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  • 17 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman makes and sells flower garlands from a small shop in Klong San market, next to the ICONSIAM development. ICONSIAM is a mixed-use development on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. It is expected to open in 2018 and will include two large malls, with more than 520,000 square meters of retail space, an amusement park, two residential towers and a riverside park. It is the first large scale high end development on the Thonburi side of the river and will feature the first Apple Store in Thailand and the first Takashimaya department store in Thailand. Rents for shopkeepers in Klong San market can be up to 30,000 Thai Baht per month (about $920US) and some in Bangkok are concerned that Klong San Market will lose its local character when the huge mall opens.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Shoppers in Klong San market, next to the ICONSIAM development. ICONSIAM is a mixed-use development on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. It is expected to open in 2018 and will include two large malls, with more than 520,000 square meters of retail space, an amusement park, two residential towers and a riverside park. It is the first large scale high end development on the Thonburi side of the river and will feature the first Apple Store in Thailand and the first Takashimaya department store in Thailand. Rents for shopkeepers in Klong San market are up to 30,000 Thai Baht per month (about $920US) and some in Bangkok are concerned that Klong San Market will lose its local character when the huge mall opens.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman buys a flower garland from a vender who makes and sells flower garlands in a small shop in Klong San market, next to the ICONSIAM development. ICONSIAM is a mixed-use development on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. It is expected to open in 2018 and will include two large malls, with more than 520,000 square meters of retail space, an amusement park, two residential towers and a riverside park. It is the first large scale high end development on the Thonburi side of the river and will feature the first Apple Store in Thailand and the first Takashimaya department store in Thailand. Rents for shopkeepers in Klong San market can be up to 30,000 Thai Baht per month (about $920US) and some in Bangkok are concerned that Klong San Market will lose its local character when the huge mall opens.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Shoppers in Klong San market, next to the ICONSIAM development. ICONSIAM is a mixed-use development on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. It is expected to open in 2018 and will include two large malls, with more than 520,000 square meters of retail space, an amusement park, two residential towers and a riverside park. It is the first large scale high end development on the Thonburi side of the river and will feature the first Apple Store in Thailand and the first Takashimaya department store in Thailand. Rents for shopkeepers in Klong San market are up to 30,000 Thai Baht per month (about $920US) and some in Bangkok are concerned that Klong San Market will lose its local character when the huge mall opens.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Construction workers from the ICONSIAM development shop for shoes in the Klong San market, next to the ICONSIAM development. ICONSIAM is a mixed-use development on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. It is expected to open in 2018 and will include two large malls, with more than 520,000 square meters of retail space, an amusement park, two residential towers and a riverside park. It is the first large scale high end development on the Thonburi side of the river and will feature the first Apple Store in Thailand and the first Takashimaya department store in Thailand. Rents for shopkeepers in Klong San market are up to 30,000 Thai Baht per month (about $920US) and some in Bangkok are concerned that Klong San Market will lose its local character when the huge mall opens.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Construction workers from the ICONSIAM development get lunch from a food stand in the Klong San market, next to the ICONSIAM development. ICONSIAM is a mixed-use development on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. It is expected to open in 2018 and will include two large malls, with more than 520,000 square meters of retail space, an amusement park, two residential towers and a riverside park. It is the first large scale high end development on the Thonburi side of the river and will feature the first Apple Store in Thailand and the first Takashimaya department store in Thailand. Rents for shopkeepers in Klong San market are up to 30,000 Thai Baht per month (about $920US) and some in Bangkok are concerned that Klong San Market will lose its local character when the huge mall opens.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A cobbler repairs shoes in his stall in the Klong San market, next to the ICONSIAM development. ICONSIAM is a mixed-use development on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. It is expected to open in 2018 and will include two large malls, with more than 520,000 square meters of retail space, an amusement park, two residential towers and a riverside park. It is the first large scale high end development on the Thonburi side of the river and will feature the first Apple Store in Thailand and the first Takashimaya department store in Thailand. Rents for shopkeepers in Klong San market can be up to 30,000 Thai Baht per month (about $920US) and some in Bangkok are concerned that Klong San Market will lose its local character when the huge mall opens.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A cobbler repairs shoes in his stall in the Klong San market, next to the ICONSIAM development. ICONSIAM is a mixed-use development on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. It is expected to open in 2018 and will include two large malls, with more than 520,000 square meters of retail space, an amusement park, two residential towers and a riverside park. It is the first large scale high end development on the Thonburi side of the river and will feature the first Apple Store in Thailand and the first Takashimaya department store in Thailand. Rents for shopkeepers in Klong San market can be up to 30,000 Thai Baht per month (about $920US) and some in Bangkok are concerned that Klong San Market will lose its local character when the huge mall opens.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman makes and sells flower garlands from a small shop in Klong San market, next to the ICONSIAM development. ICONSIAM is a mixed-use development on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. It is expected to open in 2018 and will include two large malls, with more than 520,000 square meters of retail space, an amusement park, two residential towers and a riverside park. It is the first large scale high end development on the Thonburi side of the river and will feature the first Apple Store in Thailand and the first Takashimaya department store in Thailand. Rents for shopkeepers in Klong San market can be up to 30,000 Thai Baht per month (about $920US) and some in Bangkok are concerned that Klong San Market will lose its local character when the huge mall opens.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Shoppers in Klong San market, next to the ICONSIAM development. ICONSIAM is a mixed-use development on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. It is expected to open in 2018 and will include two large malls, with more than 520,000 square meters of retail space, an amusement park, two residential towers and a riverside park. It is the first large scale high end development on the Thonburi side of the river and will feature the first Apple Store in Thailand and the first Takashimaya department store in Thailand. Rents for shopkeepers in Klong San market are up to 30,000 Thai Baht per month (about $920US) and some in Bangkok are concerned that Klong San Market will lose its local character when the huge mall opens.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man sells grilled fish in Klong San market, next to the ICONSIAM development. ICONSIAM is a mixed-use development on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. It is expected to open in 2018 and will include two large malls, with more than 520,000 square meters of retail space, an amusement park, two residential towers and a riverside park. It is the first large scale high end development on the Thonburi side of the river and will feature the first Apple Store in Thailand and the first Takashimaya department store in Thailand. Rents for shopkeepers in Klong San market are up to 30,000 Thai Baht per month (about $920US) and some in Bangkok are concerned that Klong San Market will lose its local character when the huge mall opens.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man sells grilled fish in Klong San market, next to the ICONSIAM development. ICONSIAM is a mixed-use development on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. It is expected to open in 2018 and will include two large malls, with more than 520,000 square meters of retail space, an amusement park, two residential towers and a riverside park. It is the first large scale high end development on the Thonburi side of the river and will feature the first Apple Store in Thailand and the first Takashimaya department store in Thailand. Rents for shopkeepers in Klong San market are up to 30,000 Thai Baht per month (about $920US) and some in Bangkok are concerned that Klong San Market will lose its local character when the huge mall opens.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Construction workers from the ICONSIAM development shop for shoes in the Klong San market, next to the ICONSIAM development. ICONSIAM is a mixed-use development on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. It is expected to open in 2018 and will include two large malls, with more than 520,000 square meters of retail space, an amusement park, two residential towers and a riverside park. It is the first large scale high end development on the Thonburi side of the river and will feature the first Apple Store in Thailand and the first Takashimaya department store in Thailand. Rents for shopkeepers in Klong San market are up to 30,000 Thai Baht per month (about $920US) and some in Bangkok are concerned that Klong San Market will lose its local character when the huge mall opens.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A Buddhist shrine in the Klong San market, a small local market next to the ICONSIAM development. ICONSIAM is a mixed-use development on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. It is expected to open in 2018 and will include two large malls, with more than 520,000 square meters of retail space, an amusement park, two residential towers and a riverside park. It is the first large scale high end development on the Thonburi side of the river and will feature the first Apple Store in Thailand and the first Takashimaya department store in Thailand. Rents for shopkeepers in Klong San market is about 30,000 Thai Baht per month (about $920US) and some in Bangkok are concerned that Klong San Market will lose its local character when the huge mall opens.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman walks past a Buddhist shrine in the Klong San market, a small local market next to the ICONSIAM development. ICONSIAM is a mixed-use development on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. It is expected to open in 2018 and will include two large malls, with more than 520,000 square meters of retail space, an amusement park, two residential towers and a riverside park. It is the first large scale high end development on the Thonburi side of the river and will feature the first Apple Store in Thailand and the first Takashimaya department store in Thailand. Rents for shopkeepers in Klong San market is about 30,000 Thai Baht per month (about $920US) and some in Bangkok are concerned that Klong San Market will lose its local character when the huge mall opens.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman selling Thai style dessert roti in the Klong San market, next to the ICONSIAM development. ICONSIAM is a mixed-use development on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. It is expected to open in 2018 and will include two large malls, with more than 520,000 square meters of retail space, an amusement park, two residential towers and a riverside park. It is the first large scale high end development on the Thonburi side of the river and will feature the first Apple Store in Thailand and the first Takashimaya department store in Thailand. Rents for shopkeepers in Klong San market are up to 30,000 Thai Baht per month (about $920US) and some in Bangkok are concerned that Klong San Market will lose its local character when the huge mall opens.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Construction workers from the ICONSIAM development get lunch from a food stand in the Klong San market, next to the ICONSIAM development. ICONSIAM is a mixed-use development on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. It is expected to open in 2018 and will include two large malls, with more than 520,000 square meters of retail space, an amusement park, two residential towers and a riverside park. It is the first large scale high end development on the Thonburi side of the river and will feature the first Apple Store in Thailand and the first Takashimaya department store in Thailand. Rents for shopkeepers in Klong San market are up to 30,000 Thai Baht per month (about $920US) and some in Bangkok are concerned that Klong San Market will lose its local character when the huge mall opens.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  The ICONSIAM construction site as seen from a pedestrian overpass on Chareon Nakhon Road. ICONSIAM is a mixed-use development on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. It is expected to open in 2018 and will include two large malls, with more than 520,000 square meters of retail space, an amusement park, two residential towers and a riverside park. It is the first large scale high end development on the Thonburi side of the river and will feature the first Apple Store in Thailand and the first Takashimaya department store in Thailand.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Construction workers from the ICONSIAM construction site walk along Chareon Nakhon Road in Thonburi. ICONSIAM is a mixed-use development on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. It is expected to open in 2018 and will include two large malls, with more than 520,000 square meters of retail space, an amusement park, two residential towers and a riverside park. It is the first large scale high end development on the Thonburi side of the river and will feature the first Apple Store in Thailand and the first Takashimaya department store in Thailand.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: The ICONSIAM development, nestled between condominiums and hotels, as seen from the Bangkok side of the Chao Phraya River. ICONSIAM is a mixed-use development on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. It is expected to open in 2018 and will include two large malls, with more than 520,000 square meters of retail space, an amusement park, two residential towers and a riverside park. It is the first large scale high end development on the Thonburi side of the river and will feature the first Apple Store in Thailand and the first Takashimaya department store in Thailand.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A tugboat goes up the Chao Phraya River past the ICONSIAM development as seen from the Bangkok side of the river. ICONSIAM is a mixed-use development on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. It is expected to open in 2018 and will include two large malls, with more than 520,000 square meters of retail space, an amusement park, two residential towers and a riverside park. It is the first large scale high end development on the Thonburi side of the river and will feature the first Apple Store in Thailand and the first Takashimaya department store in Thailand.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: The ICONSIAM development, nestled between condominiums and hotels, as seen from the Bangkok side of the Chao Phraya River. ICONSIAM is a mixed-use development on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. It is expected to open in 2018 and will include two large malls, with more than 520,000 square meters of retail space, an amusement park, two residential towers and a riverside park. It is the first large scale high end development on the Thonburi side of the river and will feature the first Apple Store in Thailand and the first Takashimaya department store in Thailand.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: The ICONSIAM development, nestled between condominiums and hotels, as seen from the Bangkok side of the Chao Phraya River. ICONSIAM is a mixed-use development on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. It is expected to open in 2018 and will include two large malls, with more than 520,000 square meters of retail space, an amusement park, two residential towers and a riverside park. It is the first large scale high end development on the Thonburi side of the river and will feature the first Apple Store in Thailand and the first Takashimaya department store in Thailand.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: The ICONSIAM development, nestled between condominiums and hotels, as seen from the Bangkok side of the Chao Phraya River. ICONSIAM is a mixed-use development on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. It is expected to open in 2018 and will include two large malls, with more than 520,000 square meters of retail space, an amusement park, two residential towers and a riverside park. It is the first large scale high end development on the Thonburi side of the river and will feature the first Apple Store in Thailand and the first Takashimaya department store in Thailand.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  The ICONSIAM construction site as seen from a pedestrian overpass on Chareon Nakhon Road. ICONSIAM is a mixed-use development on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. It is expected to open in 2018 and will include two large malls, with more than 520,000 square meters of retail space, an amusement park, two residential towers and a riverside park. It is the first large scale high end development on the Thonburi side of the river and will feature the first Apple Store in Thailand and the first Takashimaya department store in Thailand.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Construction workers from the ICONSIAM construction site walk along Chareon Nakhon Road in Thonburi. ICONSIAM is a mixed-use development on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. It is expected to open in 2018 and will include two large malls, with more than 520,000 square meters of retail space, an amusement park, two residential towers and a riverside park. It is the first large scale high end development on the Thonburi side of the river and will feature the first Apple Store in Thailand and the first Takashimaya department store in Thailand.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Food venders whose customers are construction workers from the ICONSIAM construction site in front of the site on Chareon Nakhon Road in Thonburi. ICONSIAM is a mixed-use development on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. It is expected to open in 2018 and will include two large malls, with more than 520,000 square meters of retail space, an amusement park, two residential towers and a riverside park. It is the first large scale high end development on the Thonburi side of the river and will feature the first Apple Store in Thailand and the first Takashimaya department store in Thailand.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Construction workers from the ICONSIAM construction site walk along Chareon Nakhon Road in Thonburi. ICONSIAM is a mixed-use development on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. It is expected to open in 2018 and will include two large malls, with more than 520,000 square meters of retail space, an amusement park, two residential towers and a riverside park. It is the first large scale high end development on the Thonburi side of the river and will feature the first Apple Store in Thailand and the first Takashimaya department store in Thailand.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Chao Phraya Express Boat goes past the ICONSIAM development on the Chao Phraya River. ICONSIAM is a mixed-use development on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. It is expected to open in 2018 and will include two large malls, with more than 520,000 square meters of retail space, an amusement park, two residential towers and a riverside park. It is the first large scale high end development on the Thonburi side of the river and will feature the first Apple Store in Thailand and the first Takashimaya department store in Thailand.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  The ICONSIAM construction site as seen from a pedestrian overpass on Chareon Nakhon Road. ICONSIAM is a mixed-use development on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. It is expected to open in 2018 and will include two large malls, with more than 520,000 square meters of retail space, an amusement park, two residential towers and a riverside park. It is the first large scale high end development on the Thonburi side of the river and will feature the first Apple Store in Thailand and the first Takashimaya department store in Thailand.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  The ICONSIAM construction site as seen from a pedestrian overpass on Chareon Nakhon Road. ICONSIAM is a mixed-use development on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. It is expected to open in 2018 and will include two large malls, with more than 520,000 square meters of retail space, an amusement park, two residential towers and a riverside park. It is the first large scale high end development on the Thonburi side of the river and will feature the first Apple Store in Thailand and the first Takashimaya department store in Thailand.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Construction workers from the ICONSIAM construction site walk along Chareon Nakhon Road in Thonburi. ICONSIAM is a mixed-use development on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. It is expected to open in 2018 and will include two large malls, with more than 520,000 square meters of retail space, an amusement park, two residential towers and a riverside park. It is the first large scale high end development on the Thonburi side of the river and will feature the first Apple Store in Thailand and the first Takashimaya department store in Thailand.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: KO, Gob's brother, saws teak for a spirit house. He works with his sister in the small family owned workshop that makes spirit houses by hand out of teak wood in the Ban Fuen community. There used to be 10 families making traditional spirit houses out of teak wood in Ban Fuen, a community near Wat Suttharam in the Khlong San district of Bangkok. The area has been gentrified and many of the spirit house makers have moved out, their traditional wooden Thai houses replaced by modern apartments. Now there is just one family making the elaborate spirit houses. The spirit houses are made by hand. It takes three days to make a small one and up to three weeks to make a large one. Prices start at about $90 (US) for a small one. The largest, most elaborate ones can cost over $1,000 (US). Almost every home and most commercial buildings in Thailand have a spirit house, which is a shrine to the protective spirit of a the land. Spirit houses are also common in Burma, Cambodia, and Laos.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  GOB, who now runs the family spirit house workshop, uses small handsaw to cut teak wood for a spirit house. There used to be 10 families making traditional spirit houses out of teak wood in Ban Fuen, a community near Wat Suttharam in the Khlong San district of Bangkok. The area has been gentrified and many of the spirit house makers have moved out, their traditional wooden Thai houses replaced by modern apartments. Now there is just one family making the elaborate spirit houses. The spirit houses are made by hand. It takes three days to make a small one and up to three weeks to make a large one. Prices start at about $90 (US) for a small one. The largest, most elaborate ones can cost over $1,000 (US). Almost every home and most commercial buildings in Thailand have a spirit house, which is a shrine to the protective spirit of a the land. Spirit houses are also common in Burma, Cambodia, and Laos.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A nearly completed spirit house in the workshop. There used to be 10 families making traditional spirit houses out of teak wood in Ban Fuen, a community near Wat Suttharam in the Khlong San district of Bangkok. The area has been gentrified and many of the spirit house makers have moved out, their traditional wooden Thai houses replaced by modern apartments. Now there is just one family making the elaborate spirit houses. The spirit houses are made by hand. It takes three days to make a small one and up to three weeks to make a large one. Prices start at about $90 (US) for a small one. The largest, most elaborate ones can cost over $1,000 (US). Almost every home and most commercial buildings in Thailand have a spirit house, which is a shrine to the protective spirit of a the land. Spirit houses are also common in Burma, Cambodia, and Laos.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  KO, Gob's brother, meaures teak for a spirit house. He works with his sister in the small family owned workshop that makes spirit houses by hand out of teak wood in the Ban Fuen community. There used to be 10 families making traditional spirit houses out of teak wood in Ban Fuen, a community near Wat Suttharam in the Khlong San district of Bangkok. The area has been gentrified and many of the spirit house makers have moved out, their traditional wooden Thai houses replaced by modern apartments. Now there is just one family making the elaborate spirit houses. The spirit houses are made by hand. It takes three days to make a small one and up to three weeks to make a large one. Prices start at about $90 (US) for a small one. The largest, most elaborate ones can cost over $1,000 (US). Almost every home and most commercial buildings in Thailand have a spirit house, which is a shrine to the protective spirit of a the land. Spirit houses are also common in Burma, Cambodia, and Laos.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   KO, Gob's brother, meaures teak for a spirit house. He works with his sister in the small family owned workshop that makes spirit houses by hand out of teak wood in the Ban Fuen community. There used to be 10 families making traditional spirit houses out of teak wood in Ban Fuen, a community near Wat Suttharam in the Khlong San district of Bangkok. The area has been gentrified and many of the spirit house makers have moved out, their traditional wooden Thai houses replaced by modern apartments. Now there is just one family making the elaborate spirit houses. The spirit houses are made by hand. It takes three days to make a small one and up to three weeks to make a large one. Prices start at about $90 (US) for a small one. The largest, most elaborate ones can cost over $1,000 (US). Almost every home and most commercial buildings in Thailand have a spirit house, which is a shrine to the protective spirit of a the land. Spirit houses are also common in Burma, Cambodia, and Laos.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A nearly completed spirit house in the workshop. There used to be 10 families making traditional spirit houses out of teak wood in Ban Fuen, a community near Wat Suttharam in the Khlong San district of Bangkok. The area has been gentrified and many of the spirit house makers have moved out, their traditional wooden Thai houses replaced by modern apartments. Now there is just one family making the elaborate spirit houses. The spirit houses are made by hand. It takes three days to make a small one and up to three weeks to make a large one. Prices start at about $90 (US) for a small one. The largest, most elaborate ones can cost over $1,000 (US). Almost every home and most commercial buildings in Thailand have a spirit house, which is a shrine to the protective spirit of a the land. Spirit houses are also common in Burma, Cambodia, and Laos.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  GOB, who now runs the family spirit house workshop, works on the small figurines that "live" in the spirit houses she makes. She makes the figurines in the living room of her home. There used to be 10 families making traditional spirit houses out of teak wood in Ban Fuen, a community near Wat Suttharam in the Khlong San district of Bangkok. The area has been gentrified and many of the spirit house makers have moved out, their traditional wooden Thai houses replaced by modern apartments. Now there is just one family making the elaborate spirit houses. The spirit houses are made by hand. It takes three days to make a small one and up to three weeks to make a large one. Prices start at about $90 (US) for a small one. The largest, most elaborate ones can cost over $1,000 (US). Almost every home and most commercial buildings in Thailand have a spirit house, which is a shrine to the protective spirit of a the land. Spirit houses are also common in Burma, Cambodia, and Laos.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  GOB, who now runs the family spirit house workshop, works on the small figurines that "live" in the spirit houses she makes. She makes the figurines in the living room of her home. There used to be 10 families making traditional spirit houses out of teak wood in Ban Fuen, a community near Wat Suttharam in the Khlong San district of Bangkok. The area has been gentrified and many of the spirit house makers have moved out, their traditional wooden Thai houses replaced by modern apartments. Now there is just one family making the elaborate spirit houses. The spirit houses are made by hand. It takes three days to make a small one and up to three weeks to make a large one. Prices start at about $90 (US) for a small one. The largest, most elaborate ones can cost over $1,000 (US). Almost every home and most commercial buildings in Thailand have a spirit house, which is a shrine to the protective spirit of a the land. Spirit houses are also common in Burma, Cambodia, and Laos.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  KO, Gob's brother, cuts teak for a spirit house. He works with his sister in the small family owned workshop that makes spirit houses by hand out of teak wood in the Ban Fuen community. There used to be 10 families making traditional spirit houses out of teak wood in Ban Fuen, a community near Wat Suttharam in the Khlong San district of Bangkok. The area has been gentrified and many of the spirit house makers have moved out, their traditional wooden Thai houses replaced by modern apartments. Now there is just one family making the elaborate spirit houses. The spirit houses are made by hand. It takes three days to make a small one and up to three weeks to make a large one. Prices start at about $90 (US) for a small one. The largest, most elaborate ones can cost over $1,000 (US). Almost every home and most commercial buildings in Thailand have a spirit house, which is a shrine to the protective spirit of a the land. Spirit houses are also common in Burma, Cambodia, and Laos.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  KO, Gob's brother, cuts teak for a spirit house. He works with his sister in the small family owned workshop that makes spirit houses by hand out of teak wood in the Ban Fuen community. There used to be 10 families making traditional spirit houses out of teak wood in Ban Fuen, a community near Wat Suttharam in the Khlong San district of Bangkok. The area has been gentrified and many of the spirit house makers have moved out, their traditional wooden Thai houses replaced by modern apartments. Now there is just one family making the elaborate spirit houses. The spirit houses are made by hand. It takes three days to make a small one and up to three weeks to make a large one. Prices start at about $90 (US) for a small one. The largest, most elaborate ones can cost over $1,000 (US). Almost every home and most commercial buildings in Thailand have a spirit house, which is a shrine to the protective spirit of a the land. Spirit houses are also common in Burma, Cambodia, and Laos.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: GOB, who now runs the family spirit house workshop, hand measures small pieces of teak for use on the exterior wall of a spirit house. There used to be 10 families making traditional spirit houses out of teak wood in Ban Fuen, a community near Wat Suttharam in the Khlong San district of Bangkok. The area has been gentrified and many of the spirit house makers have moved out, their traditional wooden Thai houses replaced by modern apartments. Now there is just one family making the elaborate spirit houses. The spirit houses are made by hand. It takes three days to make a small one and up to three weeks to make a large one. Prices start at about $90 (US) for a small one. The largest, most elaborate ones can cost over $1,000 (US). Almost every home and most commercial buildings in Thailand have a spirit house, which is a shrine to the protective spirit of a the land. Spirit houses are also common in Burma, Cambodia, and Laos.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: GOB, who now runs the family spirit house workshop, hand measures small pieces of teak for use on the exterior wall of a spirit house. There used to be 10 families making traditional spirit houses out of teak wood in Ban Fuen, a community near Wat Suttharam in the Khlong San district of Bangkok. The area has been gentrified and many of the spirit house makers have moved out, their traditional wooden Thai houses replaced by modern apartments. Now there is just one family making the elaborate spirit houses. The spirit houses are made by hand. It takes three days to make a small one and up to three weeks to make a large one. Prices start at about $90 (US) for a small one. The largest, most elaborate ones can cost over $1,000 (US). Almost every home and most commercial buildings in Thailand have a spirit house, which is a shrine to the protective spirit of a the land. Spirit houses are also common in Burma, Cambodia, and Laos.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: GOB, who now runs the family spirit house workshop, hand measures small pieces of teak for use on the exterior wall of a spirit house. There used to be 10 families making traditional spirit houses out of teak wood in Ban Fuen, a community near Wat Suttharam in the Khlong San district of Bangkok. The area has been gentrified and many of the spirit house makers have moved out, their traditional wooden Thai houses replaced by modern apartments. Now there is just one family making the elaborate spirit houses. The spirit houses are made by hand. It takes three days to make a small one and up to three weeks to make a large one. Prices start at about $90 (US) for a small one. The largest, most elaborate ones can cost over $1,000 (US). Almost every home and most commercial buildings in Thailand have a spirit house, which is a shrine to the protective spirit of a the land. Spirit houses are also common in Burma, Cambodia, and Laos.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  GOB, who now runs the family spirit house workshop, measures the interior of a spirit house she's making. There used to be 10 families making traditional spirit houses out of teak wood in Ban Fuen, a community near Wat Suttharam in the Khlong San district of Bangkok. The area has been gentrified and many of the spirit house makers have moved out, their traditional wooden Thai houses replaced by modern apartments. Now there is just one family making the elaborate spirit houses. The spirit houses are made by hand. It takes three days to make a small one and up to three weeks to make a large one. Prices start at about $90 (US) for a small one. The largest, most elaborate ones can cost over $1,000 (US). Almost every home and most commercial buildings in Thailand have a spirit house, which is a shrine to the protective spirit of a the land. Spirit houses are also common in Burma, Cambodia, and Laos.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  GOB, who now runs the family spirit house workshop, hand measures small pieces of teak for use on the exterior wall of a spirit house. There used to be 10 families making traditional spirit houses out of teak wood in Ban Fuen, a community near Wat Suttharam in the Khlong San district of Bangkok. The area has been gentrified and many of the spirit house makers have moved out, their traditional wooden Thai houses replaced by modern apartments. Now there is just one family making the elaborate spirit houses. The spirit houses are made by hand. It takes three days to make a small one and up to three weeks to make a large one. Prices start at about $90 (US) for a small one. The largest, most elaborate ones can cost over $1,000 (US). Almost every home and most commercial buildings in Thailand have a spirit house, which is a shrine to the protective spirit of a the land. Spirit houses are also common in Burma, Cambodia, and Laos.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  HONG, 77 years old, the matriarch of the last family making spirit houses in the Ban Fuen community, checks the fit of a roof overhang on a spirit house being made in her home workshop. There used to be 10 families making traditional spirit houses out of teak wood in Ban Fuen, a community near Wat Suttharam in the Khlong San district of Bangkok. The area has been gentrified and many of the spirit house makers have moved out, their traditional wooden Thai houses replaced by modern apartments. Now there is just one family making the elaborate spirit houses. The spirit houses are made by hand. It takes three days to make a small one and up to three weeks to make a large one. Prices start at about $90 (US) for a small one. The largest, most elaborate ones can cost over $1,000 (US). Almost every home and most commercial buildings in Thailand have a spirit house, which is a shrine to the protective spirit of a the land. Spirit houses are also common in Burma, Cambodia, and Laos.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  GOB, who now runs the family spirit house workshop, hand measures small pieces of teak for use on the exterior wall of a spirit house. There used to be 10 families making traditional spirit houses out of teak wood in Ban Fuen, a community near Wat Suttharam in the Khlong San district of Bangkok. The area has been gentrified and many of the spirit house makers have moved out, their traditional wooden Thai houses replaced by modern apartments. Now there is just one family making the elaborate spirit houses. The spirit houses are made by hand. It takes three days to make a small one and up to three weeks to make a large one. Prices start at about $90 (US) for a small one. The largest, most elaborate ones can cost over $1,000 (US). Almost every home and most commercial buildings in Thailand have a spirit house, which is a shrine to the protective spirit of a the land. Spirit houses are also common in Burma, Cambodia, and Laos.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Components of a spirit house in a workshop that makes them in Ban Fuen. There used to be 10 families making traditional spirit houses out of teak wood in Ban Fuen, a community near Wat Suttharam in the Khlong San district of Bangkok. The area has been gentrified and many of the spirit house makers have moved out, their traditional wooden Thai houses replaced by modern apartments. Now there is just one family making the elaborate spirit houses. Almost every home and most commercial buildings in Thailand have a spirit house, which is a shrine to the protective spirit of a the land. Spirit houses are also common in Burma, Cambodia, and Laos.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: The details on the exterior wall of a spirit house. Gob, who runs the workshop, cuts each small piece of teak by hand and glues them to the exterior wall. There used to be 10 families making traditional spirit houses out of teak wood in Ban Fuen, a community near Wat Suttharam in the Khlong San district of Bangkok. The area has been gentrified and many of the spirit house makers have moved out, their traditional wooden Thai houses replaced by modern apartments. Now there is just one family making the elaborate spirit houses. The spirit houses are made by hand. It takes three days to make a small one and up to three weeks to make a large one. Prices start at about $90 (US) for a small one. The largest, most elaborate ones can cost over $1,000 (US). Almost every home and most commercial buildings in Thailand have a spirit house, which is a shrine to the protective spirit of a the land. Spirit houses are also common in Burma, Cambodia, and Laos.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  HONG, 77 years old, the matriarch of the last family making spirit houses in the Ban Fuen community, planes teak wood for use in a spirit house. There used to be 10 families making traditional spirit houses out of teak wood in Ban Fuen, a community near Wat Suttharam in the Khlong San district of Bangkok. The area has been gentrified and many of the spirit house makers have moved out, their traditional wooden Thai houses replaced by modern apartments. Now there is just one family making the elaborate spirit houses. The spirit houses are made by hand. It takes three days to make a small one and up to three weeks to make a large one. Prices start at about $90 (US) for a small one. The largest, most elaborate ones can cost over $1,000 (US). Almost every home and most commercial buildings in Thailand have a spirit house, which is a shrine to the protective spirit of a the land. Spirit houses are also common in Burma, Cambodia, and Laos.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   KO, Gob's brother, meaures teak for a spirit house. He works with his sister in the small family owned workshop that makes spirit houses by hand out of teak wood in the Ban Fuen community. There used to be 10 families making traditional spirit houses out of teak wood in Ban Fuen, a community near Wat Suttharam in the Khlong San district of Bangkok. The area has been gentrified and many of the spirit house makers have moved out, their traditional wooden Thai houses replaced by modern apartments. Now there is just one family making the elaborate spirit houses. The spirit houses are made by hand. It takes three days to make a small one and up to three weeks to make a large one. Prices start at about $90 (US) for a small one. The largest, most elaborate ones can cost over $1,000 (US). Almost every home and most commercial buildings in Thailand have a spirit house, which is a shrine to the protective spirit of a the land. Spirit houses are also common in Burma, Cambodia, and Laos.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: GOB, who now runs the family spirit house workshop, hand measures small pieces of teak for use on the exterior wall of a spirit house. There used to be 10 families making traditional spirit houses out of teak wood in Ban Fuen, a community near Wat Suttharam in the Khlong San district of Bangkok. The area has been gentrified and many of the spirit house makers have moved out, their traditional wooden Thai houses replaced by modern apartments. Now there is just one family making the elaborate spirit houses. The spirit houses are made by hand. It takes three days to make a small one and up to three weeks to make a large one. Prices start at about $90 (US) for a small one. The largest, most elaborate ones can cost over $1,000 (US). Almost every home and most commercial buildings in Thailand have a spirit house, which is a shrine to the protective spirit of a the land. Spirit houses are also common in Burma, Cambodia, and Laos.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  GOB, who now runs the family spirit house workshop, hand measures small pieces of teak for use on the exterior wall of a spirit house. There used to be 10 families making traditional spirit houses out of teak wood in Ban Fuen, a community near Wat Suttharam in the Khlong San district of Bangkok. The area has been gentrified and many of the spirit house makers have moved out, their traditional wooden Thai houses replaced by modern apartments. Now there is just one family making the elaborate spirit houses. The spirit houses are made by hand. It takes three days to make a small one and up to three weeks to make a large one. Prices start at about $90 (US) for a small one. The largest, most elaborate ones can cost over $1,000 (US). Almost every home and most commercial buildings in Thailand have a spirit house, which is a shrine to the protective spirit of a the land. Spirit houses are also common in Burma, Cambodia, and Laos.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  GOB, who now runs the family spirit house workshop, hand measures small pieces of teak for use on the exterior wall of a spirit house. There used to be 10 families making traditional spirit houses out of teak wood in Ban Fuen, a community near Wat Suttharam in the Khlong San district of Bangkok. The area has been gentrified and many of the spirit house makers have moved out, their traditional wooden Thai houses replaced by modern apartments. Now there is just one family making the elaborate spirit houses. The spirit houses are made by hand. It takes three days to make a small one and up to three weeks to make a large one. Prices start at about $90 (US) for a small one. The largest, most elaborate ones can cost over $1,000 (US). Almost every home and most commercial buildings in Thailand have a spirit house, which is a shrine to the protective spirit of a the land. Spirit houses are also common in Burma, Cambodia, and Laos.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  GOB, who now runs the family spirit house workshop, hand measures small pieces of teak for use on the exterior wall of a spirit house. There used to be 10 families making traditional spirit houses out of teak wood in Ban Fuen, a community near Wat Suttharam in the Khlong San district of Bangkok. The area has been gentrified and many of the spirit house makers have moved out, their traditional wooden Thai houses replaced by modern apartments. Now there is just one family making the elaborate spirit houses. The spirit houses are made by hand. It takes three days to make a small one and up to three weeks to make a large one. Prices start at about $90 (US) for a small one. The largest, most elaborate ones can cost over $1,000 (US). Almost every home and most commercial buildings in Thailand have a spirit house, which is a shrine to the protective spirit of a the land. Spirit houses are also common in Burma, Cambodia, and Laos.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: HONG, 77 years old, the matriarch of the last family making spirit houses in the Ban Fuen community, saws teak wood for use in a spirit house. There used to be 10 families making traditional spirit houses out of teak wood in Ban Fuen, a community near Wat Suttharam in the Khlong San district of Bangkok. The area has been gentrified and many of the spirit house makers have moved out, their traditional wooden Thai houses replaced by modern apartments. Now there is just one family making the elaborate spirit houses. The spirit houses are made by hand. It takes three days to make a small one and up to three weeks to make a large one. Prices start at about $90 (US) for a small one. The largest, most elaborate ones can cost over $1,000 (US). Almost every home and most commercial buildings in Thailand have a spirit house, which is a shrine to the protective spirit of a the land. Spirit houses are also common in Burma, Cambodia, and Laos.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  HONG, 77 years old, the matriarch of the last family making spirit houses in the Ban Fuen community, planes teak wood for use in a spirit house. There used to be 10 families making traditional spirit houses out of teak wood in Ban Fuen, a community near Wat Suttharam in the Khlong San district of Bangkok. The area has been gentrified and many of the spirit house makers have moved out, their traditional wooden Thai houses replaced by modern apartments. Now there is just one family making the elaborate spirit houses. The spirit houses are made by hand. It takes three days to make a small one and up to three weeks to make a large one. Prices start at about $90 (US) for a small one. The largest, most elaborate ones can cost over $1,000 (US). Almost every home and most commercial buildings in Thailand have a spirit house, which is a shrine to the protective spirit of a the land. Spirit houses are also common in Burma, Cambodia, and Laos.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A spirit house about 1/3 finished and a completed spirit house in a family owned spirit house workshop in the Ban Fuen community. There used to be 10 families making traditional spirit houses out of teak wood in Ban Fuen, a community near Wat Suttharam in the Khlong San district of Bangkok. The area has been gentrified and many of the spirit house makers have moved out, their traditional wooden Thai houses replaced by modern apartments. Now there is just one family making the elaborate spirit houses. The spirit houses are made by hand. It takes three days to make a small one and up to three weeks to make a large one. Prices start at about $90 (US) for a small one. The largest, most elaborate ones can cost over $1,000 (US). Almost every home and most commercial buildings in Thailand have a spirit house, which is a shrine to the protective spirit of a the land. Spirit houses are also common in Burma, Cambodia, and Laos.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: The roof of a spirit house in a family workshop that makes spirit houses in the Ban Fuen community. There used to be 10 families making traditional spirit houses out of teak wood in Ban Fuen, a community near Wat Suttharam in the Khlong San district of Bangkok. The area has been gentrified and many of the spirit house makers have moved out, their traditional wooden Thai houses replaced by modern apartments. Now there is just one family making the elaborate spirit houses. The spirit houses are made by hand. It takes three days to make a small one and up to three weeks to make a large one. Prices start at about $90 (US) for a small one. The largest, most elaborate ones can cost over $1,000 (US). Almost every home and most commercial buildings in Thailand have a spirit house, which is a shrine to the protective spirit of a the land. Spirit houses are also common in Burma, Cambodia, and Laos.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A side door to the Gong Wu Shrine in Bangkok. Gong Wu is an ancient shrine dating back over 270 years and is located on the Thonburi side of the Chao Praya River in Somdet Ya (Princess Mother Community), Khlong San area of Bangkok. The first of the 3 Gong Wu statues was brought to Thailand around 1736 by Hokkien Chinese traders. On site there are 3 primary temple buildings of various ages.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A large completed spirit house in the workshop. All of the work is done by hand. There used to be 10 families making traditional spirit houses out of teak wood in Ban Fuen, a community near Wat Suttharam in the Khlong San district of Bangkok. The area has been gentrified and many of the spirit house makers have moved out, their traditional wooden Thai houses replaced by modern apartments. Now there is just one family making the elaborate spirit houses. The spirit houses are made by hand. It takes three days to make a small one and up to three weeks to make a large one. Prices start at about $90 (US) for a small one. The largest, most elaborate ones can cost over $1,000 (US). Almost every home and most commercial buildings in Thailand have a spirit house, which is a shrine to the protective spirit of a the land. Spirit houses are also common in Burma, Cambodia, and Laos.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A completed spirit house in the workshop awaits shipping. There used to be 10 families making traditional spirit houses out of teak wood in Ban Fuen, a community near Wat Suttharam in the Khlong San district of Bangkok. The area has been gentrified and many of the spirit house makers have moved out, their traditional wooden Thai houses replaced by modern apartments. Now there is just one family making the elaborate spirit houses. The spirit houses are made by hand. It takes three days to make a small one and up to three weeks to make a large one. Prices start at about $90 (US) for a small one. The largest, most elaborate ones can cost over $1,000 (US). Almost every home and most commercial buildings in Thailand have a spirit house, which is a shrine to the protective spirit of a the land. Spirit houses are also common in Burma, Cambodia, and Laos.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: KO, Gob's brother, saws teak for a spirit house. He works with his sister in the small family owned workshop that makes spirit houses by hand out of teak wood in the Ban Fuen community. There used to be 10 families making traditional spirit houses out of teak wood in Ban Fuen, a community near Wat Suttharam in the Khlong San district of Bangkok. The area has been gentrified and many of the spirit house makers have moved out, their traditional wooden Thai houses replaced by modern apartments. Now there is just one family making the elaborate spirit houses. The spirit houses are made by hand. It takes three days to make a small one and up to three weeks to make a large one. Prices start at about $90 (US) for a small one. The largest, most elaborate ones can cost over $1,000 (US). Almost every home and most commercial buildings in Thailand have a spirit house, which is a shrine to the protective spirit of a the land. Spirit houses are also common in Burma, Cambodia, and Laos.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  GOB, who now runs the family spirit house workshop, hand measures small pieces of teak for use on the exterior wall of a spirit house. There used to be 10 families making traditional spirit houses out of teak wood in Ban Fuen, a community near Wat Suttharam in the Khlong San district of Bangkok. The area has been gentrified and many of the spirit house makers have moved out, their traditional wooden Thai houses replaced by modern apartments. Now there is just one family making the elaborate spirit houses. The spirit houses are made by hand. It takes three days to make a small one and up to three weeks to make a large one. Prices start at about $90 (US) for a small one. The largest, most elaborate ones can cost over $1,000 (US). Almost every home and most commercial buildings in Thailand have a spirit house, which is a shrine to the protective spirit of a the land. Spirit houses are also common in Burma, Cambodia, and Laos.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  HONG, 77 years old, the matriarch of the last family making spirit houses in the Ban Fuen community, in her home workshop. There used to be 10 families making traditional spirit houses out of teak wood in Ban Fuen, a community near Wat Suttharam in the Khlong San district of Bangkok. The area has been gentrified and many of the spirit house makers have moved out, their traditional wooden Thai houses replaced by modern apartments. Now there is just one family making the elaborate spirit houses. The spirit houses are made by hand. It takes three days to make a small one and up to three weeks to make a large one. Prices start at about $90 (US) for a small one. The largest, most elaborate ones can cost over $1,000 (US). Almost every home and most commercial buildings in Thailand have a spirit house, which is a shrine to the protective spirit of a the land. Spirit houses are also common in Burma, Cambodia, and Laos.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  GOB, who now runs the family spirit house workshop, hand measures small pieces of teak for use on the exterior wall of a spirit house. There used to be 10 families making traditional spirit houses out of teak wood in Ban Fuen, a community near Wat Suttharam in the Khlong San district of Bangkok. The area has been gentrified and many of the spirit house makers have moved out, their traditional wooden Thai houses replaced by modern apartments. Now there is just one family making the elaborate spirit houses. The spirit houses are made by hand. It takes three days to make a small one and up to three weeks to make a large one. Prices start at about $90 (US) for a small one. The largest, most elaborate ones can cost over $1,000 (US). Almost every home and most commercial buildings in Thailand have a spirit house, which is a shrine to the protective spirit of a the land. Spirit houses are also common in Burma, Cambodia, and Laos.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A spirit house about 1/3 finished and a completed spirit house in a family owned spirit house workshop in the Ban Fuen community. There used to be 10 families making traditional spirit houses out of teak wood in Ban Fuen, a community near Wat Suttharam in the Khlong San district of Bangkok. The area has been gentrified and many of the spirit house makers have moved out, their traditional wooden Thai houses replaced by modern apartments. Now there is just one family making the elaborate spirit houses. The spirit houses are made by hand. It takes three days to make a small one and up to three weeks to make a large one. Prices start at about $90 (US) for a small one. The largest, most elaborate ones can cost over $1,000 (US). Almost every home and most commercial buildings in Thailand have a spirit house, which is a shrine to the protective spirit of a the land. Spirit houses are also common in Burma, Cambodia, and Laos.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A partially completed spirit house in the workshop. There used to be 10 families making traditional spirit houses out of teak wood in Ban Fuen, a community near Wat Suttharam in the Khlong San district of Bangkok. The area has been gentrified and many of the spirit house makers have moved out, their traditional wooden Thai houses replaced by modern apartments. Now there is just one family making the elaborate spirit houses. The spirit houses are made by hand. It takes three days to make a small one and up to three weeks to make a large one. Prices start at about $90 (US) for a small one. The largest, most elaborate ones can cost over $1,000 (US). Almost every home and most commercial buildings in Thailand have a spirit house, which is a shrine to the protective spirit of a the land. Spirit houses are also common in Burma, Cambodia, and Laos.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Interior of the Gong Wu Shrine in Bangkok. Gong Wu is an ancient shrine dating back over 270 years and is located on the Thonburi side of the Chao Praya River in Somdet Ya (Princess Mother Community), Khlong San area of Bangkok. The first of the 3 Gong Wu statues was brought to Thailand around 1736 by Hokkien Chinese traders. On site there are 3 primary temple buildings of various ages.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  An altar the Gong Wu Shrine in Bangkok. Gong Wu is an ancient shrine dating back over 270 years and is located on the Thonburi side of the Chao Praya River in Somdet Ya (Princess Mother Community), Khlong San area of Bangkok. The first of the 3 Gong Wu statues was brought to Thailand around 1736 by Hokkien Chinese traders. On site there are 3 primary temple buildings of various ages.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A side door to the Gong Wu Shrine in Bangkok. Gong Wu is an ancient shrine dating back over 270 years and is located on the Thonburi side of the Chao Praya River in Somdet Ya (Princess Mother Community), Khlong San area of Bangkok. The first of the 3 Gong Wu statues was brought to Thailand around 1736 by Hokkien Chinese traders. On site there are 3 primary temple buildings of various ages.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  The front gate to the spirit house workshop on a narrow line in Ban Fuen. There used to be 10 families making traditional spirit houses out of teak wood in Ban Fuen, a community near Wat Suttharam in the Khlong San district of Bangkok. The area has been gentrified and many of the spirit house makers have moved out, their traditional wooden Thai houses replaced by modern apartments. Now there is just one family making the elaborate spirit houses. The spirit houses are made by hand. It takes three days to make a small one and up to three weeks to make a large one. Prices start at about $90 (US) for a small one. The largest, most elaborate ones can cost over $1,000 (US). Almost every home and most commercial buildings in Thailand have a spirit house, which is a shrine to the protective spirit of a the land. Spirit houses are also common in Burma, Cambodia, and Laos.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A spirit house in the family workshop. There used to be 10 families making traditional spirit houses out of teak wood in Ban Fuen, a community near Wat Suttharam in the Khlong San district of Bangkok. The area has been gentrified and many of the spirit house makers have moved out, their traditional wooden Thai houses replaced by modern apartments. Now there is just one family making the elaborate spirit houses. The spirit houses are made by hand. It takes three days to make a small one and up to three weeks to make a large one. Prices start at about $90 (US) for a small one. The largest, most elaborate ones can cost over $1,000 (US). Almost every home and most commercial buildings in Thailand have a spirit house, which is a shrine to the protective spirit of a the land. Spirit houses are also common in Burma, Cambodia, and Laos.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  GOB, who now runs the family spirit house workshop, works on the small figurines that "live" in the spirit houses she makes. She makes the figurines in the living room of her home. There used to be 10 families making traditional spirit houses out of teak wood in Ban Fuen, a community near Wat Suttharam in the Khlong San district of Bangkok. The area has been gentrified and many of the spirit house makers have moved out, their traditional wooden Thai houses replaced by modern apartments. Now there is just one family making the elaborate spirit houses. The spirit houses are made by hand. It takes three days to make a small one and up to three weeks to make a large one. Prices start at about $90 (US) for a small one. The largest, most elaborate ones can cost over $1,000 (US). Almost every home and most commercial buildings in Thailand have a spirit house, which is a shrine to the protective spirit of a the land. Spirit houses are also common in Burma, Cambodia, and Laos.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: GOB, who now runs the family spirit house workshop, uses small table saw to cut teak wood for a spirit house. There used to be 10 families making traditional spirit houses out of teak wood in Ban Fuen, a community near Wat Suttharam in the Khlong San district of Bangkok. The area has been gentrified and many of the spirit house makers have moved out, their traditional wooden Thai houses replaced by modern apartments. Now there is just one family making the elaborate spirit houses. The spirit houses are made by hand. It takes three days to make a small one and up to three weeks to make a large one. Prices start at about $90 (US) for a small one. The largest, most elaborate ones can cost over $1,000 (US). Almost every home and most commercial buildings in Thailand have a spirit house, which is a shrine to the protective spirit of a the land. Spirit houses are also common in Burma, Cambodia, and Laos.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Entrance to the Gong Wu Shrine in Bangkok. Gong Wu is an ancient shrine dating back over 270 years and is located on the Thonburi side of the Chao Praya River in Somdet Ya (Princess Mother Community), Khlong San area of Bangkok. The first of the 3 Gong Wu statues was brought to Thailand around 1736 by Hokkien Chinese traders. On site there are 3 primary temple buildings of various ages.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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