Bangkok Blue Johnson's photostream

African-American photographer and graphic artist, Bangkok Blue Johnson, has had a 28-year ongoing love affair with Southeast Asia's Thailand. He has lived in the country and over the years, has photographed many of the historic wonders found within the Kingdom. His specialty has been documenting, through photography, the colorful, multi-ethnic hill tribes that reside in the notorious, Golden Triangle regions of Northern Thailand. The importance of these photographs is somewhat historic, as the individual uniqueness of each of these ancient, tribal cultures is quickly changing, due to Western influences from tourism and modern technology.

Blue has also had a 40-year career in the music business and as a musician, recording artist & music manager; he has traveled throughout the world, capturing his journeys with remarkable photographs. Many of Blue's Thai photos have been published in Thailand as photo greeting cards. As a senior citizen, Blue officially retired last year and has now begun to focus on and promote his talents as a photographer. Having majored in design and the advertising arts at UCLA and Art Center College of Design, Blue was naturally drawn into creative expression, through the use of a camera. Photography and music have always been his life-long passions and Blue now aspires to exhibit his colorful images in photo-galleries while continuing to travel abroad and photograph the world.