American photographer Austin Bush spent a year exploring the back streets and main drags of Yaowarat, Bangkok’s Chinatown. His cinematic images depict the realities and oddities of life in one of Bangkok’s oldest neighbourhoods: the tiny alleyways with creepy old men and smoking teapots; the clacking of Chinese chess pieces and choppy conversations in Tae Chew; tired prostitutes and lotus bud-shaped coffins; bespectacled dogs and beggars. Unlike other Chinatowns around the world, which often seem little more than culturally-themed shopping centers, Bangkok’s clings to its roots and continues to be a living, breathing, albeit gritty community. (www.austinbushphotography.com)