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  • 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
  • Dhaka Portrait: A middle aged man poses for his portraiture in the morning market near the port in Dhaka Bangladesh.
    Dhaka Portrait
  • 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)
  • Blue Anguish (B&W&C): A metallic statue, expressing the distressing anguish of men, Havana Cuba.
    Blue Anguish (B&W&C)
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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)
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Indian Siesta: A tired labourer takes a well deserved mid day siesta on the cart he has just loaded, Kolkata (Calcutta) India.
    Indian Siesta
  • 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
  • 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
  • Beggar’s Blur: A Hindu devotee is captured as he begs in the late evening’s light, Varanasi India.
    Beggar’s Blur
  • 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)
  • Tobacconist: A tobacco shopkeeper reclines to yet again sample his product, drawing on a hookah pipe, Srinagar India.
    Tobacconist
  • 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 !
  • 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
  • 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?
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Cranial Gears: A simplistic yet beautiful depiction of a mans head, with the top cranium removed revealing the intricate gear works inside, Havana Cuba.
    Cranial Gears
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Breakfast in Myanmar: A woman bends over a hot fire preparing yet another meal at the morning market, Myinkaba Myanmar.
    Breakfast in Myanmar
  • 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
  • Roadside Prayer: A Muslim beggar deep in prayer, crouching roadside with his walking stick carefully placed before him, Dhaka Bangladesh.
    Roadside Prayer
  • Hidden Violence: An advertisement against domestic violence depicts a young ladies bruised face and was found next to a secured home front doorway, which unfortunately mirrors the situation found in many a household, Trinidad Cuba.
    Hidden Violence
  • 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)
  • From Suffocation to Salvation:  A Hindu devote, with a fanatical resolve, attempts to find his calling while suffocating  underneath a plastic bag, Varanasi India, Varanasi India.
    From Suffocation to Salvation
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Jump!: A clever bronze sculpture depicts a young naked boy jumping into the Singapore River, Singapore.
    Jump!
  • 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
  • Buddha Red: A large Buddha statue has been painted a bright red, a rather unusual colour - most likely destined for a tourists garden,  Luang Prabang Laos.
    Buddha Red
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Pose with a Rose: A man poses for a portrait, graced with jewelry, holding a rose between his teeth, Trinidad Cub
    Pose with a Rose
  • 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
  • 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
  • Devotees at Dusk: Hindu devotees crowd the stairways in a long exposure, Dashaswamedh Ghat, Varanasi India.
    Devotees at Dusk
  • Runner for All Time: With a backdrop of the ocean and a city sky line as a silhouette; the world champion runner, Harry Winston Jerome, is immortalized by this splendid work of art for all time, Stanley Park, Vancouver British Columbia Canada.
    Runner for All Time
  • Through the Looking Glass: This view, through a series of structural angular lines, leads to a ladder then up onto one of the most prominent buildings in the city and finally to this bronze statue of a boy and his looking glass, Camagüey Cuba.
    Through the Looking Glass
  • 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)
  • Finely Tuned Engine (B&W): A young man works diligently, finishing the top of an automobile’s engine in the early mornings light, Phnom Penh Cambodia.
    Finely Tuned Engine (B&W)
  • Evening Prayers: A dirty and disheveled woman prays on the steps of the Assi Ghat, Varanasi India.
    Evening Prayers
  • Holi Day: A happily painted young man takes a moment break from celebrating the colour festival of Holi, in Kolkata (Calcutta) India.
    Holi Day
  • Child of Faith: A young boy proudly wears the red swastika, an ancient symbol of his Hindu faith, Varanasi India.
    Child of Faith
  • Red Dao Smile: A smiling member of the Red Dao hill tribe, selling trinkets on the sidewalk of Sapa Vietnam.
    Red Dao Smile
  • 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
  • Strength and Balance: A man exhibits both his strength and balance as he carefully carries an oversized load of wood from a boat to the shore of the Buriganga River, Dhaka Bangladesh.
    Strength and Balance
  • 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
  • Crossroads (B&W): 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 internal dilemma, Dhaka Bangladesh.
    Crossroads (B&W)
  • Close Up: A close up of a couple of female mannequins standing naked, one behind the other, Vancouver British Columbia, Canada.
    Close Up
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Pose with a Rose (B&W): A man with a face filled with longing is captured in this portrait, graced with jewellery, a crucifix and a rose between his teeth, Trinidad Cuba.
    Pose with a Rose (B&W)
  • Red, Black and White (B&W): This aggressive Sadhu takes on a rather ominous persona given his white facial paint, white hair and beard, seen at the Karnatak State Ghat, Varanasi India.
    Red , Black and White (B&W)
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Yawning For Business: An elderly man, sitting by his mobile bicycle work shop, yawns deeply awaiting his next customer, Hue Vietnam.
    Yawning For Business
  • 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 Row: A man slowly rows out to his fishing boat in the early morning, Hoi An Vietnam.
    Morning Row
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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?
  • Man in a Hat: A man, with an interesting face and straw hat at the morning market in Pakse Laos.
    Man in a Hat
  • Trail of Misery: A trail of water leads one to a poor man laying face down on the concrete, Kolkata (Calcutta )India.
    Trail of Misery
  • Workers Rest: A young shirtless construction worker takes a moments rest from the job by sitting back on his wheel barrel, Trinidad Cuba.
    Workers Rest
  • Stark Trials: This stark painting illustrates a naked man relieving himself, both as a simple biological act and as one who wears the trials and complications of his life, Havana Cuba.
    Stark Trials
  • Regal Stance: A once grand home, now a hollow shell of its former self, defies time as it sets a regal stance in central Cienfuegos Cuba.
    Regal Stance
  • 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
  • Hand Rolled: A man demonstrates his life time skill and manual dexterity as he expertly hand rolls another cigar at the factory in Trinidad Cuba.
    Hand Rolled
  • Plucked :  A woman sits well dressed against the cool morning air, plucking another chicken for the local morning market in Myinkaba Myanmar.
    Plucked
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