Morning Market : tailors

Photographer

Halpern, Joel M. (Joel Martin), 1929-

Date

• October 1969-November 1969

Summary

• The name of this store means "Bangkok fashion." Krungthep is how Thai and Lao refer to the Thai capital. Even forty or fifty years ago the contrasts between provincial and poor Vientiane and the growing mega-city of Bangkok were obvious. But in this overall modest environment the concrete sidewalk does indeed mark a dividing line between two socioeconomic worlds.