A series of photographs unseen by the public of one of the darkest days in Thailand’s history will be shown this Saturday at a Bangkok gallery.
The never-published-before works by Thai photographers who witnessed the slaughter of dozens of students and activists at Thammasat University will be on display at 6 Oct: Facing Demons.
The photographers recorded the violence that day, on Oct. 6, 1976, when police and right-wing paramilitaries arrested and murdered dozens of pro-democracy campaigners and students.
“The photographs are important testimony of the event, an emotional record, and an experience of participants on that day,” wrote the October 6 Museum Project, organizer of the show.
Some of the photos were taken by former photographers working for news publications such as Somboon Ketpueng (Siamrath newspaper), Pavit…
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