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The Elegant of Siamese Fighting Fish (Series)
DESCRIPTION
Early 2015, I started project to capture the beauty of single moment of my pets, since then it has become the series called “THE ELEGANT OF SIAMESE FIGHTING FISH”. This work is motivated by my personal interest in Thai betta fish, which was my childhood pet and a symbol from Southeast Asia. Nowadays, betta fish breed development has reached high levels of color variations and physical appearance. I would like to emphasize the beauty which mother nature created, by selecting specific colors and shapes of exceptional fish to fully express nature's creation through the lights, shade, and techniques of photography.
AUTHOR
Hi, my name is Jirawat Plekhongthu. I was born in 1990 and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Geology from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. My hometown is Prachuap khirikhan, Thailand.
The turning point of my life to become a photographer was during my last year in the university. I took photography course and found myself falling in love with sharing the beauty of surrounding, such as nature, wild life and animal to everyone through my view of art. Since then, I seriously started learning about photography with my passion. Afterwards, I have had many opportunities to experience different kind of photography in the way as a full-time photographer.
Awards
2017: Editor’s Picks of the Independent-photo (Travel photography)
2017: Won the third Place from Thailand National Award, 2017 Sony World Photography Awards.
2017: Images were commended for the Open competition at the 2017 Sony World Photography Awards.
2016: The image named "Blue Moment" had won the Editor's Choice Award at 500px on 7 Jan 2016.
Published
2017: National Geographic Photo of the Day, Jun 10, 2017
2017: Landscape Photography Magazine, Apr 25, 2017
2015: Photo of the month, On camera Magazine, Oct, 2015
Exhibitions
2017: Exhibited at Somerset House, London from 21st
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