Photographer Dax Ward on Capturing Bangkok's Abandoned Beauty [S5.E53]

Greg interviews Dax Ward, an
adventurous photographer best known for his beautiful photos of
dilapidated buildings and abandoned places. Dax begins by
explaining that he was a very late starter to photography,
getting a DSLR for the first time in 2015. After a random trip to
the airplane graveyard down Ramkhamhaeng Road, he developed an
affinity for shooting forgotten and abandoned
places. 


As it turns out, Thailand (and Bangkok in particular) are
perfect places for this style of photography due to the number of
unfinished construction projects from the financial crisis of the
late 1990s. Additionally, there seem to be a surprising number of
new business ventures in the area that fail for whatever reason
or another, so there seems to be an endless supply of possible
sites for Dax's style of photography. 


The guys discuss how Dax discovers and gains access to his
locations. It's surprising what a couple hundred baht here and
there will do to the attitude of many Thai security guards! Dax
then details his research methods and how he manages to build a
compelling story around each set of photographs, something that
many other photographers don't bother with.


In a world where almost everyone has the technology in
their pocket to take a decent photo, Thailand is lucky to have an
intrepid, creative photographer like Dax to show us how to do
things right.


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