints of mine from 2011 and 2012 during the big flood in Thailand.

At that time I was about 17 years old, It was a strong coming of age (but probably not comparable with the children of this generation, I would like a small space to admire them, they are in between 17 to early 20s, they have to face the most severe global crisis in a 100 years, but they do the most beautiful things in the midst of fear. To rise up and face a dictator who is praised as an angel.

These photos, in addition to recording life’s instability, It also reminds me of that young boy, searching and trying to grow beautifully to be the best version of himself.

Photos connect pieces of time together,
Past, present and future.

Harit Srikhao (b.1995 Bangkok; lives and works in Bangkok) Srikhao started taking photos when he was 13 years old with his keen eyes until at the age of 16 he was selected to attend the Angkor Photo Workshop of French photographer, Antoine d’Agata (Magnum Photos). After coming back to Thailand, he started his first series, Red Dream (2012), by returning to the route that he got lost in the night of the military crackdown in 2010.

Srikhao continually creates works in photo-essay style, and his works were exhibited in both Thailand and foreign countries, e.g., ‘Cross_Stitch’ exhibition at Bangkok Art and Culture Center, ‘Margin of Visual Threshold’ exhibition at Circle Art Centre (China), GETXOPHOTO Exhibition (Spain) and New Perspectives on Photography Exhibition by Musée de l’Elysée (Switzerland, England and Mexico). He has won several awards, including the winner of Young Portfolio of Invisible Photographer Asia, Young Thai Artist Awards, Second Prize of Gomma grant and Foam Talents 2017.
His first book was published by Akina and got nominated for ICP’s Infinity Awards.