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  • Industrial Sunshine: An unnaturally florescent orange sun struggles  through an exceptionally heavy, brown smog; that envelopes most of South and South East Asia in the dry season, Luang Prabang Laos.<br />
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The smog is caused by a combination of farmers burning off their crops, forest fires and industrial pollution from China.
    Industrial Sunshine
  • Surprise!: A young tourist is taken by surprise standing by a ruin; with an ancient and seemingly amused female statue in the background, Angkor Wat, Siem Reap Cambodia.
    Surprise !
  • Face to Face (B&W): Two colourful cocks spontaneously crouch into a fighting stance, facing each other with displayed feather, ready to attack, Muang Sing Laos.
    Face to Face (B&W)
  • Home Street Home (B&W): A homeless man finds a moment’s sleep, using his flip flops as a pillow, on the stairs of a locked doorway, Wat Ounalom, Phnom Penh Cambodia.
    Home Street Home (B&W)
  • Sincere Monk , Blue Door: A sincere Buddhist monk poses in front of the blue door of his residence, Wat Toul Tompong, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
    Sincere Monk , Blue Door
  • Bangkok Streets: A young man in dread locks holds down a distressed, beautiful woman and awaits the police and an ambulance; claiming he was owed both his room key and money, near Khaosan Road - Bangkok Thailand.
    Bangkok Streets
  • Gold Stupa on Blue: The brilliantly gold stupa rises into a series of converging circles, set against a vibrantly blue sky, Tritotsathep Temple, Bangkok Thailand.
    Gold Stupa on Blue
  • Novice Prayer: A boy kneels, bending down with his hands held together in prayer, having just completed the novice ceremony to start his path to a higher calling, Phra Mahathat Wat Nong Wang, Khon Kaen Thailand.
    Novice Prayer
  • Bangkok Streets (B&W): A young man in dread locks holds down a distressed, beautiful woman and awaits the police and an ambulance; claiming he was owed both his room key and money, near Khaosan Road - Bangkok Thailand.
    Bangkok Streets (B&W)
  • Night Market: The Buddhist temples form the background for the remnants of the night market as the vendors pack their goods away, Wat Chong Kham and Wat Chong Klang, Mae Hong Son Thailand.
    Night Market
  • Purple Haze: A spectacular tropical coastal sunset casts the rocky coast line in a purple haze, on Ko Lanta – Thailand.
    Purple Haze
  • Two colourful cocks spontaneously crouch into a fighting stance, facing each other with displayed feather, ready to attack, Muang Sing Laos.
    Face to Face
  • Photo-Adverse: A bald tourist/traveler, with numerous and elaborate tattoos, is taken by surprise to be the subject of a photograph, as he himself is taking a photograph with his cell-phone of the Hindu ceremony Melasti,  Pemuteran Bali Indonesia.
    Photo - Adverse
  • Wat Evening: Evening descends on this well lit and intricately decorated Buddhist temple; The Temple is bathed in yellow and red spot lights while each black spire rises to a light that is affixed at its apex, Loha Prasat Wat Ratchanatdaram, Bangkok Thailand.
    Wat Evening
  • Young and Patient:  Two young Buddhist monks humour tourists and practiced both their patience and understanding; as they pose for foreigners of various ethnic origins, each with expensive camera equipment, Sitagu International Buddhist University, Sagaing-Mandalay, Myanmar.
    Young and Patient
  • Ruins at Angkor Wat, Cambodia: Dark and moody view of high vaulted ceilings of an entrance in the ancient ruins at Angkor Wat, Cambodia.
    Ruins at Angkor Wat, Cambodia.
  • Spiral (B&W): The unusual birds-eye view of worn wooden stairs of a spiral staircase, Singapore.
    Spiral (B&W)
  • Temple Roof: Repetitive roof tops and the symmetrical rows of orange tiles make for an unreal sight, Wat Tritotsathep Worawihan, Bangkok Thailand.
    Temple Roof
  • Mirror Image at Angkor Wat: A stunning sunrise, over the silhouetted ancient Khmer ruins at Angkor Wat, is reflected the surrounding moat, Siem Reap Cambodia.
    Mirror Image at Angkor Wat
  • Flowers Alter: A close up view of two roses placed at a Buddhist rock alter, Wat Bawan Niwet, Bangkok Thailand.
    Flowers Alter
  • Surrealistic Stupas: An unusual, low wide angle view looking up at Tritotsathep Temple with two golden Stupas, one rising vertically, the second appearing to enter the scene horizontally, , Bangkok Thailand.
    Surrealistic Stupas
  • Graffiti Butterfly: Night time view of a large butterfly and other colourful graffiti, that adorns a concrete column, near to Loha Prasat Wat Ratchanatdaram, Bangkok Thailand.
    Graffiti Butterfly
  • Spiral: The unusual birds-eye view of worn wooden stairs of a spiral staircase, Singapore.
    Spiral
  • Humility: In dawns early light elderly women pray on the sidewalk, pouring water in an act of purification, as they await giving alms to local Buddhist monks, Luang Prabang Laos.
    Humility
  • Home Street Home: A homeless man finds a moment’s sleep, using his flip flops as a pillow, on the stairs of a locked doorway, Wat Ounalom, Phnom Penh Cambodia.
    Home Street Home
  • Coloured Ruins: A richly coloured room and doorway built of hand carved rock, seen in the ancient ruins of Angkor Wat, Siem Reap Cambodia.
    Coloured Ruins
  • Enthralled: A man enthusiastically embraces his partner from behind with what can only be described a pure joy, on a cold day atop a volcano, Batur Lake - Bali Indonesia.
    Enthralled
  • Circular Work: A man splattered in mud, looks up from digging his circular, water filled hole, Dhaka Bangladesh.
    Circular Work
  • Sunrise-Lovina Bali: A dramatic red-yellow sky announces the morning, with the foreground hillside silhouetted, Lovina Bali Indonesia.
    Sunrise-Lovina Bali
  • Morning Calm: With sand so very fine that it squeaks when walked upon, the  ocean reflects the peach sky as quiet reigns over a luxury resort, Ko Muk Thailand.
    Morning Calm
  • Golden Stare: Viewed from below, a large golden Buddha sits in the lotus position in the main temple, surrounded by intricately decorated walls and ceiling and hanging chandeliers, Wat Kan, Bangkok Thailand.
    Golden Stare
  • Crowded Stupas: This low angle view of crowded golden Stupas as they rise up from the white marble buildings into a vibrant blue sky, Tritotsathep Temple, Bangkok Thailand.
    Crowded Stupas
  • Morning Alms: Early morning on a dirt road that runs through a poor ram-shackled town, a row of five young monks accept alms in exchange for blessings, Nong Khiaw Laos.
    Morning Alms
  • Let The Good Times Roll: A menu for supposedly illegal drugs, including variations for mushrooms, marijuana and opium, listed in a menu for a night club, Vang Vieng Laos.<br />
<br />
The menu also asks: “Wanna get really fucked up? Try the Disco Bucket! Ask Staff for details.” All of this is in direct contradiction of the national governments policy of no drugs are legal, but in this party town, all this and more are simply business as usual.
    Let The Good Times Roll
  • Entrance: Columns bracket this view of the intricate reliefs to the entrance to Vat May Souvannapoumaram, where a woman worshiper joins the chanting Buddhist monks that are seated in prayer before the golden statues of the main temple, Luang Prabang Laos.
    Entrance
  • Red Into Blue: A tropical beach scene of paradise with a small, red wooden boat on a sandy beach at water’s edge, in Tanjung A'an Beach (East of Kuta Beach), Lombok Indonesia.
    Red Into Blue
  • Rattan: The village chief carefully examines and measures a rattan stick for suitability in the coming evenings Presean fighting that coincides with the celebration of the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday, Anyar Lombok Indonesia.<br />
<br />
The fight is between two combatants, each armed with a rattan stick and shield, under the evening’s full moon.
    Rattan
  • Men mine a muddy hillside by the most basic of means for White Gold, near to Kuta Beach, Lombok Indonesia.
    Modern Mining
  • Lotus Blossom: A very colourful Lotus Blossom, also known as a Water Lily, displays its green and yellow pistil and its white and orange stamen, in Bunutan (near Amed) Bali Indonesia.
    Lotus Blossom
  • Floating Flowers: An elaborate display of tropical flowers arranged in a circular pattern that floats in a pool of water, Ubud Bali, Indonesia.
    Floating Flowers
  • Cabbages: A farmer bends over to work in her field, her back side in a green sarong blends in the rows of cabbages, Sembalunbumbung Lombok, Indonesia.
    Cabbages
  • Three's Company: Three cyclo (tricycle rickshaws) drivers taking a mid day rest from the heat, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
    Three's Company
  • Machine Worker: In a grimy machine shop, a young masked metal worker pauses from his metal lath and labours, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
    Machine Worker
  • Brahmas' Spire: The Throne Halls’ central, 59 meter spire is topped with the white, four-faced head of Brahma, the Imperial Palace in Phnom Penh Cambodia.
    Brahmas' Spire
  • Sunset - Ko Muk: The sky becomes a kaleidoscope of colour as the sun sets behind the silhouette of a small island off  Ko Muk Thailand.
    Sunset - Ko Muk
  • Stupa in Profile: Looking up, two brilliantly gold Stupas are set against a vibrantly blue sky, at Tritotsathep Temple, Bangkok Thailand.
    Stupa in Profile
  • Ko Muk Sunset: The sky becomes a kaleidoscope of colour as the sun sets behind the silhouette of a small island off  Ko Muk Thailand.
    Ko Muk Sunset
  • Geometric Durian: The view of the Esplanade -Theaters on the bay, displays an unusual geometric pattern reminiscent of a durian fruit, Singapore.
    Geometric Durian
  • Khmer Beauty: A beautiful young lady dancer, dressed in the traditional Khmer fashion, awaits her cue amongst the ruins of Bayon Angkor Thom, Siem Reap Cambodia.
    Khmer Beauty
  • Dancing Through Time: Colourful, intricately carved square vertical columns form a line and each is dominated by dancing female figures, Bayon of Angkor Thom, near to Angkor Wat, Siem Reap Cambodia.
    Dancing Through Time
  • Imperial Gate: A doorway is guarded by an intricately decorated door made of  iron bent into the shape of the praying Buddha, Imperial Palace, Phnom Penh Cambodia.
    Imperial Gate
  • Imperial Stupas: Golden Buddhas, monkeys and elaborately geometric patterns decorate a number of colourful Stupas that stand as sentinels, protecting the Imperial Grand Palace, Bangkok Thailand.
    Imperial Stupas
  • Painfully Bored: A group of traditionally dressed Cambodian dancers rest and amusing themselves in the shade of ancient ruins, the exception; a young man who looks to be both terribly bored and dejected, Bayon of Angkor Thom, Siem Reap Cambodia.
    Painfully Bored
  • Gold Spire: The setting sun casts the top spire of an intricately constructed golden Stupa against the purple sky, at Wat Suan Dok, Chiang Mai Thailand.
    Gold Spire
  • Sacrifice: During Melasti, the entire community watch the Hindu priests as they pray and make sacrifice with incense, food and flowers, Bali Indonesia.
    Sacrifice
  • Enthusiastic Contrarian: All eyes are to one side as fans intensely watch a football (soccer) game, save for one man, who wears an “I love Bali” muscle shirt and enthusiastically pumps his arms in celebration, Bayan Lombok Indonesia.
    Enthusiastic Contrarian
  • Dance of Faith: During Melasti, with the entire community in attendance, Hindu priests dance and make sacrifice of incense, food and flowers, Pemuteran-Bali Indonesia.
    Dance of Faith
  • Bali Blue: Blue light dominates this tropical morning scene, of a silhouetted forest shoreline that lies across a river as it completes its journey to the sea, Balian Beach, Bali Indonesia.
    Bali Blue
  • Modern vs Traditional: A new skyscraper nears completion, with a modern western architectural style, dominates the few remaining old buildings in China Town, Singapore.
    Modern vs Traditional
  • Monk Elder: An elderly monk, seeking shelter from the heat of the day, reflects as he sits on the marble floor and gazes at the temple in Wat Bovil, Battamgbang Cambodia.
    Monk Elder
  • Manual Mining: Men manually mine a muddy hillside for White Gold, near to Kuta Beach, Lombok Indonesia.
    Manual Mining
  • A man, draped in a towel against the morning air, pensitively smokes his cigar during his morning tea in Shwebo Myanmar.
    Morning Smoke
  • Architectural Symmetry: The red and white wooden ceiling of this Buddhist Temple is an architectural wonder of symmetry, Chiang Mai Thailand.
    Architectural Symmetry
  • Hello: A pink homes shutter opens to reveal a green skull peering out onto the world, Ko Muk Thailand.
    Hello
  • Ranbireshwar Morning: The Hindu Temple Ranbireshwar radiates in the morning sun shine, Jumma India.
    Ranbireshwar Morning
  • Fiery Morning: The sun fights through a very heavy fog and casts the shoreline and distant trees adjacent to the Khao Laem Reservoir into silhouettes, San Khla Buri Thailand.
    Fiery Morning
  • Balinese Celebration: After parading through town, a Hindu priest leads the faithful in traditional dress, as they hoist brightly coloured umbrellas, banners, and offerings, to celebrate Melasti (the purification in the sea), Pemuteran Bali, Indonesia.
    Balinese Celebration
  • Golden Stupa into the Blue: Looking up at the brilliantly gold ornately finished Stupa at Tritotsathep Temple,  set against a vibrantly blue sky, Bangkok Thailand.
    Golden Stupa into the Blue
  • Friends of Necessity: Two men, with their pocessions, find refuge and a quiet moment to nap in a central city park, Bangkok Thailand.
    Friends of Necessity
  • Fogs Mirror: Through the early morning fog, the still water of Khao Laem Reservoir reflects a mirror image of flooded trees, flowers and grass emerging from the lake, San Khia Buri Thailand.
    Fogs Mirror
  • Jump!: A clever bronze sculpture depicts a young naked boy jumping into the Singapore River, Singapore.
    Jump!
  • Sunrise Ballooning: This vista, from a Buddhist temple, finds a series of balloons slowly drifting over the ancient ruins bathed in the soft yellow of morning, Bagan Myanmar.
    Sunrise Ballooning
  • Proudly Corporate?: In the early morning market, a woman tribesman is draped in a cloth that proudly displays the modern corporate signage for "Coca Cola" across her back, Louang Namtha Laos.
    Proudly Corporate?
  • Parting Darkness: Layers of dark clouds and mist hang over a volcanic mountain ridge, parting ever so briefly, revealing a bright sunrise, Mentagi Lombok Indonesia.
    Parting Darkness
  • Framed Spire: The deep inset of the window frames the scene of an ornate, multi tiered black spire with numerous mystical Chofa, Wat Ratchanada, Bangkok Thailand.
    Framed Spire
  • Bagan Silhouette: Numerous Buddhist Stupas and Temples are held in silhouette against the golden evening sky, Bagan Myanmar.
    Bagan Silhouette
  • Mornings' Clarity: The pending sunrise finds all calm, with the dark of the night gently surrendering to the light of day that is reflected in the lake below, San Khla Buri Thailand.
    Mornings' Clarity
  • Politics of Torture:  A young man stands reading a newspaper that  depicts a man gagged and bound with chains, Dhaka Bangladesh.
    Politics of Torture
  • Dragonfly: With a yellow and black face and red compound eyes held in fine detail, this dragonfly takes in the morning’s sun clinging to a strand of barbed wire, Senaru Lombok, Indonesia.
    Dragonfly
  • Work Break: A young, mud covered man takes a break from working in a water filled hole, Dhaka Bangladesh.
    Work Break
  • Morning Fruit: In the morning market a woman takes a moment for herself, as she rests, her head adjacent to a basket of fruit, Hue Vietnam.
    Morning Fruit
  • Barren Sunset: Smog fills the coloured sky and surround a lone barren tree, with the silhouetted mountains in the background, over Pai Thailand.
    Barren Sunset
  • Morning Lorry Home: After the shopping at the morning market, a group of women who are dressed to stave off the morning chill, mount the back of a fully loaded lorry for the long ride home, Myinkaba Myanmar.
    Morning Lorry Home
  • Thakhek Sun Streaks: Rays of light streak out across the sky just as the setting sun clears a dark cloud over Tha Khek  Laos.
    Thakhek Sun Streaks
  • Despondent: An elderly despondent woman squats as if in prayer, in front of her ramshackle hut, Muang Sing Lao.
    Despondent
  • Green Stripes: The neon green stripes appear to almost moving across the bark of this local tree found near to Senaru - Lombok Indonesia.
    Green Stripes
  • Indian Siesta: A tired labourer takes a well deserved mid day siesta on the cart he has just loaded, Kolkata (Calcutta) India.
    Indian Siesta
  • The Play of Light: Sunrise creates a predominantly golden, surrealistic scene as light parts the sky on the horizon and refracted light creates an array of colours that are cast throughout the clouds, over Battamgbang Cambodia.
    The Play of Light
  • Spires to the Sky: A wide angle view, looking up at the Throne Hall, reveals multiple stories held up by grey-green Garuda statues and culminates with two golden spires, Imperial Palace, Phnom Penh Cambodia.
    Spires to the Sky
  • Rainbow Temple: A multi-coloured, newly constructed Buddhist Temple as viewed from the base of the stairway of the main entrance, near Phnom Penh Cambodia.
    Rainbow Temple
  • Noble Eightfold Path: Streaking sunlight high lights an exterior wall of Wat Ounalom that is decorated with a large, concrete wheel with eight spokes that represents the noble eightfold path of the Buddha dharma, Phnom Penh Cambodia.<br />
<br />
The Eight spokes represent the eight folded path that Buddhist disciples use to guide their lives and possibly reach enlightenment.
    Noble Eightfold Path
  • Sitting and Waiting: An elderly woman is dressed for the morning chill and is captured waiting, with the story of her life etched on her face, Pai Thailand.
    Sitting and Waiting
  • Fine Tuning an Engine: A young man, working on the street, is refining the finish on the top of an automobile engine block in the early mornings light, Phnom Penh Cambodia.
    Fine Tuning an Engine
  • Mid-day Nap: A man laughs heartily as his friends and co-workers take a well deserved nap, on their bicycle driven carts, in the middle of a busy street in downtown, Dhaka Bangladesh.
    Mid-day Nap
  • A Monk and the Dragon: A poor monk contemplatively sits with his internal struggles, as did the Buddha, on the difficult path to Nirvana. His introspection and situation could not be more in contrast with the confidence, wealth and power of all who built the gold plated Great Shwedagon Pagoda with a Stupa and its diamond encrusted top, Yangon Myanmar.
    A Monk and the Dragon
  • Bold & Proud: Close-up of a a male Indian Peacock proudly displays his colourful plumage, Pyin Oo Lywin Myanmar.
    Bold & Proud
  • Radiating Red Temple: Durgakund, the Monkey Temple, is a vibrant red especially when set against a vibrant clear blue sky, while strings of lights radiate from its spire top, Varanasi India.
    Radiating Red Temple
  • Clean Work: A fully laden woman carries her cleaning supplies through the busy morning market, Mandalay Myanmar.
    Clean Work
  • Novitiation Portrait: This young devotee is fully made up and dressed for the coming Buddhist ceremony, Myinkaba Myanmar.
    Novitiation Portrait
  • Independence Apex (B&W): Independence Monument rises high above Vandola Park, its' converging lines rise to the apex that is lit with the last remains of the day, Yangon  Myanmar.
    Independence Apex (B&W)
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