Souls of Bangkok: The Transplanted Khmer

SOULS OF BANGKOK — Nee is 20 and moved to Bangkok from her native Cambodia. She doesn’t speak much English but had a ready opinion of the city she now calls home: “Bangkok is beautiful.”

Photo: Biel Calderón Rincón

Souls of Bangkok is a Coconuts series of street portrait photography inspired by Brandon Stanton’s Humans of New York. Every human has a story to tell, and we intend to share some from the millions of souls who call Bangkok home.




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