I love street photography. I love these images, and I came home with about 4xs this many to weed through. So I guess I should probably apologize for my overshare here, but hey what is this blog for besides me oversharing? I can’t apologize. And I won’t because that is something that struck me about my first time in Thailand. The people there were unapologetic.

I won’t pretend to know everything or even a slice of anything about real Thai people or their deep long lasting culture. I can only speak to my impressions during my short time there, and I can only share what I saw. Even though I know I only scratched the surface of all Bangkok and especially Thailand has to offer. These images were actually almost exclusively made over my first two days there, by the third day I was overwhelmed and tired and barely lifted my camera to my eye.

Street Photography in Bangkok

Street photography in Bangkok leads to a lot of people looking straight into your lens. Where I live in Okinawa, Japan, people on the street tend to keep their eyes down more, and if they see you pointing a camera at them they generally try to turn away. In Bangkok it was the complete opposite. The Thai people I saw throughout my trip looked the camera straight in the eye or even performed for me. It was harder to get an illusive side or back of the head.

There is something startling as a street photographer to have someone looking right into your lens, and holding that gaze. It is rare. I also think it is part of why I love street photography, I am always on the search for those humans out there who will let me look into their eyes and see a piece of them. I hope you enjoy this peek into Bangkok, Thailand. Please comment below and let me know what you think.

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Anna Rasmussen is a featured and award-winning family portrait photographer in Okinawa, Japan. She loves documentary-style family vacation photography and beautiful lifestyle portraits. Her two favorite things to photograph are travel logs and birth stories in the hospital, but she also loves everything family – from capturing the joy of expectant parents in maternity photography, the first days of a baby’s life in Newborn Fresh 48 Sessions, the beauty of everyday chaos in Family Day-in-the-Life Sessions, and on-location family portrait sessions. Anna is an on-location photographer, serving the entire island of Okinawa and ready to travel to many major cities in the Asian area. Book a session here with Anna today! Thank you so much for stopping by!

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Documentary Travel Photographer

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I am excited to share this weeks loop on my blog today. First is my images that I shared with this post and keep scrolling to see the thankful images from my talented photographer friends!

Below find images by my lovely and talented lifestyle photographer friends.

Mindy Tingson is grateful for being a mother.

Brandi Markham is grateful for her oldest child.

Fran Jorgensen is grateful to live by her sister and have cousins for her kids.

Holly Nicole Photography is thankful for her daughter’s love of baking and that her girls have each other.

August and Iris Photography is grateful to live in Boston, with all its seasons!

Emily Hamson is grateful for trials that help her grow.

[tg_small_content class=””]Anna Rasmussen is a featured and award-winning family portrait photographer in Topsail Beach, NC. She loves documentary-style family photography and beautiful lifestyle portraits. Her two favorite things to photograph are travel logs and birth stories in the hospital, but she also loves everything family – from capturing the joy of expectant parents in maternity photography, the first days of a baby’s life in Newborn Fresh 48 Sessions, the beauty of everyday chaos in Family Day-in-the-Life Sessions, and on-location family portrait sessions. Anna is an on-location photographer, serving areas of coastal North Carolina, including Wilmington, Hampstead, Topsail Beach and Surf City. Book a session here with Anna today! Thank you so much for stopping by!

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Waco was a fascinating place, still so very small town Texas, but with this booming mecca in the middle of Magnolia. It also has a gorgeous riverwalk area and of course the beautiful campus of Baylor University. Seeing a touch of the Gaines family almost everywhere was a testament to their mission and Joanna’s impeccable design taste. Their complex at the Silos was so well thought out and perfectly planned. It was such a visually awesome place to photograph and visit. I hope you enjoy this!

Also I was in Texas with these three, and well they are my favorite…so all the better!

Street photography and travel photography

[tg_small_content class=””]Anna Rasmussen is a featured and award-winning family portrait photographer in Topsail Beach, NC. She loves documentary-style family photography and beautiful lifestyle portraits. Her two favorite things to photograph are travel logs and birth stories in the hospital, but she also loves everything family – from capturing the joy of expectant parents in maternity photography, the first days of a baby’s life in Newborn Fresh 48 Sessions, the beauty of everyday chaos in Family Day-in-the-Life Sessions, and on-location family portrait sessions. Anna is an on-location photographer, serving areas of coastal North Carolina, including Wilmington, Hampstead, Topsail Beach and Surf City. Book a session here with Anna today! Thank you so much for stopping by!

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Recently (time is a relative thing right?) my husband and I were able to travel to New Orleans for a conference for his job. The kids got to have a lot of special time with Grandma (“Mom she spoiled us SO much!”) and we were able to have some adult time. During the day my husband was mostly in continuing education classes and I savored the time on my own. Dating back to my study abroad days I have just loved walking around a city and photographing it.

Just like a person, each city and place has its own distinct characteristics and traits. As a documentary photographer I am striving to uncover and highlight those. Also like a person it is impossible to get to know a place in a day or two. It does take time, and when I go on these little trips I certainly don’t claim to now be an expert. But I love to try! I love to try and find and see what the locals do.

I took a lot of pictures in New Orleans and I really love so many of them. As usual when I go on a trip expect an overshare here! My first stop on my first day was the famed World War II National Museum. Having lived in DC, I am hard to impress when it comes to museums, but this one was so superb. I also cant remember the last time I was in a museum alone, so that probably helped the experience. Sometimes I cant believe just how much of an introvert I am. I will probably say this over and over, but I just loved being alone!

There is a chance that Japan will be our next move and viewing the displays on Japan and the atomic bomb sites was very moving for me. The destruction and power that we as humans are capable of hurt my mind. Just a few steps aways from this museum stood the Robert E Lee Memorial. It was scheduled to be taken down just a few weeks after we were there. I found the juxtaposition of these two places in such close proximity to be interesting. It made me think that every human has a back story, a reason for why they are what they are. Can we judge that? History especially is viewed through such technicolor glasses, how can we say who those people were who made those decisions and did the things they did?

I spent a good amount of time in the Garden district and loved seeing the big beautiful homes. But what fascinated me most was the plants. I come from a desert where nothing grows but cactus and living and visiting in the South has been a new experience! The plants take over everything! I loved documenting them growing out of walls, destroying side walks, and peeking out of graves. Our impression on the earth as humans feels small when I see that. I feel like if we all died tomorrow, the earth, this great living thing that we are stewards of, would erase our history so quickly.

I met some frustrated tourists on the street cars in New Orleans, it seems that the slow pace of life there was not going to get them to their dinner reservation on time. I took it as another personality trait of this multifaceted city. They are southern. They have time to get where they need to be.

I always focus in on one aspect of a city and in New Orleans it was the bikes. Chained up everywhere and decorated to the T, they were such a fun and vibrant part of the city. This bikes series may be one of my favorite street photography transportation series to date!

As with all trips I missed my children a ton and was so ready for them and all their shenanigans by the time I got home. I sometimes suffer mom guilt from wanting to get away. I know how fast their childhoods are passing me by, but I also love these moments of self discovery and documentation. I am grateful for the opportunity to experience both. As with all things in life it seems balance is what is called for. I am striving to enjoy now, whether I am with my kids or not, enjoy the time I have. That is all that is granted to each of us. 

Another favorite stop for me was the sculpture garden outside the local art museum. The trees were all covered with Spanish moss which gave the sculptures an erie feeling that I thought was pretty cool!

I won’t lie to you all, although I ate some of the tastiest food ever and had a grand time walking this city. It isn’t one I would put high on my list to visit a second time. For me it was quite dirty and well, I dont drink, so Bourbon street was a bit of a waste! Ha! I did love the Jazz clubs over on Frenchman though. Like anyone, when the music is live and good, I have a hard time keeping my feet still. We also stumbled upon a live concert in the square one night. It was the perfect opportunity for me to get some humanity into my pictures. I just love being a fly on the wall in this type of place!

Street travel photography in New Orleans

Here are just a few (haha) more images just from my street wandering in NOLA. I felt so much colorful vibrancy from this city and am so grateful I was able to check it out. I hope you enjoy these images!

[tg_small_content class=””]Anna Rasmussen is a featured and award-winning family portrait photographer in Topsail Beach, NC. She loves documentary-style family photography and beautiful lifestyle portraits. Her two favorite things to photograph are travel street photography and birth stories in the hospital, but she also loves everything family – from capturing the joy of expectant parents in maternity photography, the first days of a baby’s life in Newborn Fresh 48 Sessions, the beauty of everyday chaos in Family Day-in-the-Life Sessions, and on-location family portrait sessions. Anna is an on-location photographer, serving areas of coastal North Carolina, including Wilmington, Hampstead, Topsail Beach and Surf City. Book a session here with Anna today! Thank you so much for stopping by!

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I became slightly obsessed with the subway system while I was in Moscow. Apparently a huge project of the USSR, Stalin made them all beautiful and called them the People’s Palaces. The detail and artistry put into just about every station I saw was amazing. It was a cool experience to feel like I was walking through an art museum or amazing architectural building every time I was getting from point A to point B. I made a project out of it and I hope you enjoy these images from underground. Click on the linked text to order a fine art print from my travels around the world.

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My favorite thing about St. Petersburg quite obviously was the leaves. I have missed the fall since moving to the South and seeing it in Russia was amazing. Also I loved the food in St. Petersburg, some of the tastyiest Stroganoff ever.

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Moscow completely surprised me. It was such a clean and safe feeling city. It was huge and modern. Maybe I sound naive saying these things but as I tell most of my friends about my trip, it seems that I am not alone in my presumptions about what Moscow would be like. I loved it there.

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I figured out this was my fifth time in Paris. Makes me feel like a spoiled person! I feel so lucky to have seen as much of the world as I have. Traveling really fills a part of my soul. I loved this time to Paris. I had seen the sights and was able to just relax and photograph what I saw. Street photography is always my favorite thing to do in Paris. I first got into photography looking at a Eugene Atget book in high school. He was a pioneer documentary photographer in Paris in the 1900s. When I walk around Paris, I still feel his influence and a desire to capture life on the streets of Paris.

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