These Places Don'T Exist.

• Prize
  Gold in People/Culture
• Photographer
  Janusz Daga
• Technical Info
  Sony RX1R
• Photo Date
  2021
• Website
  http://jandaga.com

There is a secret place that lives only at night, until dawn. Many secret places, to be honest. In any city or town of Thailand. Places not marked on the maps and hardly visible, reachable through small dusty roads that lead into the void of the countryside or behind dark alleys as pitch. They are the secret brothels reserved for Thai people, where every night thousands of men and boys get drunk and meet young women in exchange for sex and attention. It's right ? It's wrong? In a modern society full of conflicts and pain, everything gets mixed up and confused. We are humans.

• Biography
  Jan Daga is an Italian documentary photographer and filmmaker. He has lived and worked in Asia for more than eight years, based in Bangkok. After a degree in communication/advertising and a master’s degree in digital communication, he worked in the world of advertising, photography and journalism in Milan. After moving to Asia, he followed the events and created projects related to the social, human rights and political spheres, following the major protests in Korea, the political clashes in Thailand and the problems of Hong Kong, among others.
• Awards
  1st Place in the Press category in the 2021 Prix de la Photographie de Paris for "PROTEST IN THAILAND. THE MILK TEA ALLIANCE" Monochrome Photography Awards 2016. International Black & White Photo Contest. 5 Honorable Mentions in People for my picts PIRATES IN THE INDONESIAN SUNDA ISLANDS, FAREWELL TO THE KING and THAI DREAM. International Photography Awards 2016. Honorable Mention in -Culture PIRATES IN THE INDONESIAN SUNDA ISLANDS International Photography Awards 2016. 2 Honorable Mention in -People portrait IN THE FIELDS WITH BUFFALO. -Culture IN THE FIELDS WITH BUFFALO.