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  • Held On High (B&W): This contemporary sculpture by Thai artist Chalermchai Kositpipat depicts the desperate hands of men and creatures; writhing in despair from Hell, Wat Rong Khun (the White Temple), Chiang Rai Thailand.
    Held On High (B&W)
  • Sunset Battlements: A golden sunset erupts over the ocean, as viewed on high from the battlements of Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca,  Santiago de Cuba - Cuba.
    Sunset Battlements
  • Striated Ravine: A spectacular high angle view of an autumn scene; with snow lightly dashed upon the orange – red striated rock of a deep rocky ravine in the Cedar Breaks National Monument, Utah United States of America.
    Striated Ravine
  • Autumn Cedar Breaks: Two white barked trees bookend this spectacular autumn scene, taken on high, with snow lightly dashed upon the orange – red striated rock of the Cedar Breaks National Monument, Utah United States of America.
    Autumn Cedar Breaks
  • Pastel Dream: Viewed from on high of mountain - Loma de la Cruz, heavy fog wafts in layers of pastel colours over city streets, making for a dream like image in the early dawns light, Holguin Cuba.
    Pastel Dream
  • Eagle on High: A close-up view of a stainless steel sculpture of an eagle set against a blue sky, Chilliwack British Columbia, Canada.<br />
Made by artist, Kevin Stone.
    Eagle on High
  • 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
  • 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
  • Cards (B&W): This black and white photograph gives a timeless quality to the scene of Italian men play cards outside at a wooden table, in Vancouver British Columbia Canada.
    Cards (B&W)
  • Sensuous: A thought provoking black and white close up of a naked male mannequin, Vancouver British Columbia, Canada.
    Sensuous
  • 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
  • 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)
  • Surging McKenzie: After passing over the Koosah Falls the McKenzie River surges through the rugged windswept Willamette National Forest, Oregon USA.
    Surging McKenzie
  • Men mine a muddy hillside by the most basic of means for White Gold, near to Kuta Beach, Lombok Indonesia.
    Modern Mining
  • Low Tide: A large cross section of a tree has washed up on a dark volcanic sand beach and is exposed at low tide on Balian Beach, Bali Indonesia.
    Low Tide
  • Temple Roof: Repetitive roof tops and the symmetrical rows of orange tiles make for an unreal sight, Wat Tritotsathep Worawihan, Bangkok Thailand.
    Temple Roof
  • Morning's Vista:  This morning’s awe inspiring view of a sunrise captures the entire valley engulfed in a fog layered dream with only the distant city and mountain heights punctuating the vista; as viewed from the heights Loma de la Cruz of Holguin Cuba.
    Morning's Vista
  • Undulating Hills: Looking back on a long days drive, one is rewarded with a soft sunset over the undulating grasslands and hills near Fossil Oregon USA.
    Undulating Hills
  • 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)
  • Valleys Rim: A precarious view of the beginning of a valley that runs in among the very colourful striated and spire like hoodoos, from the rim of Bryce National Park, Utah, USA.
    Valleys Rim
  • Ring of Light:   A surrealistic view of the sun and its reflection in a water pool, on the trail to the Petroglyphs Narrows, Capitol Gorge, Capitol Reef National Park, Utah USA.
    Ring of Light
  • Manual Mining: Men manually mine a muddy hillside for White Gold, near to Kuta Beach, Lombok Indonesia.
    Manual Mining
  • Zodiac Wishing Well: A wishing well, with an abundance of coins, is surprisingly surrounded with the signs of the Zodiac in the Buddhist White Temple, Chiang Rai Thailand.
    Zodiac Wishing Well
  • Koosah Rapids: The raw power of the McKenzie River is felt as the water surges through the rocky landscape near Koosah Water Falls, Oregon USA.
    Koosah Rapids
  • Vinales Valley: A panoramic view of the Vinales valley and the National park in the distance, a land of primitive farming and mogotes - those odd shaped mountains, Vinales Cuba.
    Vinales Valley
  • Hiding: A young Buddhist monk sitting outside of his run down and dirty residence, expresses his modesty by hiding his face behind a robe, Muang Sing Laos.
    Hiding
  • 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
  • Koosah Falls: Silky water surges down Koosah Falls, cutting through the lush, green growth of the temperate rainforest, Oregon USA.
    Koosah Falls
  • 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
  • Hiding (B&W&C): A young Buddhist monk sitting outside of his run down and dirty residence, expresses his modesty by hiding his face behind a robe, Muang Sing Laos.                                                                                                                                                                                                                HL: A Buddhist monk hides behind his robe, Muang Sing Laos.
    Hiding (B&W&C)
  • 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
  • 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)
  • Chicken Man: A man pauses as he transports two hands full of chickens to market through the back streets of Dhaka Bangladesh.
    Chicken Man
  • Angelic Relief: Wall graffiti captures a mythical scene of a female angel holding in one arm a dead or, dying soldier, Vancouver British Columbia, Canada.
    Angelic Relief
  • Life & Death: A recently caught fish sits upon a wooden chopping block, next to a meat cleaver, waiting the completion of it's fate, Ko Muk Thailand.
    Life & Death
  • 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
  • Jungle Mist: A heavy mist rolls through the heavily forested volcanic island of Lombok, Indonesia.
    Jungle Mist
  • 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
  • Fairyland Clouds: Looking out over the hoodoos the early morning light sets the distant storm clouds into a vibrant display of wondrous colour, Rim Trail near Fairyland Point in Bryce National Park, Utah, USA.
    Fairyland Clouds
  • Bryce Sunset: The breathtaking view of a sunset from Bryce Point as it cast the last light of the day over a veritable sea of hoodoos in Bryce National Park, Utah, United States of America.<br />
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In amongst the hoodoo’s one can find a trail winding through a rocky archway.
    Bryce Sunset
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Nevada's Great Basin: Six separate photographs that have been stitched together to capture this dynamic panoramic view from the top of Great Basin National Park, of the vast, arid and empty expanse that is the Great Basin of Nevada, USA.
    Nevada's Great Basin
  • Last Remnants of the Day:The skies’ colourful demise provides the perfect end to an autumn’s day, gazing over the rolling hills from Zion National Park, Utah USA.
    Last Remnants of the Day
  • Clearly Reflective:  The evening is still as a weathered boats reflection is clearly captured in Dal Lake, Srinagar India.
    Clearly Reflective
  • 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
  • Springs Palate: A cattle trail bisects the scene of multi-coloured grass and shade bush in this normally arid hillside, near Osoyoos British Columbia Canada.
    Springs Palate
  • Fiery Bagan: Under the fiery sunset, herdsmen guide their flock of goats through arid fields that are strewn with innumerable holy Buddhist temples and Stupas,  Bagan Myanmar.
    Fiery Bagan
  • 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
  • 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
  • Ring of Light: Light of an early sunset radiates through a heavy fog and round a volcanic peak, Sapa Vietnam.
    Ring of Light
  • Roadside Prayer: A Muslim beggar deep in prayer, crouching roadside with his walking stick carefully placed before him, Dhaka Bangladesh.
    Roadside Prayer
  • A stream of pink Dahlia flowers reach up out from the rain and into the sunlight in Minter Gardens, Rosedale British Columbia Canada.
    Pink Day
  • Sizing His Prey: A young muscular man looks up from his street side seat, sizing up the photographer as a lion views his prey, Cienfuegos Cuba.
    Sizing His Prey
  • Holy Sperm:  This close-up view of a Hindu lingam finds carved into the yoni a sperm like representation, found in the ancient Shiva temple, Shri Panchvaktar Temple in Jammu India. <br />
<br />
The lingam is often represented alongside the yoni (Sanskrit word, literally "origin" or "source" or "womb).
    Holy Sperm
  • Dal Sunset:  In a bright golden sunset a boats reflection is clearly captured in the still waters of Dal Lake, Srinagar India.
    Dal Sunset
  • Bryce Point Transformation: Hoodoos come to life in the early morning light as the muted, dark reds transform to become yellow, orange or white at Bryce Point in Bryce National Park, Utah, USA.
    Bryce Point Transformation
  • 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
  • Morning Row: A man slowly rows out to his fishing boat in the early morning, Hoi An Vietnam.
    Morning Row
  • 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
  • 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
  • Hands in Hell: The strong shadows of a harsh mid-day light make this moving sculpture even more striking; as innumerable desperate hands of men and creatures grasp the air in vain, searching for relief from Hell, all the while a solitary red finger nail brings the only colour to this grey, horrific sight, Wat Rong Khun (the White Temple), Chiang Rai Thailand.
    Hands in Hell
  • 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)
  • Frozen in Time: A bird that had been traversing the bottom of the river in its quest for food, kindly held still for a long exposure on the North Fork Virgin River, Zion National Park, Utah USA.
    Frozen in Time
  • Fiery Shoreline: A fiery red sunset with the shoreline  mountains held in silhouette, as seen from the Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca fortress, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
    Fiery Shoreline
  • Bagan Night:  The Ananda and Thatbyinnyu Temples are bathed in golden spotlights just as night descends, Bagan Myanmar.
    Bagan Night
  • 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
  • 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
  • Holguin Blue: Viewed at dawn from atop of Loma de la Cruz; a dream like image of heavy fog, floating in layers of pastel blue, dominates the city streets of Holguin Cuba.
    Holguin Blue
  • Ring of Light (B&W): Light of an early sunset radiates through a heavy fog and round a volcanic peak, Sapa Vietnam.
    Ring of Light (B&W)
  • A contented dog rests in a field of matted yellow grass, in Campbell Valley Park, Langley British Columbia, Canada.                                                    <br />
<br />
Headline:  A happy dog rests in a field of matted yellow grass, Langley British Columbia, Canada.
    Czar in Winter's Grass
  • 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)
  • Leading Bighorn : One of the leaders of a small herd of Bighorn Sheep in Banff National Park, Alberta Canada.
    Leading Bighorn
  • Isolated Hoodoos: An somewhat isolated group of hoodoos emerge from the relatively barren, arid landscape of orange sprees on the Fairyland Trail in Bryce National Park, Utah, USA.
    Isolated Hoodoos
  • Coming Up Pink: Pink is the order of the day as these flowers reach up out from the rain and into the sunlight in Minter Gardens, Rosedale British Columbia Canada.
    Coming Up Pink
  • The New World Order: This profound sculpture, devoid of colour, eerily reflects the desperation of much of the human condition; a single hand emerges holding a begging bowl, pleading for alms, rising above innumerable hands  that desperately thrash about in an attempt to escape Hell on earth, Wat Rong Khun (the White Temple), Chiang Rai Thailand.<br />
<br />
By Thai artist Chalermchai Kositpipat.
    New World Order
  • Untainted Varanasi : Black smoke spews out the back of a wooden boat as it transports a load of visitors down the holy Ganges River, Varanasi India.
    Untainted Varanasi
  • Balinese Lotus Blossom (B&W): A delicate Lotus Blossom, also known as a Water Lily, displays its intricate detail in Bunutan (near Amed), Bali Indonesia.
    Balinese Lotus Blossom (B&W)
  • Sembalun Bumbung: A strong rain storm abates revealing a lush tropical landscape, the mountain town of Sembalun Bumbung and a distant volcanic crater, Lombok Indonesia.
    Sembalun Bumbung
  • 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
  • Trail Wall: One encounters a tall orange rock wall that forms a fence line above the arid, undulating, orange hills and that runs parallel to the Fairyland Trail in Bryce National Park, Utah, United States of America.
    Trail Wall
  • Geologic Chaos: A spectacular view from Inspiration Point is of a veritable sea of coloured striated hoodoos, a foreign or unworldly sight, Bryce National Park, Utah, USA.
    Geologic Chaos
  • 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
  • Bridge at Segar Beach: This elevated view is of a nearly dried river bed as it slowly winds under a walking bridge, next to adjacent tropical forests and mist covered hills, Segar beach - Kuta Lombok Indonesia.
    Bridge at Segar Beach
  • Holguin Fog: The dramatic view from Loma de la Cruz is enhanced with sunrise, city lights, mountain ranges and a fog that envelopes the city, Holguin Cuba.
    Holguin Fog
  • 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
  • Golden Days' End: Bathed in the soft golden light of sunset, herdsmen guide their flock of goats through the arid fields of Bagan Myanmar that are strewn with holy Buddhist ruins comprised of  innumerable temples and Stupas.
    Golden Days' End
  • Rains Harvest: Lovely pink and yellow dahlia blooms to life after a summer’s rain in Minter Gardens, Rosedale British Columbia Canada.
    Rains Harvest
  • Rest and Dread: A solitary man taking a smoke break squats and gazes down his dangerous, self made mining shaft, where his daily risks his life in search of white gold, near Kuta Beach, Lombok Indonesia.
    Rest and Dread
  • Forever Waiting: A man sits alone in his boat, resting, awaiting his next fare, Dhaka Bangladesh.
    Forever Waiting
  • Delicate Detail: A macro view of a white peony’ petals shows the soft delicate detail, highlighted by random streaks of red, Chilliwack British Columbia Canada.
    Delicate Detail
  • Two colourful cocks spontaneously crouch into a fighting stance, facing each other with displayed feather, ready to attack, Muang Sing Laos.
    Face to Face
  • Balinese Lotus Blossom: A delightful Lotus Blossom, also known as a Water Lily, in full bloom displays its green and yellow pistil and its white and orange stamen, in Bunutan (near Amed) Bali Indonesia.
    Balinese Lotus Blossom
  • Rising From The Ruins: A peach and purple sunset sets the tone as both the illuminated Ananda and Thatbyinnyu Temples rise above the a litany of ancient ruins in Bagan Myanmar.
    Rising From The Ruins
  • A young Buddhist monk sits in a reflective way sitting in the marble main temple to avoid the midday heat, Wat Bovil, Battamgbang Cambodia.
    Far Away Eyes
  • Bagan Sunset: A kaleidoscope of colours grace the sky as sunset descends over the holiest of temples in Bagan Myanmar.
    Bagan Sunset
  • Frozen in Time (B&W): A bird that had been traversing the bottom of the river in its quest for food, kindly held still for a long exposure on the North Fork Virgin River, Zion National Park, Utah USA.
    Frozen in Time (B&W)
  • Sizing His Prey (B&W): A young muscular man looks up from his street side seat, sizing up the passerby as a lion views his prey, Cienfuegos Cuba.
    Sizing His Prey (B&W)
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