honorable mention
Pannarat Rattanakulsawad thailand
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2.5 Time
I have lived in Chiang Mai for more than 2 years. I'm always sick: coughing, vomiting, shortness of breath. So I wanted to create this work to convey my feelings of sadness and my of frustration feelings over the Thai government's insufficient focus on air pollution and no rigorous work to control farmers who generate air pollution but the problem should be solved at the root of the economic and the welfare of the poor people because this air pollution problem causing a serious impact make the people of Chiang Mai and Thailand has to face serious health problems especially children and the elderly. It also affects the mental state, life and has a lot of fear. However, this series is only the beginning manuscript. I want to create and expand the work on the related issues further.
This series seeks to engage the viewer in a private world of reverie and self-absorption
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entry description
Chiang Mai, Thailand is a province that has been affected by pm 2.5 pollution for over 12 years. In 2019 – 2020, the highest PM2.5 dust value in the world, with an air quality index measuring 271-344 US AQI. High dust PM 2.5 170-293 μg / m3 (μg / m3), which is at a health risk level. The major source of such pollution is the agricultural incineration of farmers in the north.I have lived in Chiang Mai for more than 2 years. I'm always sick: coughing, vomiting, shortness of breath. So I wanted to create this work to convey my feelings of sadness and my of frustration feelings over the Thai government's insufficient focus on air pollution and no rigorous work to control farmers who generate air pollution but the problem should be solved at the root of the economic and the welfare of the poor people because this air pollution problem causing a serious impact make the people of Chiang Mai and Thailand has to face serious health problems especially children and the elderly. It also affects the mental state, life and has a lot of fear. However, this series is only the beginning manuscript. I want to create and expand the work on the related issues further.
This series seeks to engage the viewer in a private world of reverie and self-absorption
about the photographer
Pannarat Rattanakulsawad was born in 1995 in Bangkok, Thailand with the family of travelers. I stayed in Ang-thong province for 7 years before I had move to Bangkok when I was 10 years. I tried to practice and in painting and leaning Fine Art since I was 5 years. Then I was studied at king mongkut's institute of technology ladkrabang in Fine art Painting major. I started taking photo at the age of 16, along with the fine art painting. When I was 18 years old, I began to change my approach to photography seriously until being chosen as the best photo of the week of photography award in NG Thai Nature Calling 2017 project of National Geographic Thai and was published in their magazine. Later, I had the opportunity to travel to Japan for 2 weeks with makes me fascinated with the natural and underwater world. After returning to Thailand, I began the path of photography, studying nature in the forest and under the sea and look at the status of animals that were displayed in the zoo changed. In 2017, I was selected to attend the workshop with Olympus picture tell a story by National Geographic Thai. I started to working on long-tailed macaque in Bangtaboon project (2017) and got Honorable Mention Award 10 Photography of story 2017 National Geographic Thailand. Another project is the art of wildlife in underwater (2017) with some photos was selected to show in the 70th anniversary exhibition SAIKI ART EXHIBITION 2018 photography at The National Art Center, Tokyo. At present, I have moved to Chiang Mai to working on “The created to inspire project” (2018) and 2.5 Time (2019)back to gallery