I don't shoot monks

  “He is a seer, Strong, resolute, heroic, Beyond conflict, cleansed, enlightened. Him do I call a Noble One”— The Dhammapada  “In a portrait, I’m looking for the silence in somebody.”— Henri Cartier-Bresson  I went on a reccy with Jack Kurtz yesterday. We were scouting out new workshop locations in Bangkok, looking for places off the beaten path where we can introduce photographers to some of the things we both admire and enjoy about the city. We strolled; we engaged in high-minded philosophical debate (we gossiped like two old women); we giggled with a girl selling fresh pineapple beside the railway line who, upon spying our cameras, insisted "the train is not beautiful enough to photograph"; we meandered; chatted with people we met; paused for tea; lost our bearings and didn't really care that much. We...

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