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  • 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
  • Weathered Pride: An elderly man with a darkened, wrinkled and weathered face holds his head with pride, posing for a portrait, Trinidad Cuba.
    Weathered Pride
  • 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
  • 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
  • Market Madness: A most enthusiastic all male crowd gleefully struggles to get into the photograph, Dhaka Bangladesh.
    Market Madness
  • Kolob Reservoir Sunrise: Driving along the Kolob Reservoir Road, from Cedar Canyon to Zion National Park, sunrise greets a brisk Autumn day, Utah USA.
    Kalob Reservoir Sunrise
  • Safety Free: A demolition worker stands precariously on top of a wall, free of any safety precautions, wielding  a hammer against the very wall he is holding for balance and support, Hue Vietnam.
    Safety Free
  • Buddhas' Devotees: A Buddhist mural that graces the ceiling of Wat Kratie illustrates a Buddha surrounded by devotees, in  Kratie Cambodia.
    Buddhas' Devotees
  • Stairs of Varanasi: An elderly man slowly makes his way up the steep, numerous, multicoloured (white, red and teal) stairs from the Ganges River, Varanasi India.
    Stairs of Varanasi
  • Morning Profile: A napping, saffron dressed Sadhu sits in the golden mornings light with a white beard, white facial paint and a prominent ornate painting that dominates his forehead, Varanasi India.
    Morning Profile
  • Yin and Yang: A very busy and colourfully decoration is filled with depictions of birds, clouds, dragons and food, the centrepiece - the symbol for Yin and Yang, Wat Bawan Niwet,  Bangkok Thailand.
    Yin and Yang
  • The Face of Reality:In the Marble Temple, a more realistic Buddha is depicted, seen here starved and bone thin, Wat Benjamabophit, Bangkok Thailand.
    The Face of Reality
  • Holly  Throne: A Buddhist mural that graces the ceiling of Wat Kratie illustrates numerous Buddhist figures with a central figure seated on a golden throne, in  Kratie Cambodia.
    Holly Throne
  • Enlightenment Cart: A Buddhist mural that graces the ceiling of Wat Kratie illustrates a Buddha being driven in a cart, in  Kratie Cambodia
    Enlightenment Cart
  • National Cruci-fiction: This painting is an allegory with both a political and a religious angle, as the crucifixion is depicted as a national event, occurring on a Cuban flag raised upon the peoples rising towers, Baracoa Cuba.
    National Cruci-fiction
  • Devotees at Dusk: Hindu devotees crowd the stairways in a long exposure, Dashaswamedh Ghat, Varanasi India.
    Devotees at Dusk
  • Sleeping Hammock : An exhausted worker is caught taking a well-deserved nap in a hammock slung in the back of a construction van, Bangkok Thailand.
    Sleeping Hammock
  • Child of Faith: A young boy proudly wears the red swastika, an ancient symbol of his Hindu faith, Varanasi India.
    Child of Faith
  • Purple on Pink: A sole purple tulip emerges from a field of pink in Minter Gardens, Rosedale British Columbia, Canada.
    Purple on Pink
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Horror of Home (B&W): The dark and foreboding staircase, and an inauspicious climb home, Havana Cuba.
    The Horror of Home (B&W)
  • 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
  • Phra Sumen Fort:  Phra Sumen Fort harkens back to 1783, when it was built to defend against naval invasions and was named for the mythical Mt Meru of Hindu-Buddhist cosmology, Bangkok Thailand.
    Phra Sumen Fort
  • 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
  • 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
  • Stupa in Profile: Looking up, two brilliantly gold Stupas are set against a vibrantly blue sky, at Tritotsathep Temple, Bangkok Thailand.
    Stupa in Profile
  • Reflective Buddha: A reflective seated Buddha is depicted in this golden statue found in the Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon Myanmar.
    Reflective Buddha
  • Young Surrealist: A rather surrealistic painting of a young lady and the thoughts and experiences that follow her, Baracoa Cuba.
    Young Surrealist
  • Engulfing Fog: Fog obscures the Fraser River and engulfs the Agassiz-Rosedale Suspension Bridge, Agassiz British Columbia Canada.
    Engulfing Fog
  • Repeating Red: An unorthodox view of the lower aspect of a long statue that depicts a row of traditionally dressed men, Wat Sangker, Battambang Cambodia.
    Repeating Red
  • 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
  • Cuban Portrait: A man with a weathered and charismatic face, posing for a portrait, Trinidad Cuba.
    Cuban Portrait
  • Cuban Portrait (B&W): A man with a weathered and charismatic face, posing for a portrait, Trinidad Cuba.
    Cuban Portrait (B&W)
  • The main alter in the Bái Đính Temple displays three prominent Buddhas along with numerous other smaller statues, flowers and other offerings, Ninh Binh Vietnam.
    Bái Đính Temple
  • Blurred Devotees : A surge of Hindu devotees are captured with a long exposure that blurs the colours and motion obscuring the individuals on the stairway and the resultant composite flows as a river of life,  Dashaswamedh Ghat, Varanasi India.
    Blurred Devotees
  • Stunning Wat Pho: The stunning architectural sights are seemingly endless at Wat Pho, Bangkok Thailand.
    Stunning Wat Pho
  • Here’s Looking at You:  Raised under an oppressive regime, this man faces forwards, all the while looking with intent out the side of his face, Kalaw Myanmar.
    Here’s Looking at You
  • Lions on The Middle Path: Gold lions stand guard beneath the dharma wheel (dharmachakra), whose eight spokes represent the eight folded path of Buddhism, atop of a column at the Sitagu International Buddhist University, Sagaing – Mandalay, Myanmar.
    Lions on The Middle Path
  • Sadhus' Trishula: A fully bearded Sadhu descends the stairs holding the representative trident of the Hindu god Shiva, Varanasi India.
    Sadhus' Trishula
  • Low Tide, Ko Phi Phi: Two wooden power boats are stranded at low tide on a beautiful sandy shore line of Ko Phi Phi, Thailand.
    Low Tide, Ko Phi Phi
  • Young Best Friends: Two young girls are the best of friends and readily bring their heads together for a photograph in Srimangal Bangladesh.
    Young Best Friends
  • Persistent Beggar:  An elderly crippled Sadhu uses crutches to slowly makes his way to work, his usual begging spot, Varanasi India.
    Persistent Beggar
  • Romanticised Che:  This is a rather romanticised, yet compelling, sketch of Che Guevara on the exterior of a water tank, Vinales Cuba.
    Romanticised Che
  • Sitting Sadhu: A saffron dressed Sadhu sits in the golden mornings light covered in white body paint,  with a prominent painting radiating from the chakra between his eyes, Varanasi India.
    Sitting Sadhu
  • A pair of young children descends the white and red stairs, passing a colourful wall painting of a naked Hindu Sadhu holding onto a skull overhead, en-route to the holy Ganges, Varanasi India.
    Descending Doctrine
  • Young Sadhu:  A young Sadhu sits awaiting Hindu devotes wears the characteristic saffron uniform and has white bars with red circles painted on his forehead, arms and chest, Varanasi India.
    Young Sadhu
  • 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
  • Days' Catch: A gloriously rich painting of an eaten fish hangs outside a downtown apartment complex, Bangkok Thailand.
    Days' Catch
  • Buddhist Temple Stupa: A unique view of golden Stupa and orange roof tops adorned with mystic Chofa that stand in contrast against a brilliantly blue sky, Tritotsathep Temple, Bangkok Thailand.
    Buddhist Temple Stupa
  • Capital Tower: The Capital Tower building, with its distinctive mix of traditional Chinese and modern western architectural styles,  dominates the few remaining old buildings in China Town, Singapore.
    Capital Tower
  • Rice Harvest: The village women in their traditional dress, perform a harvest ceremony in which they pound rice in a long wooden vessel with bamboo poles, Anyar Lombok Indonesia.
    Rice Harvest
  • Maulid Nabi Celebration: The village women in traditional dress, perform a harvest ceremony in which they pound rice in a long wooden vessel with bamboo poles and this also coincides with the celebration of  Maulid Nabi (the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday), Anyar Lombok Indonesia.
    Maulid Nabi Celebration
  • 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
  • Two Amigos: Two older men of the street, each with varied faces that reflect the difficulty of their chosen life, pause for a moment for a portrait, Havana Cuba.
    Two Amigos
  • Multiple Interpretations: This surrealistic painting is open to multiple interpretations, having a mans head protruding from a can, with two wings projecting from his neck, Baracoa Cuba.
    Multiple Interpretations
  • Che Revered: Revered Che Guevara is nearly omnipresent and here he is depicted on a decrepit wall, on the center of the white star of Cuba, Varadaro Cuba.
    Che Revered
  • Beautiful Begonia: A macro view of a blooming, lusciously red and yellow begonia, right after a rain fall in Minter Gardens, Rosedale British Columbia Canada.
    Beautiful Begonia
  • Forsyth Mountain: Summer and a winding gravel road breaks through the heavy evergreen forest, as one enters the Height of the Rockies Provincial Park, near Radium Hot Springs, British Columbia Canada.
    Forsyth Mountain
  • Half and Half: This sad young child is captured at the midpoint of having her hair shaved off, during the Mundan ceremony, so that she will be set  free from the bonds of her last birth, Varanasi India.
    Half and Half (B&W)
  • Wat Pho:  This is but a small aspect of Wat Pho, the oldest temple in Bangkok and it is also known also as the Temple of the Reclining Buddha, Bangkok Thailand.
    Wat Pho
  • Red Over Yellow: A red tulip rises well above a veritable sea of yellow tulips, Agassiz British Columbia, Canada.
    Red Over Yellow
  • Pretty in Pink: A macro view of a blossoming pink rose after a rain fall, Minter Gardens, Chilliwack British Columbia Canada.
    Pretty in Pink
  • Childhood Misery: A pair of young children hangs their heads in profound misery on the steps of Dashaswamedh Ghat, Varanasi India.
    Childhood Misery
  • Going Up?: On a glorious sunny day, red and white stairs rise precariously high, along with rusted iron guard rails, guiding the eye up two diverging stairways into the local temples and homes, ever higher above the Ganges River, Varanasi India.
    Going Up ?
  • Warily Watching:  A solitary man watches the scenes of the street with a wariness born of daily experience, Assi Ghat, Varanasi India.
    Warily Watching
  • Leading Lines: Sunrise and the eye is drawn down two tangential lines made of the log and a wooden pier, White Rock, Surrey British Columbia Canada.
    Leading Lines
  • Shala Bloom:  Outside of Wat Benjamabophit the religiously significant Shala Tree (Shorea Robusta Roxb) exhibits its spectacular and equally strange, pink and yellow flowers, Bangkok Thailand.
    Shala Bloom
  • Hindu Class: A well tanned Sadhu with a well maintained beard, Rastafarian hair and little else, sits reading a holy book on a small shelf he has commandeered beside a common walkway, Varanasi India.
    Hindu Class
  • Leery in White: A leery Sadhu, covered head to toe in white, takes a moments pause from his reading to scrutinize the foreign intruder, Varanasi India.
    Leery in White
  • Swept: Numerous hanging and standing straw brooms wait within the monk’s residences, in the Buddhist temple of Kuan An Keng Shrine, Bangkok Thailand.
    Swept
  • Alms: A Buddhist monk’s silver begging bowl is covered by a green woven cover and stands unattended on an intricate bamboo pedestal, Wat Thung Pong, Pai Thailand.
    Alms
  • Smoke Break: In the Balinese temple Pura Luhur Dhangkahyangan a statue is dressed and given a cigarette, something the departed would have enjoyed, in Rambut Siwi - Bali Indonesia.
    Smoke Break
  • Stairway of Ghosts: The silhouette of an indistinct person moves in the background as if it were a silhouetted ghost, in the rear of a dark and foreboding staircase that leads to the inauspicious promise of home, Havana Cuba.
    Stairway of Ghosts
  • Overcast Quilt: Low hanging clouds have a quilt like appearance as they follow the outline of the horizon over top of Mount Cheam in Agassiz, British Columbia Canada.
    Overcast Quilt
  • Three Times Lucky (B&W&C):  Crouched over in a back alley, an anonymous young man leans intently towards his extended right arm, having a line of bleeding attempts; he injects yet again, Vancouver British Columbia, Canada.
    Three Times Lucky (B&W&C)
  • Seldom is a ceiling the singularly spectacular feature of any building, yet this intricate design that graces the Sitagu International Buddhist University leaves one speechless, Sagaing - Mandalay Myanmar.
    Ceiling for the Heavens
  • Sadhu Sitting:  A Sadhu, with both a colourful dress as well as a painted forehead, takes an early morning seat on the steps of the busy Dashaswamedh Ghat, Varanasi India.
    Sadhu Sitting
  • Isolated: At the Mahagandhayon Monastic Institution rows of monks gather to share their alms and even though not alone each monk stands separate; isolated in thought on a common path,  Amarapura Mandalay Myanmar.
    Isolated
  • Fishy: A fishy bit of graffiti brightly adorns the rear end of a downtown Bangkok apartment, Thailand.
    Fishy
  • This weathered door is typical of the pastel colourful entrance-ways of homes found in Trinidad Cuba.
    Weathered Door
  • Thai Storm: A dark angry sky ominously passes over islands and an emerald green Pacific Ocean, Ko Lanta Thailand.
    Thai Storm
  • Bridging Time: A visual sense of time is set with this grainy, yellow hued photograph of the Astoria–Megler Bridge as it spans the Columbia River, making its way towards Astoria Oregon, USA.
    Bridging Time