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Yan Morvan is known for his close-up reportages on underground scenes: in 1974 he spent time with the Hells Angels in Paris; throughout the decades his has immersed himself in civil wars, including Iran-Iraq, Northern Ireland, in the Philippines, Uganda, Mozambique, Kurdistan, Afghanistan and Kosovo, just to mention a few of the places he has been. 40 years ago, equipped with a Leica M 5, Morvan documented the lives of both female and male prostitutes in Bangkok. Even then, the Thai capital was known as the stronghold of quick, cheap sex, visited, above all, by men from Europe and the USA. In 2019, his explorations there have culminated in a photo book titled BKK.

Close at hand: Yan Morvan remembers Bangkok at the beginning of the eighties

Yan Morvan is known for his close-up reportages on underground scenes: in 1974 he spent time with the Hells Angels in Paris; throughout the decades his has immersed himself in civil wars, including Iran-Iraq, Northern Ireland, in the Philippines, Uganda, Mozambique, Kurdistan, Afghanistan and Kosovo, just to mention a few of the places he has been. 40 years ago, equipped with a Leica M 5, Morvan documented the lives of both female and male prostitutes in Bangkok. Even then, the Thai capital was known as the stronghold of quick, cheap sex, visited, above all, by men from Europe and the USA. In 2019, his explorations there have culminated in a photo book titled BKK.