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  • 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
  • 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
  • Market Breakfast: Sitting amongst her baskets of grain in the morning market, a woman takes the time to peel an orange and reflect, Mandalay Myanmar.
    Market Breakfast
  • Resting Black Hmong: An elderly woman of the a local hill tribe, the Black Hmong, rests for a moment from a futile attempt to sell her craft work, Sapa Vietnam.
    Resting Black Hmong
  • Beady Eyes: A man displays a beady eyed, comical look, as he puts all his effort into drawing upon his hookah, Mai Chau Vietnam.
    Beady Eyes
  • Morning Smoke: A lady laughs with a friend as she smokes from one of the largest hand rolled cigarettes I have ever seen, in the morning market, Shwebo Myanmar.
    Morning Smoke
  • 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
  • Flower Hmong Dress: A woman is huddled against the cold at the morning market, proudly displays her traditional dress of the Flower Hmong tribe, Bac Ha Vietnam.
    Flower Hmong Dress
  • Despondent: An elderly despondent woman squats as if in prayer, in front of her ramshackle hut, Muang Sing Lao.
    Despondent
  • Disillusioned: In the morning market an elderly woman wears a profoundly disillusioned  expression, born of her lifes' experience, Hue Vietnam.
    Disillusioned
  • Little Red Whistle: Seated in the morning market, a security guard looks warily into the crowd, all the time pensively raising his little red whistle, Pakse Laos.
    Little Red Whistle
  • Mon Bridge Morning: A morning view of a lone boat making its way from the Saphan Mon Bridge, just as the sun breaks through the heavy fog,  San Khla Buri Thailand.
    Mon Bridge Morning
  • Yawning For Business: An elderly man, sitting by his mobile bicycle work shop, yawns deeply awaiting his next customer, Hue Vietnam.
    Yawning For Business
  • Hoi An Market: An elderly woman, with a weathered face, tends to her stall in the morning market in Hoi An Vietnam.
    Hoi An Market
  • Man in a Hat: A man, with an interesting face and straw hat at the morning market in Pakse Laos.
    Man in a Hat
  • Unhappy No More: This previously, profoundly unhappy woman, transformed into a kind loving creature, when asked for a photograph, Kep Cambodia.
    Unhappy No More
  • Unhappy: Never before had I seen anyone with such a constant state of anger and unhappiness, than I had when I beheld this woman at the local seaside crab market in Kep Cambodia.
    Unhappy
  • Flower Child:  A young mother and child hold court with their friends, all of the Flower Hmong tribe, in the morning market at Bac Ha, Vietnam.
    Flower Child
  • Red Dao Smile: A smiling member of the Red Dao hill tribe, selling trinkets on the sidewalk of Sapa Vietnam.
    Red Dao Smile
  • Up A Tree: After a Buddhist celebration in Wat Nabo, a young monk climbs up a palm tree to cut down decorations, a machete in hand, , Tha Khek Laos.
    Up A Tree
  • Hmong Woman: A woman, of a local Hmong hill tribe, wearing a mixture of modern and traditional clothing, as well as  numerous large silver earrings, Sapa Vietnam.
    Hmong Woman
  • Competition: A woman sews her own tribal offerings in direct competition to a fashionable store that sells idealized local women’s wear to foreigners, Sapa Vietnam.
    Competition
  • Shadows (B&W): An elderly woman, sits riverside with her candle lit offerings, gazing out through the shadows, Hoi An Vietnam.
    Shadows (B&W)
  • Nap Time: Down on the docks, a lady takes a morning nap in her hammock underneath a worn metal table, Yangon Myanmar.
    Nap Time
  • Sleeping Swastika: A man finds sleep, at his stall in the morning market, wearing his Swastika T-shirt, Pakse Laos.
    Sleeping Swastika
  • Manual Mining: Men manually mine a muddy hillside for White Gold, near to Kuta Beach, Lombok Indonesia.
    Manual Mining
  • Clean Water  (B&W): A lady risks the garbage and filth to use a manual water pump and fill a container with water, Mymensingh Bangladesh.
    Clean Water (B&W)
  • A man, draped in a towel against the morning air, pensitively smokes his cigar during his morning tea in Shwebo Myanmar.
    Morning Smoke
  • Clean Water: A lady risks the garbage and filth to use a manual water pump and fill a container with water, Mymensingh Bangladesh.
    Clean Water
  • Digging a Hole: Promises of white gold compels this miner to daily risk his life digging dangerous, unsupported shafts, often to a depth of 8 meters with no safety precautions, near Kuta Beach, Lombok Indonesia.
    Digging a Hole
  • Crossroads: A man squats down on a railway line that splits in two, deep in thought and given his demeanour, the choice of route seems to mimic his dilemma, Dhaka Bangladesh.
    Crossroads
  • Dashaswamedh Ghat: A vivid kaleidoscope for the senses, where the cities buildings, temples and boats coalesce at the shore of the holy Ganges River and Hindu devotes make their pilgrimage, Varanasi India.
    Dashaswamedh Ghat
  • Hoi An Riverside: An aquatic view of down town Hoi An riverside, with the characteristic colonial styled yellow buildings and the boats at harbour, Hoi An Vietnam.
    Hoi An Riverside
  • Young Mother: A young mother of the Hmong, a local hill tribe, pauses with child on her back, Sapa Vietnam.
    Young Mother
  • 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
  • Long Neck Portrait (B&W): This frontal portrait captures a gentle weariness upon a woman’s face; as a member of a Long-Necked Karen hill tribe she sits in front of her hand made cloth while wearing the characteristic brass rings around her neck, on the Myanmar border near Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
    Long Neck Portrait (B&W)
  • Childhood Misery: A pair of young children hangs their heads in profound misery on the steps of Dashaswamedh Ghat, Varanasi India.
    Childhood Misery
  • A Fashionable Dalai Lama?: A most unusual and an obviously unauthorized advertisement that uses the figure of the Dalai Lama to endorse fashionable clothing, found in Kualachakra Temple in the heart of McLeod-Ganj India.
    A Fashionable Dalai Lama?
  • Traditional Dress: A young child poses for his parents in full traditional attire that includes numerous necklaces and a head dress, Darjeeling India.
    Traditional Dress
  • Balian Ceremony: Underneath brightly coloured flags and umbrellas, a group of Hindu men and boys are clustered together on the beach during Melasti, or, purification, Balian Beach - Bali Indonesia.
    Balian Ceremony
  • Dhaka Portrait: A middle aged man poses for his portraiture in the morning market near the port in Dhaka Bangladesh.
    Dhaka Portrait
  • Benevolent Poverty: Thoughtful Poverty: Out from a full head of ruffled hair, emerges the kind, thoughtful expression of a poor man,  Mymensingh Bangladesh.
    Benevolent Poverty
  • An elderly begging Sadhu, with a full salt and pepper beard, saffron dress, head dress and a most prominent forehead painting of red and yellow, sits and reflects at his morning tea, Varanasi India.
    Morning Tea
  • 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
  • Beggar’s Blur: A Hindu devotee is captured as he begs in the late evening’s light, Varanasi India.
    Beggar’s Blur
  • Novitiation Portrait: This young devotee is fully made up and dressed for the coming Buddhist ceremony, Myinkaba Myanmar.
    Novitiation Portrait
  • Politics of Torture:  A young man stands reading a newspaper that  depicts a man gagged and bound with chains, Dhaka Bangladesh.
    Politics of Torture
  • Morning Reflection: A regular customer at a morning coffee shop pauses from smoking in a reflective moment, Shwebo Myanmar.
    Morning Reflection
  • Fashion of Oppression: This woman shops the morning market wearing her burka, the fashion of her oppression; both condoned and promoted by her social and religious standing, Dhaka Bangladesh.
    Fashion of Oppression
  • Morning Cleanup: A man makes a valiant attempt to cleaning a small portion of the heavily polluted Ganges River shoreline, Varanasi India.
    Morning Cleanup
  • Hindu Fire: The Aarti Ceremony performed by a young Hindu priest, using an elaborate fire bearing vessel, at Assi Ghat, Varanasi India.
    Hindu Fire
  • Worship to Fire: A Hindu priest perform the Aarti Ceremony -the “Agni Pooja” (Worship to Fire), using an elaborate fire bearing vessel, at Assi Ghat, Varanasi India.
    Worship to Fire
  • Long Neck Portrait: This frontal portrait captures a gentle weariness upon a woman’s face; as a member of a Kayan Lahwi tribe (Long-Necked Karen hill tribe) she sits in front of her hand made cloth while wearing the characteristic brass rings around her neck, on the Myanmar border near Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
    Long Neck Portrait
  • Tobacconist: A tobacco shopkeeper reclines to yet again sample his product, drawing on a hookah pipe, Srinagar India.
    Tobacconist
  • Work Break: A young, mud covered man takes a break from working in a water filled hole, Dhaka Bangladesh.
    Work Break
  • Holi Pink !: A young man takes a moments rest from celebrating Holi, wearing a rather colourful pink and yellow facial display that has spilled onto his shirt, Kolkata (Calcutta) India.
    Holi Pink !
  • A Monk and His Money: An elderly monk sits counting his money in the sacred Great Dragon Pagoda of Shwedagon, Yangon Myanmar.
    A Monk and His Money
  • An older woman wears both thanaka on her face and her head dress as she pauses from her kitchen chores, Inle Lake Myanmar.
    Morning Madame
  • Witness to an Execution (B&W&C): A young man’s movement is captured, his face is eerily still, as he moves in between wall graffiti depicting a smiling soldiers execution of a person, Bangkok Thailand.
    Witness to an Execution (B&W&C)
  • Fairy Tale White:  A Hindu Sadhu, covered head to toe in white, bathes in the warm mornings sun sitting on the Dashaswamedh Ghat and takes a moment from his leisure to scrutinize a prospective client, Varanasi India.
    Fairy Tale White
  • The Dao: Statues depict the Lord Buddha teaching the Dao, the way or path, to his golden disciples at the base of the temple in Wat Thepthidaram Worawihan, Bangkok Thailand.
    The Dao
  • Masked Smile: A woman construction worker is completely covered in heavy clothing and hat that protect her from the blazing tropical sun, near Pai Thailand.
    Masked Smile
  • Evening Prayers: The senior Buddhist monk sits in front of numerous golden statues of the Buddha and before rows of disciple, leading evening prayers in the main temple of Wat Pantao, Chiang Mai Thailand.
    Evening Prayers
  • Buddha in Profile: A golden Buddha stands in profile at it prays in Wat Thepthidaram Worawihan, Bangkok Thailand.
    Buddha in Profile
  • Ready to Face the Day: Even though it was approaching 30 degrees centigrade (86 Fahrenheit), this young child is bundled up, as if ready to play in snow, her face painted with thanaka to protect her from the harsh sun, Shwebo Myanmar.
    Ready to Face the Day
  • 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
  • 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
  • Girls' Shinbyu: A young girl rides a horse under an umbrella and is dressed in a fine traditional dress and head dress, ready for the Buddhist Initiation called Shinbyu; where this rite of passage is allows for a girl to either, be able to wear ear rings, or, to become a Buddhist Nun, Myinkaba Myanmar.
    Girls' Shinbyu
  • Asleep on the Job: An elderly monk fast asleep while sitting at the Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon Myanmar.
    Asleep on the Job
  • Trading Places: The temporary role reversal between an American photographer, who hoists a heavy load to his forehead and a Yao woman, while a local gentleman fumbles with and almost drops the photographers expensive camera, in Muang Sing, Laos.
    Trading Places
  • Mekong Red: A fisherman collects his line in the late evening light as a late red sun casts its light upon the Mekong River, Thakhek Laos.
    Mekong Red
  • Indian Siesta: A tired labourer takes a well deserved mid day siesta on the cart he has just loaded, Kolkata (Calcutta) India.
    Indian Siesta
  • 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
  • Alone at Last: A young homeless boy lies dead-asleep in an obscure, crypt like recess, underneath several feet of stone and the busy Dashaswamedh Ghat, near the river-side cremation Ghats, Varanasi India.
    Alone at Last
  • Morning Market: Women, with their meager offerings before them, stand in the morning market’s sunlight, Muang Sing Laos.
    Morning Market
  • Morning Smoke (B&W): A man, draped in a towel against the morning air, pensitively smokes his cigar during his morning tea in Shwebo Myanmar.
    Morning Smoke (B&W)
  • Clean Work: A fully laden woman carries her cleaning supplies through the busy morning market, Mandalay Myanmar.
    Clean Work
  • Holi Day: A happily painted young man takes a moment break from celebrating the colour festival of Holi, in Kolkata (Calcutta) India.
    Holi Day
  • Morning in Dhaka: A man takes a proud pose in front of a closed store front, Dhaka Myanmar.
    Morning in Dhaka
  • Hindu Fire (B&W): The Aarti Ceremony performed by a young Hindu priest, using an elaborate fire bearing vessel, at Assi Ghat, Varanasi India.
    Hindu Fire (B&W)
  • Child of Faith: A young boy proudly wears the red swastika, an ancient symbol of his Hindu faith, Varanasi India.
    Child of Faith
  • Roadside Prayer: A Muslim beggar deep in prayer, crouching roadside with his walking stick carefully placed before him, Dhaka Bangladesh.
    Roadside Prayer
  • Morning Portrait: Early morning finds a young mans kind face emerging from the dark street corner, Dhaka Bangladesh.
    Morning Portrait
  • Defiance of Youth: A solitary young novice monk stands, arms crossed, in a defiant stance, in a Buddhist temple complex near to Pai Thailand.
    Solitary Defiance
  • Barber's Chair View: A well groomed gentleman gazes over his shoulder from the barber’s chair, roadside in Jammu India.
    Barber's Chair View
  • Digging a Hole, (B&W): Promises of white gold compels this miner to dig dangerous, vertical, unsupported shafts, often to a depth of 8 meters with only a hammer and a piece of rebar, near Kuta Beach, Lombok Indonesia.<br />
<br />
Poor men with no alternative opportunities of employment become miners and risk their lives daily, as they exhibit little skill and no safety precautions. The threat of danger was confirmed in this same hill side when two weeks prior a similar shaft collapsed and two lives were lost.
    Digging a Hole, (B&W)
  • Beggars Walk: A young crippled man, begs with cap in mouth, leaving a trail as he wiggles down the filthy roadway,  Ninh Binh Vietnam.
    Beggars Walk
  • Half and Half: This sad young child is captured at the midpoint of having her hair shaved off, during the Mundan ceremony, thereby setting her free from the bonds of her last birth, Varanasi India.
    Half and Half
  • 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 !
  • Reflective Sadhu: A bare chested Hindu Sadhu sits by the Ganges River sporting a wildly extravagant hair style; with braided hair and beard that compliment the characteristic Dharma prayer beads, Varanasi India.
    Reflective Sadhu
  • Working in Circles (B&W):  A young man covered in mud, takes a break from toiling in the bottom of a deep, surprisingly circular and water filled hole, in Dhaka Bangladesh.
    Working in Circles (B&W)
  • Dawns' Devotion: Dashaswamedh Ghat, a vivid kaleidoscope, even in the earliest of mornings, where the Hindu devotes practice ancient rites at the shore of the holy Ganges River, Varanasi India.
    Dawns' Devotion
  • Hindu Quest:  A long line of well behaved Hindu devotees are captured entering the ridiculously small opening to a temple, often leaving flowers in offering or possibly an orange palm print on the wall, near Dashaswamedh Ghat, Varanasi India.
    Hindu Quest
  • Hmong Mother and Child: A young mother, of a local Hmong hill tribe, wearing a mixture of modern and traditional clothing, proudly holds her new born child, Sapa Vietnam.
    Hmong Mother and Child
  • 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
  • Emerald Buddha: An intricately decorated Phra Mondop ( temple of the Emerald Buddha) with a bejewelled Emerald Buddha, surrounded by ornate depictions of heaven people, demons and buildings is on display on its golden throne in the Thai Imperial Grand Palace, Bangkok Thailand.
    Emerald Buddha
  • Unhappy Celebration: A most unhappy man is captured wearing a most distinctive hat, during the Myanmar Day celebration, Hsipaw Myanmar.
    Unhappy Celebration
  • Plucked :  A woman sits well dressed against the cool morning air, plucking another chicken for the local morning market in Myinkaba Myanmar.
    Plucked
  • Sleep on the Street: A young man sleeps amongst the filth of the street, with only the thinnest of mats between himself and the concrete sidewalk, Phnom Penh Cambodia.
    Sleep on the Street
  • On Guard: A security guard is caught fast asleep at his post, Phnom Penh Cambodia.
    On Guard
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