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  • 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
  • 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
  • Methuselah: Methuselah makes a grand entrance at the annual Gay Pride Parade, Vancouver British Columbia Canada.
    Methuselah
  • Novitiation Portrait: This young devotee is fully made up and dressed for the coming Buddhist ceremony, Myinkaba Myanmar.
    Novitiation Portrait
  • Captivating: A captivating yet crudely painted statue found in a small Buddhist Temple in Phnom Penh Cambodia.<br />
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    Captivating
  • 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
  • Methuselah (B&W) : Methuselah makes a grand entrance at the annual Gay Pride Parade, Vancouver British Columbia Canada.
    Methuselah (B&W)
  • 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
  • Close Scrutiny (B&W): A wonderfully dressed woman closely scrutinizes a new shipment of melons on the shores of the vegetable and fruit market in Dhaka Bangladesh.
    Close Scrutiny (B&W)
  • Guardian: An intricately detailed statue of a ferocious guardian of heaven; decorated with a crown, bracelets, arm bands, rings and other adornments made of skulls and bones, at Wat Rong Khun (the White Temple), Chiang Rai Thailand.  <br />
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The work was designed by Thai artist Chalermchai Kositpipat.
    Guardian
  • 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
  • Devotees at Dusk: Hindu devotees crowd the stairways in a long exposure, Dashaswamedh Ghat, Varanasi India.
    Devotees at Dusk
  • Face of Love (B&W&C): This beautiful mask is engulfed in a cascading of white hair during the Gay Pride Parade, Vancouver British Columbia Canada.
    Face of Love (B&W&C)
  • Methuselah on Parade: Methuselah makes a grand sight at the annual Gay Pride Parade, Vancouver British Columbia Canada.
    Methuselah on Parade
  • Sadhus' Trishula: A fully bearded Sadhu descends the stairs holding the representative trident of the Hindu god Shiva, Varanasi India.
    Sadhus' Trishula
  • Water Carrier: A woman in traditional dress ventures out onto the street with a metal vase filled with water, Dhaka Bangladesh.
    Water Carrier
  • Close Scrutiny: A wonderfully dressed woman closely scrutinizes a new shipment of melons on the shores of the vegetable and fruit market in Dhaka Bangladesh.
    Close Scrutiny
  • Mother & Child: A kind woman in traditional dress holds her child, Dhaka Bangladesh.
    Mother & Child
  • Prayer Beads: A bearded man, in traditional dress, holds his prayer beads as he squats down in Hazrat Shahjalal Mazar Sharif, Sylhet Bangladesh.
    Prayer Beads
  • Pondering Sadhu: A Sadhu, with a colourful head-dress, outfit, and a painted forehead, ponders the early morning at the busy Dashaswamedh Ghat, Varanasi India.
    Pondering Sadhu
  • Face of Love: This beautiful mask is engulfed in a cascading of white hair during the Gay Pride Parade, Vancouver British Columbia Canada.
    Face of Love
  • Blue Faced: One of the many colourful, monkey statues at the base of a golden Stupa Imperial Grand Palace, Bangkok Thailand.<br />
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This monkey statue has a blue face and dons a crown while he is dressed in a multi coloured traditional dress, made of coloured mirrors.
    Blue Faced
  • 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)
  • Red, Black and White (B&W&C):  This aggressive Sadhu takes on a rather ominous persona given his bright red eyes set against his white facial paint, white hair and beard, seen at the Karnatak State Ghat, Varanasi India.
    Red, Black and White (B&W&C)
  • Face of Love (B&W): This beautiful mask is engulfed in a cascading of white hair during the Gay Pride Parade, Vancouver British Columbia Canada.
    Face of Love (B&W)
  • Kala: A bigger than life representation of Kala, one of the Ogoh Ogohs (a demonic Evil Warrior who carries a golden club), who stands next to a modern satellite dish and awaits to be carried in the ceremonial parade of Nyepi, the "Day of Silence",  Balian Beach, Bali Indonesia.
    Kala
  • 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
  • Grieving Parinirvana:  This wall mural on the wall of Wat Thai Kusinara shows a grieving man, royalty in fact, after the death of Lord Buddha and during Parinirvana (Nirvana-after-death), Kushinagar India.
    Grieving Parinirvana
  • 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
  • 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)
  • 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
  • Happy Skulls: Happy skulls form a crown on this prominent blue statue in the main temple of the Mak Dhog Monastery Aloobar, Darjeeling India.
    Happy Skulls
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Cupak the Glutton: The demon Cupak is a Ogoh Ogoh, a very powerful glutton, with prominent colourful hair that stands on end and he awaits the ceremonial parade down the streets of Balian Beach, during the traditional celebration of Nyepi, the "Day of Silence", Bali Indonesia.
    Cupak the Glutton
  • Pose with a Rose (B&W&C): A man poses for a portrait, graced with jewellery, holding a rose between his teeth, Trinidad Cuba.
    Pose with a Rose (B&W&C)
  • Archery Amongst the Clouds:  This surreal wall mural depicts an archer letting go of an arrow while he dances among the swirling clouds, Kushinagar India.
    Archery Amongst the Clouds
  • Cuban Mural Art:  A wonderfully whimsical wall mural depicts a collage of ideas in Cienfuegos Cuba.
    Cuban Mural Art
  • 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
  • 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
  • Hindu Devotee: A mature Sadhu, with a lovely full white beard and a face painted yellow, makes his way riverside, Varanasi India.
    Hindu Devotee
  • Lip-Stick, Funny Face: A very young girl in fine traditional dress makes a funny face after having lip-stick applied by her parent during Shinbyu, a rite of passage that will allow a girl to either, be able to wear ear rings, or, to become a Buddhist Nun, Myinkaba Myanmar.
    Lip-Stick, Funny Face
  • Lip-Stick: A very young girl in fine traditional dress presents herself to have lip-stick applied by her parent during Shinbyu, a rite of passage that allows for a girl to either, be able to wear ear rings, or, to become a Buddhist Nun, Myinkaba Myanmar.
    Lip-Stick
  • 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
  • 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