These are my entries for the The Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand and OnAsia, Asia’s leading photo agency, Fourth Annual FCCT Photo Contest.
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Category: Human rights single image

Caption: To young to bleed.
Subject: Red-shirt protests Bangkok
Location: Phan Fa Lilat Bridge, Bangkok
Date: April 16, 2010, 8.19am

To demonstrate their willingness to spill their own blood to achieve political reform, thousands of red-shirt protesters donated blood that was later to be spilled at the gates of the parliament, amongst them this 11-year-old boy, a symbolism of the political awakening and empowerment of the rural and lower socio-economic sectors of the Thai population.

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Category: Spot News single image

Subject: Thai Army assault on red-shirt protesters Location: Ratchadamri Rd., near Sarasin Rd., Bangkok Date: May 19, 2010, 1.24pm The assault against red-shirt protesters was alleged to have been led by these so-called “Special Forces” troops. The long fingernails on this “soldier” challenge the claim that Royal Thai Army troops led the assault.	Subject: Yellow-/multi-colored shirt protesters melee in Silom Rd. Location: Rama IV and Silom Rd’s Bangkok Date: April 22, 2010, 10.50pm A leader of the rioting yellow-/multi-colored shirts group intimidates a Thai police officer

Subject: Thai Army assault on red-shirt protesters Location: Ratchadamri and Sarasin Rd’s, Bangkok Date: May 19, 2010, 10.42am Stress, concern and urgency are displayed on the faces of first-aid workers evacuating a wounded red-shirt protester

Subject: End of the red-shirt protests in Bangkok Location: Ratchadamri and Sukhumvit Rd’s, Bangkok Date: May 19, 2010, 5.18pm A Thai flag flutters in front of the abandoned red-shirt protesters Ratchaprasong stage, symbolizing the strength and resolve of the nation to re-build, and go forward, while also demonstrating the patriotism of the red-shirt protesters, the distance to the stage a symbol of the gap between the two different sides of the conflict

Subject: End of the red-shirt protests in Bangkok Location: Ratchadamri and Sukhumvit Rd’s, Bangkok Date: May 19, 2010, 7.07pm After 45-days occupying the heart of the Bangkok shopping and business district and 65-days of protests, the lights finally dimmed on the red-shirt protest stage at Ratchaprasong – the abandoned paraphernalia evidence of the hasty evacuation