Gay Boy Thailand

I have had photography as a hobby since I was a kid. I have advanced equipment. I live in a country with beautiful young men who are willing to pose shirtless for a reasonable fee. To meet these models is easy. What should I do about it?

I don’t do a lot of models. I have had three this year. It is just a hobby. I had thought about publishing a book with Thai boys, but I have dropped that plan. I don’t want the attention that such a publication could get me. If Thai authorities could decide that the innocent “Sticky Rice” magazine was obscene, they can find anything obscene.

Neither is my photography politically correct. Gay photography today is of muscle boys, California type. Mine are boyish and slim. And worst of all - they are Thai, which somehow means they are exploited. It doesn’t matter that they are not nude, or how old they are, in the political climate today a collection of Thai boy pictures would be suspect even if they were dressed.

Why am I not doing nude? There are several reasons.

1. The boys don’t like it. They are shy. Undressing stops at the underpants, sometimes at their pants.

2. Thai law is strict and any nudity is considered p*rn. This is not a joke. They throw people in jail.

3. I like the boys better when half-dressed. I think they are sexier when something is left to the imagination, and when what their wear adds to their personality.

4. I am not the type to do hard-core stuff anyway.

It seems most people who see pictures I have taken of a Thai boy assume I have had him in bed too. I am not sure why people believe this. Surely photographers in the West have models all the time without shagging them?

I never have sex with models. I want to remain professional and I want the boys to know that they can trust me. Word gets around. If I have one satisfied model he will recommend me to another boy. This boy will be more comfortable doing it when he knows this is not just another kinky plot from a customer. And when the model feels comfortable the pictures get better.

Do I wish I had them in bed? Sometimes. But that passes quickly. As attractive as he is, once I start working with the camera I am concentrated on what I do. Model photography is hard work. I get sweaty and tired from moving around constantly while directing the model. I can take up to 200 pictures in a session, saving only the best ones.

If I like the sexual tension with my models? Of course. That’s half the fun. Inviting a boy to model is partly a substitute for bonking him. If I can’t have him in bed at least I can have the pleasure of taking his picture. The model, on the other hand, will usually get excited during the session. I see that but I don’t comment it.

What does my boyfriend think of it? I had a camera around my neck the first day I met my boyfriend-to-be. I asked to take his picture and he refused. Later I asked if he could help me find models but he refused that too. He said he was afraid people would think he recruited them to my bed.

Chalerm doesn’t applaud the model activity. But he doesn’t have to. He just has to accept it. I never try to hide that I do it as think that would backfire. I let him meet the boys and talk to them. This has made him relax. He understands that a random moneyboy like the one from the park isn’t a threat to him. The boys quickly assure him that no extra activities are taking place. Sometimes he can get along great with them.

Chalerm will look at the finished photos and comment how the boys look and what they wear. The models will ask for copies, both on paper and in electronic form to send by email. They get very happy when they receive their photos and they run around showing them to everyone. Some of the photos I have taken of boys have boosted their “career” substantially when they have put them in personal ads on the Internet. That’s fine with me.

Ah, now you say: - Show me some? I have to be careful about that. I don’t want to put any photos here on a website with “gay” in the header. I don’t want to make them identifiable as working boys either, if that is what they are.

But I can show you this one. This was a nice guy and he was 23 at the time. It must be around three years ago now. The picture is here.