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  • Death and the Sadhu: This colourful wall painting depicts a Hindu Sadhu (Holy man) using both hands to hold a humans skull overhead, Varanasi India.
    Death and the Sadhu
  • The Ultimate Solution: Wall graffiti illustrates the execution of a person just as he has been shot by a gloating soldier, Bangkok Thailand.
    The Ultimate Solution
  • 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
  • Night of the Gaucho: A handsome gauchos’ face tells a tale, captured just before this heads out for a night of carousing -wearing a new cowboy hat, a flamboyant yellow shirt and with strings of beads around his neck,  Trinidad Cuba.
    Night of the Gaucho
  • 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
  • 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
  • Stupa Support: Blue faced, Demon monkey statues are dressed in a multi coloured traditional dress made of coloured mirrors and squat in front of and appear to hold up a golden Stupa, Imperial Grand Palace in Bangkok Thailand.
    Stupa Support
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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)
  • Foil Face: A close-up of the face of a green Buddhist statue, covered with gold foil, Thai Imperial Grand Palace, Bangkok Thailand.
    Foil Face
  • Working in Despair: A young shirtless construction worker without safety gear squats by a cement mixer and piles of rebar with the look of abject despair, Sanur - Bali Indonesia.
    Working in Despair
  • Beautiful Circles: A young joyous lady seems willingly captured within circles of light, as she dances with LED hula hoops on the campus of the University of British Columbia, Vancouver British Columbia Canada.
    Beautiful Circles
  • Cutie: A young woman construction worker, somehow able to work in the excessive tropical heat while protected from the sun by being fully clothed, peaks out from her hat and scarf revealing an angelic look, Battambang Cambodia.
    Cutie
  • Childhoods Perception: Graffiti of a young girl portrayed on a power box, with her duality separately expressed onto its two front doors, in two separate painting styles; one half is clear and conventionally painted, the other, stressed and distorted, Vancouver, British Columbia Canada.
    Childhoods Perception
  • Negative Cranium: Art held in the processing of this sculpture, so that it takes on a surrealistic appearance while on display on a table top in the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, New York New York, USA.
    Negative Cranium
  • Rainbow Beach: A bold rainbow cuts the evening sky over-top of a tranquil, tropical beach scene as locals play amongst the oceans waves, Varadaro Cuba.
    Rainbow Beach
  • Catholic Stain (B&W):  Catholic Stain (B&W):  This statue portrays Fray Junipero Serra standing aside a near naked indigenous boy, Juaneño, while holding the cross and looking away from a large dark stain on the Basilica Menor de San Francisco de Asis; Emblematic of the current sex scandal that taints the Catholic Church, Plaza de San Francisco, Havana Cuba.
    Catholic Stain (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
  • Standing Out In A Crowd: A full bearded Sadhu, with his face and arms painted red white and yellow, sits conspicuously awaiting the Hindu Aarti ceremony to start, riverside in Varanasi India.
    Standing Out In A Crowd
  • 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 !
  • 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
  • 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
  • Holi Day: A happily painted young man takes a moment break from celebrating the colour festival of Holi, in Kolkata (Calcutta) India.
    Holi Day
  • Life’s Burden: A woman in a brightly coloured head scarf leans forward as she bears the weight of her wares, borne by a wooden yoke, Muang Sing morning market, Laos.
    Life’s Burden
  • Muang Sing Market: A woman in traditional dress sells her meagre wares in the Muang Sing morning market, Laos.
    Muang Sing Market
  • Far Away Eyes: A close-up of a painted metal statue of a person deep in thought, with cobwebs covering the eyes, Gardiner Oregon USA.
    Far Away Eyes
  • On Guard: A Chinese style stone statue stands guard, holding a pike, in the gardens of the Imperial Grand Palace, Bangkok Thailand.
    On Guard
  • Happy Holi Day: This painted man sits drinking his orange juice, as he pauses his celebration during the Holi Festival that commemorates the victory of good over evil, Kolkata (Calcutta) India.
    Happy Holi Day
  • Anguish (B&W): An expression of anguish projects from the face of this metallic statue as his arm thrashes out, Havana Cuba.
    Anguish (B&W)
  • Seeing Double (B&W):Two virtually identical men take a moment to survey the morning pedestrian traffic; with similar clothing, sun glasses and their unmistakable macho stance, Cienfuegos Cuba.
    Seeing Double (B &W)
  • Steel Guitar Blues: A close-up of a steel guitar colourfully gleaming in the bright sunlight as it is being played outside a local liquor store, in Vancouver British Columbia Canada.
    Steel Guitar Blues
  • The figures of young men become distorted as the joyously dance in celebration of Holi, Kolkata (Calcutta) India.
    Holi Dance
  • 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
  • Seeing Double: Two virtually identical men take a moment to survey the morning pedestrian traffic, wearing similar clothing, sun glasses and their unmistakable macho stance, Cienfuegos Cuba.
    Seeing Double
  • Naked Expression: This cast blue metallic statue greets the early morning light as would any other naked party goer, with an expression of anguish as his arms reach out to defend itself from the new day, Havana Cuba.
    Naked Expression
  • 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
  • Kind Reflection (B&W): Out from a full head of hair emerges the thoughtful expression of a poor man in Mymensingh Bangladesh.
    Kind Reflection (B&W)
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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)
  • 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?
  • Smile: Boys laughing, pushing, waving and generally having too much fun; all the while posing for a photograph during the full moon celebration of Maulid (the Prophet Muhammad's birthday) Anyar Lombok Indonesia.
    Smile
  • Inconsolable: A man sits inconsolably, on the side of the road, with his head in hand, Jammu India.
    Inconsolable
  • Catholic Stain:  In this statue, Fray Junipero Serra stands aside Juaneño (an Indian boy) and is found next to a large dark stain on the Basilica Menor de San Francisco de Asis; symbolic of the current sex scandal that taints the Catholic Church, in the plaza de San Francisco, Havana Cuba.
    Catholic Stain
  • 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
  • Contrarian View: A Buddhist monk sitting on the edge of a temple takes a contrarian stance and so, rather than looking inwards like the other devotes, his gaze is outwards, directed at the foreigner across the marquee, Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon Myanmar.
    Contrarian View
  • Novitiation Portrait: This young devotee is fully made up and dressed for the coming Buddhist ceremony, Myinkaba Myanmar.
    Novitiation Portrait
  • Night Moves: Young women dance the night away with LED hula hoops on the campus of the University of British Columbia, Vancouver British Columbia Canada.<br />
<br />
This was part of a night time celebration during the charity Radiant Run.
    Night Moves
  • Blue Anguish (B&W&C): A metallic statue, expressing the distressing anguish of men, Havana Cuba.
    Blue Anguish (B&W&C)
  • Morning in Dhaka: A man takes a proud pose in front of a closed store front, Dhaka Myanmar.
    Morning in Dhaka
  • Friends: In the heart of their shanty town, two good friends stop to be photographed, Jammu India.
    Friends
  • Batter's Up: A young man smiles in anticipation of batting the red ball being hurled his way, in this makeshift cricket pitch, Dhaka Bangladesh.
    Batter's Up
  • In Man's Image: The image of metallic blue fingers forming as a mans’ would, seem to come together as surely as the completion of a mans’ thought, Havana Cuba.
    In Man's Image
  • Buddhist Money Fish:  Paper money is folded to resemble fish and hang from a mobile in front of the seated Buddha statue, inside the main temple of Wat Pan Tong, Chiang Mai Thailand.
    Buddhist Money Fish
  • Dog of Bangkok: This aggressive, detailed piece of graffiti of a dog’s white skeleton adorns a grey concrete wall opposite the affluent shopping district of Siam, in downtown Bangkok Thailand.
    Dog of Bangkok
  • 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
  • Fashionably Shy: A woman caught alone on the street, hides behind her fabulously colourful saree, Dhaka Bangladesh.
    Fashionably Shy
  • Buddha Like: A vibrantly colourful acrylic painting of a man with characteristics similar to those of the Buddha, Phnom Penh Cambodia.
    Buddha Like
  • Very Long Portrait: The angular portrait view of a woman of a Long-Necked Kayan Lahwi tribe tribe wearing the characteristic brass rings around her neck, on the Myanmar border, near Mae Hong Son Thailand.
    Very Long Portrait
  • Childs' Initiation: A very young child is dressed in a fine traditional dress and head dress, ready for the Buddhist initiation of Shinbyu, where this rite of passage allows for a girl to either, be able to wear ear rings, or, to become a Buddhist Nun, Myinkaba Myanmar.
    Childs' Initiation
  • Blue Anguish: A metallic statue, expressing the distressing anguish of men, Havana Cuba.
    Blue Anguish
  • 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
  • Fishy Temple: Within the main temple of Wat Pan Tong, numerous statues of Buddha gaze upon the numerous small fish that are made entirely of money; These Thai bills are carefully folded so that the revered Thai Kings face is prominently on display, Chiang Mai Thailand.
    Fishy Temple
  • Into the Darkness: Wat Suthatthepwararam is lined with a series of nearly identical, golden Buddhist statues that fade off into the darkness, Bangkok Thailand.
    Into the Darkness
  • 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
  • Multiculturalism Profile: Historical and mystical thoughts blend in this beautiful mural of a young face, composed of ever changing themes, Vancouver British Columbia, Canada.
    Multiculturalism Profile
  • Multiculturalism Face On: Historical and mystical thoughts blend in this beautiful mural of a young face, composed of ever changing themes, Vancouver British Columbia, Canada.
    Multiculturalism Face On
  • Spray painted graffiti art of a beautiful waitress; depicted in a tight outfit over her supple figure, was found on a brick wall of a back alley way in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada.
    Service With a Smile
  • 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)
  • Bon Voyage (B&W): A minimalist view of a mid-day ocean side dock, makes an abstract impression, Ko Muk Thailand.
    Bon Voyage (B&W)
  • Red Holi: Celebrating Holi, a laughing young man is held by his friends while a large container of red coloured water is emptied over his head, Kolkata (Calcutta) India.
    Red Holi
  • Holi Wig: To help celebrate Holi, a man wears a rather colourful and outlandish wig, Kolkata (Calcutta) India.
    Holi Wig
  • This portrait shows a laughing young man with a face plastered with yellow powder, celebrating Holi in Kolkata (Calcutta) India.
    Yellow Holi
  • 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
  • Far Away Eyes, Blue: Close-up and blue; this cold metallic figure is a study of tortured introspection, Gardiner Oregon USA.
    Far Away Eyes, Blue
  • Far Away Eyes (B & W):  Close-up and disturbed;  this cold black and white figure is a study of tortured introspection, Gardiner Oregon USA.
    Far Away Eyes (B & W)
  • 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)
  • Witness to an Execution (B & W): 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)
  • Come and Get It: This example of street graffiti was found in a back alley and consists of a decal of a most attractive and provocatively dressed woman; in vinyl with high boots, squatting down with a hole suggestively punched into her genital area while holding two over sized guns, in Vancouver British Columbia, Canada.
    Come and Get It
  • In Looking Out: A man pensively peers out of a building out to an adjacent construction site in Battambang Cambodia.
    In Looking Out
  • Bobs' Toilet: A colourful painting of Bob Marley decorates a toilet, on Don Det Laos.
    Bobs' Toilet
  • Witness to an Execution: 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 (good one)
  • Brothers' Pyjamas: Brothers are captured in their sleeping pyjamas and animal hats as they lounge in their homes’ doorway in Myinkaba Myanmar.
    Brothers' Pyjamas
  • Tobacconist: A tobacco shopkeeper reclines to yet again sample his product, drawing on a hookah pipe, Srinagar India.
    Tobacconist
  • 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
  • Holy Fashion Sense: A portrait of a pious muslim man with a fashionable orange beard, Mymensingh Bangladesh.
    Holy Fashion Sense
  • Fashionably Orange: A man with orange hair and beard is caught in a portrait, Dhaka Bangladesh.
    Fashionably Orange
  • A portrait of a well dressed male zombie with an extensively damaged face, underneath metallic scaffolding in Vancouver British Columbia Canada.
    Well Dressed Zombie
  • View From The Street (Harpers Handshake): Street graffiti reveals an adulterated photograph of the former Canadian Prime Minister, Mr Stephen Harper, shown with his eyes scratched out and giving the finger, Vancouver British Columbia Canada.<br />
<br />
On the wall behind are a number of anarchy symbols and the word “guts”.
    View From The Street (Harpers Handshake)
  • Imprinting: Two young children  in a stroller are draped with a Canadian flag, with a child sized hockey stick in between them; right after the Canadian Olympic men’s hockey team won the gold metal match, Vancouver British Columbia Canada.
    Imprinting
  • Novice Monks: Rows of young boys kneel in prayer wearing white robes and each holds his new saffron robes as he starts the ordination ceremony to become a novice monk, Phra Mahathat Wat Nong Wang, Khon Kaen Thailand.
    Novice Monks
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Men mine a muddy hillside by the most basic of means for White Gold, near to Kuta Beach, Lombok Indonesia.
    Modern Mining
  • Morning Run: Morning and a man takes the opportunity to run beach-side across the white sands,  underneath the deep blue skies and next to the breath taking beautiful Caribbean water, Varadaro Cuba.
    Morning Run
  • 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
  • Sitting and Waiting (B&W): 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 (B&W)
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