The stories of a Chinese community are told through the camera for "The Show Must Go On", which is running at the historic New Chinese Daily News Printing House, Charoen Krung 24, until Feb 8.

Presented in the "Photo Bomb" format for Bangkok Design Week 2026, the exhibition features photos by Samatcha Apaisuwan, a seasoned editorial and commercial photographer specialising in cultural storytelling, lifestyle and travel photography.

His works seamlessly blend into the neighbourhood’s existing rhythms and offer a visual narrative of landscapes through the fresh interpretation of city corners, temples, long-standing businesses, street vendors and locals’ simple daily life – all of which coexist in harmony.

They are exhibited against the walls of the printing house and office of the New Chinese Daily News, the oldest Chinese-language newspaper in Thailand. This site was once the very heart of words, news and ideas for Bangkok’s Chinese community.

Samatcha’s photographs do not take over space. Rather, they humbly blend in, as though they had always belonged there, and show stories through portraits and distinctive architecture.

The exhibition gives viewers the feeling of wandering through a blurred historical landscape, where his images await discovery. It is like walking through an old neighbourhood and suddenly encountering something that makes us pause, look closer and reflect.

The photographs stand as a testament that history does not need to be confined to museums or constantly rewritten to create new narratives, because it can be represented time and again through the everyday lives of people – travellers, merchants, shrine caretakers and family businesses passed down through generations.

Each element carries out its role quietly, yet together they form an evolving identity that is steadily taking shape anew.

Visit bangkokdesignweek.com.