{"id":1163,"date":"2024-08-07T18:00:33","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T18:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leicastorethailand.com\/?post_type=leica_ambassadors&p=1163"},"modified":"2025-03-20T08:26:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T08:26:13","slug":"honey-eve","status":"publish","type":"leica_ambassadors","link":"https:\/\/leicastorethailand.com\/th\/leica_ambassadors\/honey-eve\/","title":{"rendered":"Binko"},"content":{"rendered":"

Phapfah<\/b><\/span> <\/b>Puttharugsa<\/b><\/span> <\/b>(Bink)<\/b><\/span> was<\/span> born<\/span> into<\/span> a<\/span> family<\/span> of<\/span> artists<\/span> in<\/span> Bangkok.<\/span> Her<\/span> goal<\/span> was<\/span> always<\/span> to<\/span> study<\/span> medicine<\/span> or<\/span> medicinal<\/span> chemistry<\/span> until,<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> age<\/span> of<\/span> 15,<\/span> she<\/span> began<\/span> to<\/span> question<\/span> herself,<\/span> \u201cWill<\/span> I<\/span> actually<\/span> be<\/span> able<\/span> to<\/span> walk<\/span> this<\/span> path<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> end<\/span> without<\/span> getting<\/span> tired<\/span> of<\/span> it?\u201d<\/span> This<\/span> caused<\/span> Phapfah<\/span> to<\/span> reconsider<\/span> her<\/span> options,<\/span> which<\/span> led<\/span> her<\/span> to<\/span> drop<\/span> out<\/span> of<\/span> formal<\/span> education<\/span> and<\/span> obtain<\/span> a<\/span> GED<\/span> at<\/span> age<\/span> 16.<\/span> After<\/span> that,<\/span> she<\/span> devoted<\/span> all<\/span> her<\/span> time<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> one<\/span> thing<\/span> she<\/span> had<\/span> grown<\/span> up<\/span> with<\/span> but<\/span> never<\/span> really<\/span> tried<\/span> committing<\/span> herself<\/span> to:<\/span> art.<\/span><\/p>\n

At<\/span> first<\/span> she<\/span> practiced<\/span> on<\/span> her<\/span> own,<\/span> then<\/span> took<\/span> short<\/span> courses<\/span> on<\/span> design<\/span> in<\/span> Thailand<\/span> and<\/span> abroad.<\/span> During<\/span> this<\/span> time,<\/span> in<\/span> 2011,<\/span> she<\/span> also<\/span> began<\/span> posting<\/span> her<\/span> artwork<\/span> on<\/span> Instagram<\/span> and<\/span> increasing<\/span> her<\/span> follower<\/span> count,<\/span> which<\/span> continues<\/span> to<\/span> grow<\/span> as<\/span> more<\/span> and<\/span> more<\/span> people<\/span> recognize<\/span> her<\/span> as<\/span> an<\/span> artist.<\/span><\/p>\n

A<\/span> few<\/span> years<\/span> later,<\/span> Phapfah<\/span> felt<\/span> that<\/span> she<\/span> had<\/span> reached<\/span> a<\/span> bottleneck<\/span> in<\/span> terms<\/span> of<\/span> her<\/span> drawing<\/span> skills.<\/span> She<\/span> considered<\/span> finding<\/span> another<\/span> way<\/span> to<\/span> experience<\/span> new<\/span> things,<\/span> and<\/span> Leica<\/span> was<\/span> her<\/span> first<\/span> companion.<\/span> Now<\/span> that<\/span> 7<\/span>–<\/span>8<\/span> years<\/span> have<\/span> passed,<\/span> photography<\/span> has<\/span> not<\/span> only<\/span> become<\/span> another<\/span> passion<\/span> of<\/span> hers,<\/span> but<\/span> has<\/span> also<\/span> helped<\/span> her<\/span> return<\/span> to<\/span> drawing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Traveling,<\/span> taking<\/span> photographs,<\/span> and<\/span> talking<\/span> to<\/span> strangers<\/span> are<\/span> now<\/span> her<\/span> solace.<\/span> Phapfah<\/span> views<\/span> photographs<\/span> as<\/span> another<\/span> form<\/span> of<\/span> canvas.<\/span> She<\/span> believes<\/span> that<\/span> we<\/span> all<\/span> have<\/span> tints<\/span> of<\/span> feeling<\/span> at<\/span> certain<\/span> moments<\/span> that<\/span> only<\/span> our<\/span> eyes<\/span> can<\/span> see.<\/span> She<\/span> puts<\/span> those<\/span> colors<\/span> into<\/span> her<\/span> photographs,<\/span> hoping<\/span> that<\/span> people<\/span> who<\/span> see<\/span> them<\/span> will<\/span> be<\/span> taken<\/span> into<\/span> the<\/span> moments<\/span> when<\/span> the<\/span> shutter<\/span> was<\/span> pressed.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":3987,"template":"","class_list":["post-1163","leica_ambassadors","type-leica_ambassadors","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leicastorethailand.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/leica_ambassadors\/1163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leicastorethailand.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/leica_ambassadors"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leicastorethailand.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/leica_ambassadors"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leicastorethailand.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leicastorethailand.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}