The eyes of love

WITH THAILAND CELEBRATING mothers this month, artist Nadda “Prae” Srithongdee felt there would be no better time than August to showcase her first solo black-and-white photographic exhibition, which pays tribute to motherhood.
On display at the Jam Factory in Bangkok, “A Diary of a Short Hair Housewife” offers a chance to flip through pages of a visual journal filled with ordinary moments taken from an extraordinary angles.
It tells the story of Nadda, her son Roman, who is just a month short of his second birthday, and her artist-illustrator husband Taweesuk “Lolay” Srithongdee.
“All the shots are taken in real time and in real settings,” she says. “For years, I’ve been recording my diary through paintings but since Roman stopped being a sleeping infant, it’s very hard to find time to paint.
“Black-and-white film gives a different perspective of the world. I chose a camera that was portable and easy to use. The images are just a record of my memories, a way of capturing familiar scenes and things from everyday life,” she adds.
“What’s more, by taking pictures over the past few months, I have realised that life doesn’t suddenly change the day you became a university freshman, or the day you got married or even had a child but rather that life is moving forward all the time. More importantly, every time I look back at the photographs, I see how my son looks at me with love and trust – that’s the most precious thing on Earth.”
 MOTHER
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- “Diary of a Short Hair Housewife” runs until September 6 at the Jam Factory on on Chareon Nakhon Road in Klong San, Bangkok.
- Admission is free. For details, check www.Facebook.com/|TheJamFactoryBangkok.