Woman at the hidden market, Witthayu Soi Polo, Bangkok. Leica M9-P, 35/1.4 ASPH FLE

Concealed in a back alley near the Polo Club off Embassy Row (Wireless Road) in the heart of downtown Bangkok is a traditional old Thai community – complete with elderly people, wooden houses on stilts and plenty of small businesspeople selling one or two items from little stalls. Nestled in the high rises and million-dollar condominiums, how long can a place like this last before a developer sweeps in to make another quick fortune? Sad, but also touching at the same time that pockets of the old life like this still exist. MT