About/Contact

Photographer living in NY specializing in editorials and portraits, currently documenting the culture of Muay Thai.

To schedule an assignment please e-mail:

youbinphotos@gmail.com

The sinking feeling in your stomach in anticipation for lightning to strike. .
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@fnfmt @armpit_sakis @ethangeffen_ @raktan_gym @troytroublejones @choksabai @jillianbosserdet @kate_viii_ @8limbsacademy
#muaythai #themoment #fight #ringsport #portrait #nyc

Trouble
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@fnfmt @troytroublejones .
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#muaythai #fighter #nyc #portrait

Reminiscing about Muay Thai in Chinatown
“To be brief I woke up one morning and was just asking myself what is it that I want to do? I need something to work towards because what I was doing was becoming so mundane and predictable day in and day out. Going to work and going home. I wanted to get myself into something constructive and socialize. So I just made an impulsive decision that I wanted to take up a sport. But what? I always entertained the idea of American boxing, but I felt it wasn’t challenging as funny as that sounds. I wanted to really put myself into something that I would really have to grind and learn. So I decided to do Muay Thai.”
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Full story on you-bin.com/venus (link in bio)
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@luckieblackcat85
#muaythai #story #fight #fighter #portrait #nyc #chinatown

High School
“It all started when I was about 15, I just transferred to a new school because I was getting into trouble in my other school. In the new school they had a mma club. I was always interested in fighting so in late December I gave it a try and I loved it. The program was only once a week, but my school gave a free membership for a month if your grades are good and you’re behaving in school. I didn’t get the first month because I was failing a few classes. So I started grinding in school and got the monthly memberships. And when the program was over, they offered me unlimited classes if I help mop and clean up the gym.

From the first time I went in I felt as if I was in heaven lmao. This was also how I met Joe, the head coach of RGMT. The next week Joe came to the Brooklyn academy to run a sparring session. He saw me train. The next day I went to the city to train but I would run out of school to get there early so I could see the fight team train and Joe came up to me and told me to gear up. And since I was in the 11th grade everybody started calling me High School.

I just graduated school and I’m still High School. They told me when I’m 21, I will get a new name lol.” @rgmtnyc @youngassassin_
#muaythai #teen #nyc #fight #dreams #portrait

Forming a Muay Thai Circle
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“We win as a team and we lose as a team.”
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“We always call and text each other. How are you? Where have you been?” - Mucho Macho
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Gym: @rgmtnyc
#muaythai #team #nyc #bond #fighter #fight #family #amigos

What’s your philosophy on fighting?
Ethan: My philosophy is expressed in this quote by Quentin Tarantino.
“If you run the 100-yard dash with people that can’t run as fast as you, yeah you’ll win hands down. You know that. But if you run with people much faster than you, yeah, you might come in last every single time, but your time will be better.”
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Fighter: @ethangeffen_
#portrait #fighter #muaythai #monkeyking #training #flow

@j.ng on the move.
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@raquel.harris
#muaythai #kickboxing #trainers #fighters #nyc #bicycle #cycling

Jan 22, 2016
Feb 7, 2018
May 14, 2018

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@rumblebrothersboxing .
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#boxing #boxinggloves #training #gear #matrix #matrixcolor

@giangalang inspired
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@fnfmt
#muaythai #kickboxing #painter #fighter

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