Author Christopher Ryan

Klong Toey Slum Klong Toey Slum is an impoverished area of Bangkok with a lively, friendly, and welcoming community.  I had the opportunity to visit this area on an photography walk organized by the Meetup gr...

King's Cup Elephant Polo Anantara Hotels Resorts and Spas’ annual charity event The King’s Cup Elephant Polo Tournament helps fund The Thai Elephant Therapy Project (TETP) – this technique uses domesti...

Benjakiti Park Benjakiti Park is a beautiful park in the Sukhumvit area of Bangkok.  The park is approximately 50 acres and encompasses a large lake surrounded by two tracks.  The outer track is for bicycle...

Ayutthaya Day Trip The Ayutthaya Day Trip is a short, and interesting trip offering a glimpse into the history of Siam (Thailand).  The ancient capital was once a wealthy international trading community compa...

Adventures in Asia Video Series Behind the scenes photoshoot Yesterday we shot most of the footage for the introduction to my new youtube series, "Adventures in Asia."  This will be a video series on a varie...

2016 Bangkok Chinese New Year The 2016 Bangkok Chinese New Year was my first festival in Bangkok.  All of Chinatown was flooded with festival goers, tourist police, entertainers, and (of course) plenty of foo...

Elephant Parade Bangkok I caught the Elephant Parade Bangkok at Lumphini Park at the beginning of my second week in Bangkok.  The exhibition is a herd of eighty-eight 1.5 metre brightly coloured elephants â...

Luna Fete by Arts Council New Orleans Luna Fete is an annual week-long event where the New Orleans Arts Council makes the city's gorgeous architecture glow with projected art installations. This year I attend...

French Quarter Christmas If you want to enjoy a lot of festive Christmas decorations, plenty of Christmas spirit, but are willing to sacrifice a white Christmas then you might enjoy a French Quarter Christmas....

New Orleans Abandoned Plant I was thrilled to discover this incredible New Orleans abandoned plant of some sort while out shooting cemeteries back in October.  The place is filled with amazing features like c...