02/09/2026
📸 MEET GERARDO SIMONETTO - Gerardo Simonetto
We’ve known Gerardo since the very beginning of Photo Concept, so we are particularly happy to have him joining us for our next challenge.
Based in Bangkok, Gerardo is a photographer and videographer who documents artistic events, live performances and happenings around the city. His work is all about capturing what is happening in front of him, the movement, the people, the atmosphere and those little moments that can easily disappear.
And now we’re putting him in a slightly different situation…
We’ve known Gerardo since the very beginning of Photo Concept, so we are particularly happy to have him joining us for our next challenge.
📸 THE PHOTO CONCEPT CHALLENGE
Next Saturday we’re bringing together five photographers and one very special model 🥋 a Thai-Chinese Shaolin Kung Fu Master - for a pop-up photography challenge in the heart of Talat Noi.
Our location? The incredible So Heng Tai Mansion, one of Bangkok’s beautiful historic spaces.
This time, the challenge is happening just before the exhibition curated by Pavel Khon aka Pavel V. Khon, taking place at PhotoHostel later that same day.
And there are ALMOST no rules.
Each photographer gets 15 minutes to shoot and then after all of them capture their moments they will have 15 minutes to edit their chosen photograph live at PhotoHostel.
The brief is simply:
BEYOND SIAM.
The winning photograph will be printed and added to the exhibition, becoming the final piece to fill that empty frame.
You don’t have to be a photographer to be part of it.
👀 Spectators are welcome! Come watch the photographers work, take your own photos, exchange ideas and see how five people can look at exactly the same model and location and create five completely different stories.
The first 15 spectators enter FREE. After that, the venue charges a 50 THB entrance fee, which goes towards helping preserve this beautiful historic building.
So come curious. Come with your camera, your phone, your ideas or simply come to watch.
📍 So Heng Tai Mansion, Talat Noi
📅 Saturday, 5 September
⏰ 10:00 AM
🎟️ First 15 spectators FREE | 50 THB thereafter
See you there. 🤩📸🤩