My book Kingdom’s Edge is a beautiful and stunning labour of love that spans eight years of my photography career. The journey of editing, sequencing, design, and construction took a further nine months. Kingdom’s Edge is the end result of my eight year journey documenting daily life in Thailand’s deep south region. It is a book deserving of a place on any bookshelf and is a must have for any photo book collection or personal library. Also, to the best of my knowledge, it is the only photo driven book on the market covering daily life in the conflict zone of the Thai deep south region. Through this collection of 79 colour photographs I have tried to examine the complex intricacies and subtle incongruities of daily life in South East Asia's deadliest conflict. Moving away from the mainstream media’s monotonous coverage and I found a region that teems and bustles with life and culture. It is a region of trade and commerce, of young people and free wifi, of tea shops and markets. A place where tudong clad girls ride four on a motorbike, where twice a day people freeze on the spot to the sound of the national anthem, and where the call to prayer fills the air five times a day. It is a complex society that is both Muslim and Buddhist, Malay and Thai. It is both old and youthful, calm and restive. It is a place that has more in common with Malaysia’s capitol Kuala Lumpur than distant Bangkok. Through this visual narrative I have presented a timely and alternative view from one of the world’s most underreported conflict zones, a largely forgotten pocket of territory at the farthest edge of the Kingdom of Thailand.

• Coffee table book with a stunning green silk bound hardback cover with a custom design representing the Thailand/Malaysia border line

• 200 pages, 79 colour images, and 2 beautiful bespoke maps

• Foreword and captions by Richard Humphries and an introductory essay by Gerard McDermott

• Printed in Verona Italy by EBS Verona on beautiful 135gsm GardaPat Kiara paper

• Limited print run of 1000 copies

• Prepress and colour separation by Stuart Smith

• Design by Helen Kudrich Coleman

• ISBN 978-1-5272-0081-4

• Published in The United Kingdom on December 31st 2016

• For book purchases in The United Kingdom please order from HERE

If you are currently in Malaysia or Thailand and would like to purchase a copy of Kingdom’s Edge please send me a quick message HERE and I will be in touch with you personally. I only have a limited number of copies with me. Priced at RM200/THB1500.

Book Reviews for Kingdom’s Edge

“Some of the photos use allusions, symbolism and subtle references, while others make a virtue of plainness and immediacy. Richard’s work maintains either a sympathetic distance or a respectful intimacy; at times, detached; at other times, raw and immediate. ”

— Gerard McDermott, Introduction, Kingdom's Edge

“A highly recommended volume for those interested in global strife and its cultural contexts, as well for anyone who wants to enjoy excellent photojournalism!”

— Gerhard Clausing, The Photobook Journal

“Of borders, writes Humphries in his foreword: “I have always found them intriguing.” Indeed, it is the edges Humphries plays with best - the lines between past and present, dark and light, joy and tragedy, boredom and violence, Hopeful; hopeless.”

— Abby Seiff, Mekong Review Magazine

“Humphries’ visual narrative is a masterful collection. Each photograph is accompanied by a caption and passage of text that adds to the interest of the photograph and illustrates deep understanding of the varied ways in which the conflict manifested across the conflict zone. Humphries’ photographs give the impression that he is speaking directly to the viewer. ”

— Amporn Marddent PhD, Journal of International and Global Studies.

Awards

• 2017 Neutral Density (ND) Awards Category - Photo Essay “Kingdom’s Edge” 2nd Place.

• 2017 International Photography Awards (IPA) Book Category - Documentary - Honourable Mention.

• 2017 International Photography Awards (IPA) Book Category - Self Published - Honourable Mention.

• 2017 International Photography Awards (IPA) Book Category - Monograph - Honourable Mention.

• 2017 Prix De La Photographie Paris (PX3) Book Awards Honourable Mention.

• 2010 Leica LFI Documentary Award 2nd Place.

• 2009 The Foreign Correspondents' Club Of Thailand/On Asia Photojournalism Awards Honourable Mention.

• 2009 The British Press Photographers' Year Awards Honourable Mention.

Exhibitions

• 2022 Kingdom’s Edge: NegArt Gallery Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.

• 2017 Kingdom’s Edge: The International Conference of Asian Scholars 10 (ICAS 10) Chiang Mai International Convention Centre Chiang Mai Thailand.

• 2017 Kingdom’s Edge: The International Conference of Thai Studies 13 (ICTS 13) Chiang Mai International Convention Centre Chiang Mai Thailand.

• 2017 Kingdom’s Edge: The Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand, Bangkok Thailand.

• 2009 The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand/OnAsia Photojournalism Awards (Group).