The Silom Road in Bangkok is one of the Thai capital's central main streets. The name translates to 'windmill street' – though this pumping vein of the city no longer has anything to do with country flair. The photographic series by MARCUS HOEHN is an investigation into the architecture of this very characteristic street and even managed to capture motifs without people.
The name Silom comes from the multitude of windmills which pumped water from the river Khlong onto the neighboring vegetable fields of the sparsely populated region in the 19th century. Similar windmills made of bamboo and cloth are still used today southeast of Bangkok in Samut Sakhon to pump sea water into the salt works for salt production.
