It seems easy to photograph the sleeping – the subject is not going to dash off or even move; you wouldn’t need to be an expert cameraman. They’re able to cut themselves off from environmental disturbances as if that public space were in fact their safe haven, their private bedroom. Cut to a corner of Ikea, a middle class family is spending its day off selecting bedroom furniture. They fall asleep on the soft mattress and sofas, out of exhaustion from working so hard to pay for their “dream bedroom”. “The series ‘Sleepers’ reveals Pabhawin as a sensitive observer of something as simple as sleep, which every human needs.

Source: The Nation Bangkok February 12, 2019 07:30 UTC