International Photojournalist and Photographer

steve@stephenfordphotography.co.uk

Pollution

Satellite regions of Bangkok are still inundated with murky floodwater.

Posted in: #thaifloods, Asia, Bangkok, Environment, Politics, Pollution, River water, Society, Thai, Thailand
Posted on 29th Nov 2011

Driving around 50km from the dry flood protected areas of central Bangkok to the North West regions of the capital in the Nonthaburi province, the outlook rapidly changes from normality to disaster area. Off the main roads, in some low areas around  Sai Noi, houses and factories remain under more than a metre of stagnant floodwater, and have done so for more than a month now. Access to many houses in the area is impossible without a 'flat bottomed' boat. The TPE switchboard factory protected

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Ms Napaporn Aed manages the still flooded scrap metal and glass recycling business. Thailand floods. 2011.
  • Living on the roof for over a month. Sai Noi. Thailand flooding 2011.
  • Ladda serves her customers on a flooded street. Thailand floods. 2011.
  • Homes flooded for over a month. Thailand flooding 2011.
  • The TPE factory has been flooded for over a month. Thailand floods. 2011.

29th Nov 2011

Bookshop’s rare stock ruined in Thailand’s 2011 floods.

Posted in: #thaifloods, Asia, Bangkok, Environment, Politics, River water, Thai, Thailand, Workers
Posted on 24th Nov 2011

Mr Aye owns a secondhand bookshop in the Sai Noi area which is North West of Bangkok. During the recent floods his store was inundated with murky floodwater which unfortunately ruined the majority of his stock. For nearly 10 years he has built up his business, buying remaindered books from the major book whole-salers in Bangkok - Asia books and B2B - as well as from deceased estates. He not only sells from his shop but also supplies books to the dealers at the famous Bangkok Chatuchuk weekend ma

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Mr Aye has lost thousands of secondhand books from his shop during Thailands floods.
  • Residents of Sai Noi North West of Bangkok have endured flooded homes and roads for more than one month.
  • A minivan misses the edge of the road North of Bangkok as it tries to pass along a flooded road.
  • Books old and new ruined by the floodwater which inundated a bookshop North West of Bangkok.
  • Locals wait patiently for a bus to arrive on the flooded road between Nonthaburi and Bangkok.

24th Nov 2011

Flooding closes ‘unaffected’ schools for more than two months in Thailand.

Posted in: #thaifloods, Asia, Bangkok, Education, Environment, Equality, Politics, River water, Society, Thai, Thailand
Posted on 22nd Nov 2011

A few years ago I worked in a large state comprehensive school in the UK: John Port School. In 1999, in unbelievably unseasonal and heavy autumnal rain, flooding of the major river close to the school around the Burton-on-Trent area occurred and transport around the school's catchment area became impossible.  The then headteacher - Michael Crane - decided that, for safety and operational reasons, he needed to close the school for three days. The outcry at this closure from parents, Governors a

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Schools closed. Reason flooding in other areas of Thailand.
  • Education is so important for life.
  • Schools in 'unaffected' areas of Bangkok closed during Thailand's floods.
  • Thailand flooding 2011.
  • Thailand floods. 2011.

22nd Nov 2011

Daily Life. June 2011.

Posted in: Asia, Bangkok, Community, Environment, Pollution, River water, Society, Thailand, UK, Uncategorized, Workers
Posted on 24th Jun 2011

Daily life. Images taken in the last month or so. Updated on 24th June 2011.

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Clearing mud from a canal in central Bangkok.
  • Bangkok rains and street food.
  • The rainy season starts in Asia.
  • A family in Bangkok commuting to work.
  • Living next to a green canal in Bangkok. Hope.

24th Jun 2011

“Pollution” slick flows into Conwy estaury.

Posted in: Environment, Fishing, Food Supply, Pollution, River water, Society, UK, Uncategorized, Wales
Posted on 5th Jun 2011

A slick of bubbling brown detritus flowing in a tributary of the river Conwy in North Wales is a possible cause of the deaths of  hundreds of small seawater crabs observed in the area around the pollution.

The slick, clearly visible and trapped  by the high tide, was washed into the mouth of the Conwy estuary as the tide ebbed.

At low tide today, the weeping storm outflow pipe and culverts for the small streams which flow into the area were clearly visible.

The estuary into

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An effluent pollution slick flows into the Conwy estuary.
  • Dead crabs around the pollution flowing into the Conwy estuary.
  • An effluent pollution slick flows into the Conwy estuary.
  • Storm outflow pipes in the area of the pollution slick.
  • An effluent pollution slick flows into the Conwy estuary.

5th Jun 2011