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Kwong Fah Press, Bangkok
Roadside Heidelberg
A chance discovery: at Kwong Fah Press—a family-run business that has operated in Chinatown for over fifty years—a Heidelberg press remains in daily use. The Frankenthal Albert automatic press was sold a few years ago due to lack of space, yet its manual has been carefully retained.
Chinatown on the Eve of the Pandemic
Chinese New Year
Yaowarat, Bangkok’s Chinatown, is in itself a visual challenge. Yet as the turn of the year approaches, the already dense interplay of Chinese, Thai, and English scripts acquires an additional layer: the red-and-gold aura of the Chinese New Year begins to cast its glow.