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  • Varadaro Sunset: People meet to play in and out of the tropical waters, oblivious to the amazing sunset in the distance, Varadaro Cuba.
    Varadaro Sunset
  • Chinese New Year is celebrated in the traditional way, with a dancing dragon, into which people place money for good luck, Ayutthaya Thailand.
    Feeding Dragon
  • Whose Looking at Who?: A Caucasian man relaxes in a gallery, gazing at three photographs of coloured people trapped within the insurmountable social and economic barriers of a far removed existence, Chaing Mai Photo Club, Chiang Mai Thailand.
    Whose Looking at Who?
  • Aka Harvest: In this ethnically distinct Aka village, the people are protected from evil spirits with warning symbols that guard the village’s entrance and the people eke out a subsistence living as shown by this Aka woman in traditional dress spreading out onions to dry in the sun, near to Muang Sing Laos.
    Aka Harvest
  • Life Dance (B&W):  Differently coloured, wire representations of people hang as if each is caught in a separate, silent dance, La Conner Washington USA.
    Life Dance (B&W)
  • Life Dance:  Differently coloured, wire representations of people hang as if each is caught in a separate, silent dance, La Conner Washington USA.
    Life Dance
  • Reclamation:  People unload their boats of the discarded tires they have reclaimed, South of Hue Vietnam.
    Reclamation
  • Set for a Sunset:  People gather atop of the ancient Shwe San Daw Pagoda, the sunset temple, awaiting a spectacular display, Bagan Myanmar.
    Set for a Sunset
  • 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
  • Film Strip: This piece of heavily rusted ironwork art depicts a strip of film and the numerous figures and stories held within, such as the Cuban flag, people, hearts of love etc., Camagüey Cuba.
    Film Strip
  • Security Prison 21: Security Prison 21, now known as the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, preserves the detention cells that the Khmer Rouge used to torture their own people, Phnom Penh Cambodia.
    Security Prison 21
  • The Face of ISIS?: A woman carries on with her duties passing in front of a brick wall that is tagged with "ISIS", Srinagar India.<br />
<br />
This begs the question: is ISIS born of an extreme doctrine or rather is it fundamentally a projection of the will of the people?
    The Face of ISIS ?
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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)
  • 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
  • O’ Canada: A young woman in an obvious state of euphoria in downtown Vancouver, waves two Canadian flags over her head, right after Canadian Men’s Hockey team won Olympic Gold,  Vancouver British Columbia, Canada.
    O’ Canada
  • Morning Market: Women, with their meager offerings before them, stand in the morning market’s sunlight, Muang Sing Laos.
    Morning Market
  • Balinese Celebration: After parading through town, a Hindu priest leads the faithful in traditional dress, as they hoist brightly coloured umbrellas, banners, and offerings, to celebrate Melasti (the purification in the sea), Pemuteran Bali, Indonesia.
    Balinese Celebration
  • Temple-Pura Bale Agung: Men stand awaiting worshipers at the imposing front entrance of the Pura Bale Agung, a Balinese Hindu Temple, set at the base the Batur volcanic crater in tropical Trunyan Bali Indonesia.
    Temple - Pura Bale Agung
  • Sacrifice: During Melasti, the entire community watch the Hindu priests as they pray and make sacrifice with incense, food and flowers, Bali Indonesia.
    Sacrifice
  • 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
  • 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
  • Rattan: The village chief carefully examines and measures a rattan stick for suitability in the coming evenings Presean fighting that coincides with the celebration of the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday, Anyar Lombok Indonesia.<br />
<br />
The fight is between two combatants, each armed with a rattan stick and shield, under the evening’s full moon.
    Rattan
  • 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
  • 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)
  • 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
  • Manual Mining: Men manually mine a muddy hillside for White Gold, near to Kuta Beach, Lombok Indonesia.
    Manual Mining
  • Photo-Adverse: A bald tourist/traveler, with numerous and elaborate tattoos, is taken by surprise to be the subject of a photograph, as he himself is taking a photograph with his cell-phone of the Hindu ceremony Melasti,  Pemuteran Bali Indonesia.
    Photo - Adverse
  • Bac Ha Flower: A young lady waits in the traditional dress of the Flower Hmong Hill Tribe, during the morning market in Bac Ha Vietnam.
    Bac Ha Flower
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Enthralled: A man enthusiastically embraces his partner from behind with what can only be described a pure joy, on a cold day atop a volcano, Batur Lake - Bali Indonesia.
    Enthralled
  • 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
  • Friends of Necessity: Two men, with their pocessions, find refuge and a quiet moment to nap in a central city park, Bangkok Thailand.
    Friends of Necessity
  • 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
  • El Yunque: As fishermen attempt the last catch of the evening, the mountain of El Yunque appears to have vivid sun-rays pulsating from its silhouetted flat top, Baracoa Cuba.
    El Yunque
  • Hoi An Nightlife: With abandoned wooden boats in the foreground, the tourist core along with the famous walking bridge are brightly lit riverside, Hoi An Vietnam.
    Hoi An Nightlife
  • Night Market: The Buddhist temples form the background for the remnants of the night market as the vendors pack their goods away, Wat Chong Kham and Wat Chong Klang, Mae Hong Son Thailand.
    Night Market
  • Men mine a muddy hillside by the most basic of means for White Gold, near to Kuta Beach, Lombok Indonesia.
    Modern Mining
  • Friendship’s Crossroad: Morning and two Cuban men pause to greet the other, while still on bicycles, immediately over a bisecting railway line, Cienfuegos Cuba.
    Friendship’s Crossroad
  • Enthralled (B&W): A man enthusiastically embraces his partner with pure joy; on a cold day beside the volcanic Batur Lake, Bali Indonesia.
    Enthralled (B&W)
  • 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
  • Enthusiastic Contrarian: All eyes are to one side as fans intensely watch a football (soccer) game, save for one man, who wears an “I love Bali” muscle shirt and enthusiastically pumps his arms in celebration, Bayan Lombok Indonesia.
    Enthusiastic Contrarian
  • Three's Company: Three cyclo (tricycle rickshaws) drivers taking a mid day rest from the heat, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
    Three's Company
  • Machine Worker: In a grimy machine shop, a young masked metal worker pauses from his metal lath and labours, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
    Machine Worker
  • Safety?: A demolition worker is jack hammering concrete high on the exterior of a building, without the faintest consideration of safety precautions, Kampot Cambodia.
    Safety?
  • 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)
  • Modern Life: Cell telephones have become ubiquitous the world over as illustrated by these traditionally dressed hill-tribes women near Pai Thailand.
    Modern Life
  • Friendship’s Crossroad (B&W): Morning and two Cuban men pause to greet the other, while still on bicycles, immediately over a bisecting railway line, Cienfuegos Cuba.
    Friendship’s Crossroad (B&W)
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Morning Alms: Early morning on a dirt road that runs through a poor ram-shackled town, a row of five young monks accept alms in exchange for blessings, Nong Khiaw Laos.
    Morning Alms
  • A Monk and the Dragon: A poor monk contemplatively sits with his internal struggles, as did the Buddha, on the difficult path to Nirvana. His introspection and situation could not be more in contrast with the confidence, wealth and power of all who built the gold plated Great Shwedagon Pagoda with a Stupa and its diamond encrusted top, Yangon Myanmar.
    A Monk and the Dragon
  • Monks pause from their jack hammering at the base of the white Stupa that sports an orange sash, at Wat Phra That Doi Kong Mu, Mae Hong Son Thailand.
    Monks Pause
  • Boys & Girls: Two high school boys take time to gaze out from an iron gate, into the school yard and the numerous teenage girls within, which are clad in shorts and partaking in gym class, Cienfuegos Cuba.
    Boys & Girls
  • Surprise!: A young tourist is taken by surprise standing by a ruin; with an ancient and seemingly amused female statue in the background, Angkor Wat, Siem Reap Cambodia.
    Surprise !
  • Boys & Girls (B&W&C): Two high school boys take time to gaze out from an iron gate, into the school yard and the numerous teenage girls within, which are clad in shorts and partaking in gym class, Cienfuegos Cuba.
    Boys & Girls (B&W&C)
  • Great Dragon Pagoda: A spectacular night time view of Shwedagon, the golden Great Dragon Pagoda; a festive touch is added to this religious scene with strings of purple lights dangling down from an adjacent temple, Yangon Myanmar.
    Great Dragon Pagoda
  • Prayer in Yellow: A pretty young Balinese lady is caught in prayer, surrounded by other Hindu devotes, during an elaborate celebration of Melasti, Pemuteran Bali Indonesia.
    Prayer in Yellow
  • New Monk: A young boys kneel stands nervously, wearing new saffron robes as he starts the ordination ceremony to become a novice monk, Phra Mahathat Wat Nong Wang, Khon Kaen Thailand.
    New Monk
  • Under the fiery golden sunset, herdsmen guide their flock of goats through arid fields that are strewn with innumerable holy Buddhist temples and Stupas, Bagan Myanmar.
    Golden Bagan
  • 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
  • Dragon Dusk:  Dusk and the spectacular sight of the gold plated Great Shwedagon Pagoda with a domineering Stupa and its diamond encrusted top, Yangon Myanmar.
    Dragon Dusk
  • Khmer Beauty: A beautiful young lady dancer, dressed in the traditional Khmer fashion, awaits her cue amongst the ruins of Bayon Angkor Thom, Siem Reap Cambodia.
    Khmer Beauty
  • Hoi An Riverside: An aquatic view of down town Hoi An riverside, with the characteristic colonial styled yellow buildings and the boats at harbour, Hoi An Vietnam.
    Hoi An Riverside
  • Heavenly Dreams ?: A bill board portrays a lovely woman, while espousing a life of “Heavenly Dreams”, stands in stark contrast to the experience of the men leaning out from a balcony, surveying the narrow, noisy and crowded roads of Darjeeling India.
    Heavenly Dreams ?
  • Politics of Torture:  A young man stands reading a newspaper that  depicts a man gagged and bound with chains, Dhaka Bangladesh.
    Politics of Torture
  • 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
  • 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?
  • 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
  • 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?
  • 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
  • Despondent: An elderly despondent woman squats as if in prayer, in front of her ramshackle hut, Muang Sing Lao.
    Despondent
  • Balian Ceremony: Underneath brightly coloured flags and umbrellas, a group of Hindu men and boys are clustered together on the beach during Melasti, or, purification, Balian Beach - Bali Indonesia.
    Balian Ceremony
  • 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)
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 !
  • 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
  • Thai Swastika (B&W&C):  The contrast between the western association of the Swastika with the notorious German Nazis and the Thai understanding of it being a revered Buddhist symbol could not be greater; yet in a strange way these two perceptions are brought together in this dramatic photograph (with selective colour) of a young man at work, wearing a German World War Two helmet with a prominently displayed Swastika, Chiang Rai Thailand.
    Thai Swastika (B&W&C)
  • 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
  • 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
  • Unhappy Celebration: A most unhappy man is captured wearing a most distinctive hat, during the Myanmar Day celebration, Hsipaw Myanmar.
    Unhappy Celebration
  • Brothers' Pyjamas: Brothers are captured in their sleeping pyjamas and animal hats as they lounge in their homes’ doorway in Myinkaba Myanmar.
    Brothers' Pyjamas
  • Plucked :  A woman sits well dressed against the cool morning air, plucking another chicken for the local morning market in Myinkaba Myanmar.
    Plucked
  • 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
  • Balancing Bricks: A man carefully lowers himself and exhibits exceptional balance as he loads ever more bricks atop his head, Mymensingh Bangladesh.
    Balancing Bricks
  • 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
  • Colourful Couple: A colourful portrait of a Cuban couple is on display at a local outdoor cultural event in Baracoa Cuba.
    Colourful Couple
  • Holi Day: A happily painted young man takes a moment break from celebrating the colour festival of Holi, in Kolkata (Calcutta) India.
    Holi Day
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