{"id":1169,"date":"2024-08-07T18:01:57","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T18:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leicastorethailand.com\/?post_type=leica_ambassadors&p=1169"},"modified":"2025-03-20T08:30:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T08:30:27","slug":"layla-brooke","status":"publish","type":"leica_ambassadors","link":"https:\/\/leicastorethailand.com\/th\/leica_ambassadors\/layla-brooke\/","title":{"rendered":"Toh Virunan Chiddaycha"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virunan<\/b><\/span> <\/b>Chiddaycha<\/b><\/span> was<\/span> born<\/span> and<\/span> raised<\/span> in<\/span> Bangkok.<\/span> He<\/span> got<\/span> his<\/span> BA<\/span> from<\/span> Faculty<\/span> of<\/span> Communication<\/span> Arts,<\/span> Chulalongkorn<\/span> University.<\/span> In<\/span> 2009,<\/span> he<\/span> went<\/span> to<\/span> Paris<\/span> to<\/span> get<\/span> his<\/span> Master<\/span> Degree<\/span> in<\/span> photography<\/span> at<\/span> SPEOS<\/span> Photographic<\/span> Institute.<\/span> His<\/span> passion<\/span> for<\/span> photography<\/span> kept<\/span> him<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> region<\/span> for<\/span> another<\/span> 4<\/span> years<\/span> whilst<\/span> he<\/span> explored<\/span> fine<\/span> art<\/span> photography,<\/span> publishing<\/span> and<\/span> commercial<\/span> photography<\/span> before<\/span> moving<\/span> back<\/span> to<\/span> his<\/span> hometown.<\/span><\/p>\n

Virunan<\/span> is<\/span> a<\/span> commercial<\/span> portrait<\/span> and<\/span> fine<\/span> art<\/span> photographer<\/span> who<\/span> ‘s<\/span> particularly<\/span> interested<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> way<\/span> society<\/span> is<\/span> organised<\/span> can<\/span> create<\/span> both<\/span> the<\/span> root<\/span> causes<\/span> of<\/span> conflict,<\/span> also<\/span> general<\/span> being<\/span> of<\/span> humanity<\/span> and<\/span> moral<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> society.<\/span> He<\/span> counts<\/span> photography<\/span> icons<\/span> Richard<\/span> Avedon,<\/span> Helmut<\/span> Newton<\/span> ,<\/span> Sally<\/span> Man<\/span> ,Saul<\/span> Leiter<\/span> and<\/span> Diane<\/span> Arbus<\/span> as<\/span> major<\/span> influences.<\/span> His<\/span> latest<\/span> achievement<\/span> was<\/span> to<\/span> pick<\/span> up<\/span> Silver<\/span> and<\/span> Bronze<\/span> Lions<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> Cannes<\/span> Lions<\/span> 2016<\/span> and<\/span> 2017<\/span> for<\/span> his<\/span> work<\/span> in<\/span> collaboration<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> renowned<\/span> TBWA<\/span> Thailand<\/span> for<\/span> McDonald\u2019s<\/span> \u201cLoving<\/span> the<\/span> night\u201d<\/span> print<\/span> campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n

Virunan<\/span> Chiddaycha<\/span> was<\/span> born<\/span> and<\/span> raised<\/span> in<\/span> Bangkok.<\/span> He<\/span> got<\/span> his<\/span> BA<\/span> from<\/span> Faculty<\/span> of<\/span> Communication<\/span> Arts,<\/span> Chulalongkorn<\/span> University.<\/span> In<\/span> 2009,<\/span> he<\/span> went<\/span> to<\/span> Paris<\/span> to<\/span> get<\/span> his<\/span> Master<\/span> Degree<\/span> in<\/span> photography<\/span> at<\/span> SPEOS<\/span> Photographic<\/span> Institute.<\/span> His<\/span> passion<\/span> for<\/span> photography<\/span> kept<\/span> him<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> region<\/span> for<\/span> another<\/span> 4<\/span> years<\/span> whilst<\/span> he<\/span> explored<\/span> fine<\/span> art<\/span> photography,<\/span> publishing<\/span> and<\/span> commercial<\/span> photography<\/span> before<\/span> moving<\/span> back<\/span> to<\/span> his<\/span> hometown.<\/span> Virunan<\/span> is<\/span> a<\/span> commercial<\/span> portrait<\/span> and<\/span> fine<\/span> art<\/span> photographer<\/span> who<\/span> ‘s<\/span> particularly<\/span> interested<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> way<\/span> society<\/span> is<\/span> organised<\/span> can<\/span> create<\/span> both<\/span> the<\/span> root<\/span> causes<\/span> of<\/span> conflict,<\/span> also<\/span> general<\/span> being<\/span> of<\/span> humanity<\/span> and<\/span> moral<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> society.<\/span> He<\/span> counts<\/span> photography<\/span> icons<\/span> Richard<\/span> Avedon,<\/span> Helmut<\/span> Newton<\/span> ,<\/span> Sally<\/span> Man<\/span> ,Saul<\/span> Leiter<\/span> and<\/span> Diane<\/span> Arbus<\/span> as<\/span> major<\/span> influences.<\/span> His<\/span> latest<\/span> achievement<\/span> was<\/span> to<\/span> pick<\/span> up<\/span> Silver<\/span> and<\/span> Bronze<\/span> Lions<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> Cannes<\/span> Lions<\/span> 2016<\/span> and<\/span> 2017<\/span> for<\/span> his<\/span> work<\/span> in<\/span> collaboration<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> renowned<\/span> TBWA<\/span> Thailand<\/span> for<\/span> McDonald\u2019s<\/span> \u201cLoving<\/span> the<\/span> night\u201d<\/span> print<\/span> campaign.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":3993,"template":"","class_list":["post-1169","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\/1169","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\/3993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leicastorethailand.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}