The Italian Fabrizio La Torre spent five years in Bangkok between 1956 and 1961 to work for the newly established company, Italthai. A keen photographer, he spent a lot of his spare time chronicling life in the city.
This Exhibition of his photographs opens on 28 November at the Serindia Gallery. It will then move to the National Museum on 1 January until it closes on 20 January.
Details of the Serindia Gallery can be found on this map. It is at OP Garden close to the junction of Silom and Charoenkrung Roads, tucked in behind the Mandarin Oriental Hotel.
Interesting! That would have amounted to about US$2.30 at the exchange rate in those days.
The average annual salary in the US then was around $3,600. Now it is around $61,000. An off at Bt. 50 would theoretically now be worth about $39 or Bt. 1,280. I suspect you are about right, Undaunted!
You might find some at the Exhibition. A couple of years or so ago I went to an exhibition of photos by John Thomson taken in the mid 1800s. Small prints were on sale. Why not call the gallery and check?
fountainhall wrote: Why not call the gallery and check?
Thanks, will do.
I just wondered if there are any specialist antique markets here.
PS as an edit, I just had a thought that there is probably something at Chatuchak.