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  • 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
  • North Shore Sunrise: Mountains form the silhouette as the early rays of light shot up into the blue, night sky, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.
    North Shore Sunrise
  • 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
  • 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)
  • Phone Call: A woman makes a telephone call beside a deep blue wall, with the line of the base of the wall and the shadow of the phone booth converge in the corner of the photograph, Cienfuegos Cuba.
    Phone Call
  • 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
  • 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
  • A Study: Viewed from the back, the silhouette of a woman is seen contemplating a large frame-less modern painting, Met Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, USA.
    A Study
  • 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)
  • Top Up-Bottom Down: In between beautifully restored antique automobiles - one with its top up, a French tourist drops her drawers (bottom down) to celebrate her last day of vacation and leaving for me an interesting view on life, Havana Cuba.
    Top Up - Bottom Down
  • Salt on the March: Salt workers working in stifling heat, walking shoe-less carrying the final product in bamboo baskets,  Kampot Cambodia.
    Salt on the March
  • Sunset of Hope: A young girl facing an inevitably dark life of poverty and disappointment, stands alone gazing upon the beauty of a tropical sunset, as distant and transient as hope, Tanjung Pedau Beach, Lombok Indonesia.
    Sunset of Hope
  • 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
  • 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
  • Salty Selfie: Salt workers pause for a photographic moment inside their warehouse, near Kampot Cambodia.
    Salty Selfie
  • 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
  • Salt Warehouse: A salt worker returns to the salt-pan after depositing her load in a ram -shackled warehouse, near to  Kampot Cambodia.
    Salt Warehouse
  • Raked Salt: A woman, protected from the searing tropical heat, rakes salt into collectable piles, Kampot Cambodia.
    Raked Salt
  • Salt: A shoeless woman collects the raked salt so it may be stored away , Kampot Cambodia.
    Salt
  • Digitally Discrete: An all too common example of sexual repression is found in this digital representation of an alluring woman’s' face, dissected horizontally with slashes of black, Bangkok Thailand.
    Digitally Discrete
  • 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)
  • Flowers Alter: A close up view of two roses placed at a Buddhist rock alter, Wat Bawan Niwet, Bangkok Thailand.
    Flowers Alter
  • Tattered Dream: A rather worn and tattered painting of the Statue of Liberty, which is rather fitting, given the present state of the union, Vancouver British Columbia Canada.
    Tattered Dream
  • 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
  • Cupak the Ogoh Ogoh: The demon Cupak is a Ogoh Ogoh, a very powerful glutton, with prominently colourful hair, awaits the traditional celebration of Nyepi, where soon the young men will parade him down the streets of Balian Beach, Bali Indonesia.
    Cupak the Ogoh Ogoh
  • Che Revered: Revered Che Guevara is nearly omnipresent and here he is depicted on a decrepit wall, on the center of the white star of Cuba, Varadaro Cuba.
    Che Revered
  • Hockey Olympic Gold: Immediately after Canada won Olympic gold in Hockey; a bemused policeman tries to break up a spontaneous road hockey game on a busy city street, only to be confronted with young men pleading their case and lay Canadian flags at his feet, Vancouver British Columbia, Canada.
    Hockey Olympic Gold
  • Fine Tuning an Engine: A young man, working on the street, is refining the finish on the top of an automobile engine block in the early mornings light, Phnom Penh Cambodia.
    Fine Tuning an Engine
  • 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
  • Golden Close-up: A shallow plane of focus reveals the head of a golden Buddha statue with gold foil placed on its face, Wat Thepthidaram Worawihan, Bangkok Thailand.
    Golden Close-up
  • 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
  • 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)
  • Morning Reflection: A regular customer at a morning coffee shop pauses from smoking in a reflective moment, Shwebo Myanmar.
    Morning Reflection
  • 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
  • Red Dao Smile: A smiling member of the Red Dao hill tribe, selling trinkets on the sidewalk of Sapa Vietnam.
    Red Dao Smile
  • Purple on Pink: A sole purple tulip emerges from a field of pink in Minter Gardens, Rosedale British Columbia, Canada.
    Purple on Pink
  • 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
  • Beached on Rialto: Morning on Rialto Beach and a jagged green rock takes on a reptilian appearance that is nestled in the sand before the numerous sentinels arising from the Pacific Ocean, Washington USA.
    Beached on Rialto
  • 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
  • Sub-Alpine Seed: A close-up of a plant gone to seed on Mount Rainer, Mount Rainer National Park, Washington USA.
    Sub-Alpine Seed
  • Intimately Red: An intimate look at the iconic red sculpture and on to the sky scraper behind it that once housed the now infamous Enron Corporation, in Manhattan New York, New York United States of America.
    Intimately Red
  • 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
  • Che Propaganda: Che Guevara, the first man of propaganda in Cuba, is displayed throughout the country and here he is prominently displayed in a colourful, repetitive pattern on a wall Havana Cuba.
    Che Propaganda
  • Sleep on the Street: A young man sleeps amongst the filth of the street, with only the thinnest of mats between himself and the concrete sidewalk, Phnom Penh Cambodia.
    Sleep on the Street
  • Imperial Gate: A doorway is guarded by an intricately decorated door made of  iron bent into the shape of the praying Buddha, Imperial Palace, Phnom Penh Cambodia.
    Imperial Gate
  • 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
  • Cuban Portrait: A man with a weathered and charismatic face, posing for a portrait, Trinidad Cuba.
    Cuban Portrait
  • Stupas and Mandalay Hill: Night and two moonlit Stupas, from the Kuthodaw Pagoda, frame the golden Shweyattaw Buddha Pavilion high on Mandalay Hill, Mandalay Myanmar.
    Stupas and Mandalay Hill
  • Surreal River Valley: The surreal view of a dried river valley, with the coloured mountains off in the horizon, winding through the orange coloured first valley, in Goblin State Park - Utah USA.
    Surreal River Valley
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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!
  • Asleep on the Job: An elderly monk fast asleep while sitting at the Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon Myanmar.
    Asleep on the Job
  • 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
  • Khmer Spray Art: A wonderful piece of spray paint art, that was applied that very day, depicts a detailed Khmer ruin found in Angkor Wat, on "The Strip" in Shanoukville Cambodia.
    Khmer Spray Art
  • 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
  • Totem on Blue: A bold, west coast-Native Indian, wooden totem pole splits a deep blue sky as it prominently displays carved birds of prey, frogs and bears, Vancouver British Columbia, Canada.
    Totem on Blue
  • Treeline Seeds: A macro view of a plant gone to seed, Mount Rainer National Park, Washington USA.
    Treeline Seeds
  • Insatiable: The contrast between nature and the strength of an industrial age is exemplified by this excavators’ bucket; as it pauses momentarily amongst the barren ruin and billowing smoke of a farmer’s field, Aldergrove British Columbia, Canada.
    Insatiable
  • Restrained / Selfie: A newly minted Buddha is bound in a saffron cloth, not unlike a kidnapped victim, or, one restrained by their upbringing, societal standards or religion; left alone in a dark, dismal place, Bangkok Thailand.
    Restrained / Selfie
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Flowering Allium: An Allium in mid-summers full bloom, with the surrounding vegetation already taking on the rustic colours of autumn, Richmond British Columbia Canada.
    Flowering Allium
  • Out on a Limb: A monkey sits on the limb of a tree, awaiting the stoppage of rain, while returning the interest I have in him, near  Sembalun Bumbung  Lombok Indonesia.
    Out on a Limb
  • 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
  • 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)
  • Swastika of Faith: A dynamic black and orange Buddha proudly wears a red Swastika on his chest, Ninh Binh Vietnam.
    Swastika of Faith
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Sleeping Swastika: A man finds sleep, at his stall in the morning market, wearing his Swastika T-shirt, Pakse Laos.
    Sleeping Swastika
  • Hanging Around: A straw filled scarecrow is draped on a wooden fence for Halloween, Agassiz British Columbia, Canada.
    Hanging Around
  • Winters frost covers the forest at the edge of a grazing meadow, Chilliwack British Columbia, Canada.
    Early Frost
  • 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
  • Peace Mouse: Multi coloured graffiti, emblazoned on a sheet metal wall, depicts an inkwell and a mouse head both covered with peace symbols, in Chiang Mai Thailand.
    Peace Mouse
  • 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
  • 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
  • Senior's Resignation (B&W): A crippled senior citizen passes another lonely day selling small packets of candy to supplement his inadequate pension, Havana Cuba.
    Senior's Resignation (B&W)
  • Beggars Walk (B&W): A young crippled man, begs with cap in mouth, leaving a trail as he wiggles down the filthy roadway,  Ninh Binh Vietnam.
    Beggars Walk (B&W)
  • Clean Work: A fully laden woman carries her cleaning supplies through the busy morning market, Mandalay Myanmar.
    Clean Work
  • Insatiable (B&W): The contrast between nature and the strength of an industrial age is exemplified by this excavators’ bucket; as it pauses momentarily amongst the barren ruin and billowing smoke of a farmer’s field, Aldergrove British Columbia, Canada.
    Insatiable (B&W)
  • 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)
  • Lady of the Flower Hmong: A young lady stands in the colourful traditional clothing and head-dress of the Flower Hmong Tribe, with her purchase, in the morning market in Bac Ha Vietnam.
    Lady of the Flower Hmong
  • 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
  • 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
  • Swept: Numerous hanging and standing straw brooms wait within the monk’s residences, in the Buddhist temple of Kuan An Keng Shrine, Bangkok Thailand.
    Swept
  • Sleeping Demon: On the inside wall of the Thai Imperial Grand Palace; An intricate mural illustrates a traditionally dressed giant demon with blue and green skin laying down with sword in hand, Bangkok Thailand.
    Sleeping Demon
  • Boat at Low Tide: A fog obscures the horizon as a weathered fishing boat lists to one side as it sits on the beach at low tide, near Lanta town on Ko Lanta, Thailand.
    Boat at Low Tide
  • Man in a Hat: A man, with an interesting face and straw hat at the morning market in Pakse Laos.
    Man in a Hat
  • 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
  • Peek-a-boo: Our views of the world are often formed or restricted by our living space and it always struck me as sad that Cubans often view the world from very small openings in their homes’ windows or doors, as illustrated by this man peeking out to gaze out on the world, Baracoa Cuba.
    Peek-a-boo
  • Asleep Together: A young father and daughter sleep in each other’s arms, while sitting on a park bench in the busiest part of Havana Cuba
    Asleep Together
  • Unhappy No More: This previously, profoundly unhappy woman, transformed into a kind loving creature, when asked for a photograph, Kep Cambodia.
    Unhappy No More
  • Dramatic Independence: Independence Monument, with Wat Lanka in the distance, is framed by a dramatic cloud display in downtown Phnom Penh Cambodia.
    Dramatic Independence
  • 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)
  • Shadows (B&W): An elderly woman, sits riverside with her candle lit offerings, gazing out through the shadows, Hoi An Vietnam.
    Shadows (B&W)
  • Barren Sunset (B&W): Smog fills the coloured sky and surround a lone barren tree, with the silhouetted mountains in the background,  over Pai Thailand.
    Barren Sunset (B&W)
  • Disillusioned: In the morning market an elderly woman wears a profoundly disillusioned  expression, born of her lifes' experience, Hue Vietnam.
    Disillusioned
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