Bangkok Diary is a photobook by Peter Bialobrzeski, published by Hartmann Books. The volume is a softcover with flaps, measuring 14 by 21 cm, with 96 pages and English-language text. It belongs to Bialobrzeski’s City Diaries project, which he began in 2013. In this long-term project the photographer investigates whether the preconception of a city — a product of prejudices, personal observations and media communications — can be transformed into a specific image. Bangkok Diary extends that inquiry to the Thai capital, pairing photographs with diary entries and reflecting on how a contemporary metropolis can be pictured without falling back on familiar exotic imagery.

The photographs are by Bialobrzeski, who is also credited as the author of the volume’s text; the publisher lists only Bialobrzeski as a contributor, with no separate essay author. The diary form keeps the written observations close to the images, so the book reads as both a visual record and a written account. Bangkok is not framed in isolation: it takes its place within a comparative project that the publisher says has also addressed cities such as Cairo, Athens, Wuhan, Wolfsburg, Osaka and Unna. Current political and social developments, the publisher notes, are reflected in the images and diary entries; the publisher cites Cairo in relation to the Arab Spring, Athens in relation to the euro crisis, and Wolfsburg in relation to VW and the emissions scandal.

This softcover edition is in English, with text and photographs by Bialobrzeski. The publisher describes City Diaries as an ongoing series, with further volumes to appear over time. The publisher’s page identifies the book by ISBN 978-3-96070-087-6 and presents it as part of Bialobrzeski’s wider inquiry into whether the preconception of a city can be transformed into a specific image — the central question around which the volume’s photographs and text are organized.