#thai queen

[feminineforms]

Scene from the photographic series featuring High Queen (Phra Rachaya Chao) Dara Rasami, possibly for the Wat Benchamabophit photographic contest (ca. 1905) by Lady Erb Bunnag

Lady Erb Bunnag was amongst a handful of royal consorts and relatives to experiment with photography in early modern Thailand, and arguably the country’s first female photographer. Though several royal consorts and children experimented with photography during this era, E. Bunnag was the most prolific, leaving dozens of images of her sisters, cousins and other consorts (such as her friend, high queen Phra Rachaya Chao Dara Rasami) available for researchers in Thailand’s National Archives. E. Bunnag was one of five sisters, referred to as the ‘Kok Oh’ [Oh Clique], who served as royal consorts during King Chulalongkorn’s (1853–1910) reign. The Bunnag family had been closely tied to the Thai monarchy since the seventeenth century, when their ancestor, the merchant Sheikh Ahmad, emigrated to Siam from Persia to become a minister to Ayutthaya’s King Intharatcha. As one of 153 royal consorts to King Chulalongkorn, E. Bunnag’s status as a high-ranking consort placed her within Siam’s most elite space: the Inner Palace, a domain governed by patriarchal hierarchies where the king’s queens, consorts and concubines lived and raised the king’s children. As such, she was able to chronicle the daily lives of royal women, which were otherwise inaccessible to anyone outside the royal palace.

[yenluv]

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[brooken-harted]

This was actually the first digital project I ever made

[feurnny]

Usually Thai royal motercade have to clear people around the road they use when they go to somewhere . But this time ,they choose to drive through where thai protesters stand . All of them let queen go through by peace . No one try to 'harm' queen . (still those fake news from royalist side keep spread that some thai protesters throw shoes and water bottle at a car that queen and crown prince sit in...)

[blushamed]

W(o)rkin' on Sornshine! 🌝🌱

[yovibeispretty]

UR JOKING? HOW CAN SHE BE SO GORGEOUS!?

[sejun-ist]

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[lastofthe20thcenturygirls]

The thing that happened in Thailand seems like it came right outta a drama!