The phrase "Bangkok Night" refers to the huge, colorful and boisterous Night Entertainment Spectacle that takes place each and every night in the city of Bangkok, sprawling across miles and miles of this huge modern Metropolis, and catering to millions of people of every background, ethnicity and income level from all over Thailand, Asia and the World.
Among the many things that I have always found interesting while spending time in the Bangkok Night is the vast variety of people and faces that one encounters just wandering about through any random selection of night venues drawn from the tens of thousands of Bangkok cafes, restaurants, music clubs, executive clubs, bars, KTV's, Hostess bars, discos, pool halls, After Hours clubs and street markets.
During a night out in Bangkok, one can cross paths and interact with people from many countries, speaking many languages, of every ethnicity, age, skintone, professional level, attitude, religion, philosophy, point of view and destiny.
In addition to the tasty food, multiple overlapping music tracks, vibrant colors and infinite variety of faces....the relaxed and friendly ambiance...the neon intensity....the density of hundreds of thousands of people moving about in close quarters, lit up, excited and eager, the fragrant smoke from ten thousands of street stalls drifting through the warm tropical air.
But in addition to being an actual place with actual people, the Bangkok Night is also, in my view, an Idea. a kind of Metaphor for the World in general and the State of Humanity in our Present Era. The portraits in this book reflect this point of view and are a mixture of actual people I have encountered wandering around in the Bangkok Night as well as actual people I have imagined wandering around in the Bangkok Night and entirely imaginary people who I imagine would be at home in the Bangkok Night.
