Sip Haa Naathii / 15 minutes

Muay Thai is both a Thai national sport and cultural good. Usually, the combatants are either depicted as heroic warriors during the fight itself or as winners and losers in news covering the fight. In both cases, fighters are shown as strong, brave and in complete control. However, immediately after the fight, this control crumbles. For a brief moment, one glimpses the person behind the facade of the fierce warrior and with it the full strength of emotions connected with the fifteen minutes of fighting – exertion, pain, exhaustion, vulnerability, despair, determination, triumph and defeat. These photos where shot between 2012 and 2014 at several boxing venues in Bangkok.