Serichai Traipoom is a photographer living in New York City. They have worked with W Magazine, Paper Magazine, Dazed Digital, Thom Browne, Pat Mcgrath Labs, The CFDA, Saint Sintra, Wiederhoeft & Marc Jacobs. They received their BA in Women & Gender Studies from Hunter College with a speciality in Gender & Sexuality and their MFA from the School of Visual Arts in Photo, Video & Related Media. Both their personal and professional practice has always been centered reifying those who have been marginalized, underrepresented, or misunderstood.
Serichai is a photographer and a founding member of SoMad. Like many artists and creatives, Covid-19 had a devastating effect on their career causing them to pivot. As a founding member of SoMad, they realized the incredible opportunity to transform what started as a shared artist studio into a hub for New York’s emerging artists.
During the uprisings of 2020 they photographed and interviewed attendees of protests and rallies for W and Paper Magazine. Like many grappling with the extreme disparities exposed by the state of unrest, they began to unpack the micro-aggressions they experienced working high profile fashion and social events because of their visibly queer identity and mixed race background (half Thai / half white).
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