Experimentation, dreams, & the mundane with Praepisut Peechapat

Name, age, where are you from, what format you like using, what are you currently working on if you are?

My name Praepisut Peechapat (as known as Fueng or Frappe), 26. I was born and raised in Bangkok, Thailand, and currently living here. I work with different mediums including photography, printmaking, illustration, and sometimes moving images. Right now I’m working on my illustrated zine about strange dreams and daymares.

What about your surroundings/environments and upbringing interested you?

I was born in a family of architects in the chaotic city of Bangkok, and I think this has partially influenced the way I see the world. I love observing structure and little details in what I see in my daily life, the patterns in things, how people act in different spaces. This way of observations also shaped how I work on my projects.

When was the first time you met photography? How did you feel when you meet it?

I’ve been taking photos casually with my friends and family for a long time but my first serious encounter with photography was during my last year of highschool when I had my first camera. I never wanted to stop doing it ever since. The click sound of the shutter, seeing your images after the films were developed or checking your images on your computer, I think it’s an amazing feeling whether those photos were good or bad.

Tell us about current projects you have been working on (could be any, or just work you have been doing in general). Is this story inspired out of personal reasons, or others? What are you most excited about in these projects?

Not so long ago I had experienced the magic of simple, mundane photographs, the one you see on your family old photo album. These photos were taken by non-photographers and they’re just for the memory. For me, recording memory is one of the purest and most beautiful parts of making photographs. So I have been doing that myself on a day-to-today basis, little by little just to make sure that nothing gets lost in time.

At the same time I’m also working on an illustration project about weird dreams. As a person who dreams almost every night, I find that dreams can take you to unknown places and give you the most random and strange dreams. Quite similar to how I take photos of the simple and normal aspect of daily life when I was awake, I use illustration to record the dreams.

How did you find your visual literacy? Why are you attracted to certain images more than others?

I think one part is by looking at lots of existing works by other amazing photographers and artists, and at the same time by the experience I got when I am actually doing my own projects. Experimentation let me know what works and what doesn’t and this helps with future decisions I make in my projects, which in my case solutions always differ in different bodies of work.

Imagine meeting someone who is picking up a camera for the first time. What do you tell them?

Enjoy and have fun! From what I experienced, when you enjoy what you do, amazing things follow.