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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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Despondent: An elderly despondent woman squats as if in prayer, in front of her ramshackle hut, Muang Sing Lao.
    Despondent
  • Unhappy No More: This previously, profoundly unhappy woman, transformed into a kind loving creature, when asked for a photograph, Kep Cambodia.
    Unhappy No More
  • 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
  • Man in a Hat: A man, with an interesting face and straw hat at the morning market in Pakse Laos.
    Man in a Hat
  • 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
  • Shadows (B&W): An elderly woman, sits riverside with her candle lit offerings, gazing out through the shadows, Hoi An Vietnam.
    Shadows (B&W)
  • 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
  • Young Mother: A young mother of the Hmong, a local hill tribe, pauses with child on her back, Sapa Vietnam.
    Young Mother
  • Sleeping Swastika: A man finds sleep, at his stall in the morning market, wearing his Swastika T-shirt, Pakse Laos.
    Sleeping Swastika
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Nap Time: Down on the docks, a lady takes a morning nap in her hammock underneath a worn metal table, Yangon Myanmar.
    Nap Time
  • On Guard: A security guard is caught fast asleep at his post, Phnom Penh Cambodia.
    On Guard
  • 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
  • Politics of Torture:  A young man stands reading a newspaper that  depicts a man gagged and bound with chains, Dhaka Bangladesh.
    Politics of Torture
  • 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
  • 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
  • Indian Siesta: A tired labourer takes a well deserved mid day siesta on the cart he has just loaded, Kolkata (Calcutta) India.
    Indian Siesta
  • Bagan Silhouette: Numerous Buddhist Stupas and Temples are held in silhouette against the golden evening sky, Bagan Myanmar.
    Bagan Silhouette
  • 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
  • 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
  • Morning Reflection: A regular customer at a morning coffee shop pauses from smoking in a reflective moment, Shwebo Myanmar.
    Morning Reflection
  • 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)
  • 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 !
  • Buddhist Peach: The Buddhist Ananda Temple golden shine is complimented when set against this peach-golden sky, Bagan Myanmar.
    Buddhist Peach
  • 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)
  • 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
  • The Burden of Reality (B&W): A man continues his solitary, life-long and unchallenged station in life; with the unrelenting burden of fate, he finds himself wearing a wooden yoke hauling two pails of water down a nearly deserted market street, Nyaung U Myanmar.
    The Burden of Reality (B&W)
  • 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
  • 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
  • Silhouette Morning: Under the brilliance of a golden morning, balloons slowly drift in silhouette past a gigantic Buddhist Temple, Bagan Myanmar.
    Silhouette Morning
  • Morning Market: Women, with their meager offerings before them, stand in the morning market’s sunlight, Muang Sing Laos.
    Morning Market
  • The Ananda and Thatbyinnyu Temples are captured in spotlights as the sun sets and paints the sky a rainbow of colours, Bagan Myanmar.
    Buddhist Sunset
  • 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
  • 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
  • Kalaw Bundle:  A woman deftly negotiates the morning market, using a head band to carry both her filled woven basket and an over-sized bundle that rests on top, Kalaw Myanmar.
    Kalaw Bundle
  • Thai Swastika (B&W&C):  The contrast between the western association of the Swastika with the notorious German Nazis and the Thai understanding of it being a revered Buddhist symbol could not be greater; yet in a strange way these two perceptions are brought together in this dramatic photograph (with selective colour) of a young man at work, wearing a German World War Two helmet with a prominently displayed Swastika, Chiang Rai Thailand.
    Thai Swastika (B&W&C)
  • Sitanagyi Hpaya Temple: Framed by a brilliantly blue sky, this low wide angle view captures the enormous and recently restored Sitanagyi Hpaya Temple, Bagan Myanmar. <br />
<br />
A row of brick elephants support this structure, with a series of spires and a central Stupa that crowns the temple.
    Sitanagyi Hpaya Temple
  • 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
  • Brothers' Pyjamas: Brothers are captured in their sleeping pyjamas and animal hats as they lounge in their homes’ doorway in Myinkaba Myanmar.
    Brothers' Pyjamas
  • Asleep on the Job: An elderly monk fast asleep while sitting at the Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon Myanmar.
    Asleep on the Job
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Shy Friends: Three young barefooted boys stop from playing in a farm yard just long enough to stand and pose, all the while holding hands, Siliguri India.
    Shy Friends
  • 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
  • Temple Twilight: The Ananda and Thatbyinnyu Temples are bathed in golden spotlights as the sun sets and paints the twilight sky into a rainbow of colours, Bagan Myanmar.
    Temple Twilight
  • Pink to Purple: A beautiful pink and purple sky embraces the silhouettes of the ruined Buddhist Temples and Stupas, Bagan Myanmar.
    Pink to Purple
  • 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)
  • Shrine Sunset: A row of Buddhist Shrines extend towards the horizon and a vivid sunset, Sandamuni Pagoda, Mandalay Myanmar.
    Shrine Sunset
  • 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
  • Brick Construction: A man exhibits exceptional balance, at a construction site, as he carries a precariously tall  stack of bricks atop his head, Mymensingh Bangladesh.
    Brick Construction
  • 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
  • Worn Point of View: A well worn, blue shuttered window set against a bright yellow wall of the Buddhist temple, Wat Tahm Rai Saw, Battambang Cambodia.
    Worn Point of View
  • 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 !
  • 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
  • Buddhist Gold and Peach: The illuminated Buddhist Ananda Temple shines as a golden jewel, set against the peach-golden sky, Bagan Myanmar.
    Buddhist Gold and Peach
  • 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
  • Morning Mystery: Silhouetted ancient ruins poke out from the morning mist and are strewn across the plains, Bagan Myanmar.
    Morning Mystery
  • Dynamic Display:  An unusual cloud configuration at sunrise leads to a most colourful and dynamic display over the South Pacific, Bunudan (near Amed) - Bali Indonesia.
    Dynamic Display
  • Blue Sunrise: Morning finds a mountainous valley shrouded in layers blue, as heavy clouds and mist engulf two telecommunication towers standing before a distant sunrise, Mentagi, Lombok Indonesia.
    Blue Sunrise
  • The Burden of Reality: A man continues his solitary, life-long and unchallenged station in life;  with the unrelenting burden of fate he finds himself at another morning market wearing a wooden yoke, hauling two yellow pails of water down a nearly deserted street, Nyaung U Myanmar.
    The Burden of Reality
  • Dragon By Day:  A spectacular view of the golden Great Dragon Pagoda (Shwedagon Pagoda) seen in the late afternoons light, Yangon Myanmar.
    Dragon By Day
  • 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
  • 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
  • Unhappy Celebration: A most unhappy man is captured wearing a most distinctive hat, during the Myanmar Day celebration, Hsipaw Myanmar.
    Unhappy Celebration
  • A Kind Salesman: A kind, smiling young artist, with his paintings at his feet, attempts a sale in the ruins of a Buddhist temple, Bagan Myanmar.
    A Kind Salesman
  • Great Dragon Pagoda: A spectacular night time view of Shwedagon, the golden Great Dragon Pagoda; a festive touch is added to this religious scene with strings of purple lights dangling down from an adjacent temple, Yangon Myanmar.
    Great Dragon Pagoda
  • 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
  • Ananda Gold: With the surrounding forest  as a silhouette, the Buddhist Ananda Temple shines as a golden jewel, set against the black night, Bagan Myanmar.
    Ananda Gold
  • 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?
  • 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
  • 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
  • Plucked :  A woman sits well dressed against the cool morning air, plucking another chicken for the local morning market in Myinkaba Myanmar.
    Plucked
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Morning Illusion: A spectacular sunrise finds an early morning optical illusion, as the shadow from the Shwe San Daw Pagoda is apparently cast against a clear morning sky, Bagan Myanmar.
    Morning Illusion
  • Balancing Bricks: A man carefully lowers himself and exhibits exceptional balance as he loads ever more bricks atop his head, Mymensingh Bangladesh.
    Balancing Bricks
  • Under the fiery golden sunset, herdsmen guide their flock of goats through arid fields that are strewn with innumerable holy Buddhist temples and Stupas, Bagan Myanmar.
    Golden Bagan
  • 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
  • Waiting: Male teenagers are kept behind a brick wall topped with barbed wire, await the morning school bell Nong Khiaw, a quiet town in Laos and exhibit all the pensive anguish seen in youth the world over.
    Waiting
  • 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
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