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Akkara Naktamna
Akkara Naktamna was born in Bangkok in 1979 and started shooting as a self-taught photographer in 2008 influenced by Elliott Erwitt's book and a comedy movie named "Pecker". His works have been shown widely both in Thailand and abroad such as IPA Street Photography Asia Award 2013 (Singapore), Miami Street Photography Festival 2013 (USA), Xishuangbana Photo Festival 2014 (China), Photo Bangkok Festival 2015, Singapore Photo Festival 2016, etc. In 2016 Akkara made a zine named " SIGNS" which was a shortlist of the Anamorphosis Prize 2016 and also was collected at MoMA Library Collection. He founded Good Art Book: a website for promoting Thai self-published art book, c-Type Magazine: a blog for featuring interesting photo series from talented photographers, and co-founded Street Photo Thailand collective. Currently Akkara works as a software engineer, has one adorable daughter, and spends his free time for photography.
Awards
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Honorable Mention of the International Photography Awards (IPA) in 2009
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Honorable Mention of The Everyman Photo Contest 2009
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Special Mention Award of the IPA Street Photography Asia Award 2013
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Finalist of Miami Street Photography Festival 2013
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Shortlist of the International Street Photography Award 2014
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Finalist of Urban Picnic Street Photography Competition 2014
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Finalist of The 2014 EyeEm Awards
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Honorable Mention of Prix de la Photographie Paris 2015
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Shortlist of Anamorphosis Prize 2016
Group Exhibitions & Showcases & Collections
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The Commemoration of Prince Naris Day 2009, Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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The Commemoration of Prince Naris Day 2010, Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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'Bangkok Now!' selected work from in-public's workshop 2013, BACC, Bangkok, Thailand
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'Unposed Bangkok' (2013) group exhibition at BACC, Bangkok, Thailand
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Miami Street Photography Festival 2013, Art Basel, Miami, United States
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Southeast Asia Photo Showcase in the Xishuangbana Photo Festival 2014, China
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Urban Picnic Street Photography Competition 2014, Saffron Walden, UK
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'A Road to Paris', Maison de la Chine, Paris, France.
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The 2014 EyeEm Festival, Berlin, New York, San Francisco, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro
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APF Collective Showcase
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Slideluck in Bangkok 2014, The Space Bangkok, Thailand
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Pounding the Pavement 2015 at Cho Why, Yaowarat, Bangkok
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'Subconscious' (2015) group exhibition at BACC, Bangkok, Thailand
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'The Workspace' group exhibition by HUBBA-TO x Canon Thailand
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Singapore International Photo Festival 2016
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The Anamorphosis Prize 2016's Shortlist Present at NYC Art Book Fair, MoMA PS1
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Franklin Furnace Archive, New York
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MoMA Library Collection, New York
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Chiang Mai Photo Festival 2017
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Inpages : Art Book Showcase: (in)THAILAND 2017, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Solo Exhibition
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Signs - Kathmandu Photo Gallery, Bangkok (Photo Bangkok Festival 2015)
Featured Works
Books
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Street Works (Sold Out)
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Signs
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Ordinary People and Places
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Human Being
Workshops
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Guest Speaker, Art Photo Feature Street Photography Workshop in Bangkok, Thailand 2014
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Guest Speaker, IPA Street Photography Workshop in Bangkok, Thailand 2014
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Speaker, Leica Street Photography Workshop in Bangkok, Thailand 2014
Contact Info
 iamakkara@gmail.com
 www.akkaranaktamna.com
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Gallery 1
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Gallery 2
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The King's Wall
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Colours
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