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  • View From The Street (Harpers Handshake): Street graffiti reveals an adulterated photograph of the former Canadian Prime Minister, Mr Stephen Harper, shown with his eyes scratched out and giving the finger, Vancouver British Columbia Canada.<br />
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On the wall behind are a number of anarchy symbols and the word “guts”.
    View From The Street (Harpers Handshake)
  • Distain of the Street: Street life is often a culmination of economic and personal misfortune; captured in the silhouette of a man whose face is filled with distain, Havana Cuba.
    Distain of the Street
  • 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)
  • 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
  • Mid-day Nap: A man laughs heartily as his friends and co-workers take a well deserved nap, on their bicycle driven carts, in the middle of a busy street in downtown, Dhaka Bangladesh.
    Mid-day Nap
  • Road Ready Red (B&W&C): A well restored, red, antique automobile stands in stark contrast to the black and white city street in Baracoa Cuba.
    Road Ready Red (B&W&C)
  • 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
  • Car and the Man (B&W):  The dark silhouette of a man as he menacingly lingers, standing near an antique automobile, on a back street of Baracoa Cuba.
    Car and the Man (B&W)
  • The Burden of Reality (B&W): A man continues his solitary, life-long and unchallenged station in life; with the unrelenting burden of fate, he finds himself wearing a wooden yoke hauling two pails of water down a nearly deserted market street, Nyaung U Myanmar.
    The Burden of Reality (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
  • The Burden of Reality: A man continues his solitary, life-long and unchallenged station in life;  with the unrelenting burden of fate he finds himself at another morning market wearing a wooden yoke, hauling two yellow pails of water down a nearly deserted street, Nyaung U Myanmar.
    The Burden of Reality
  • Clash of Culture: After attending the morning market, a local tribe’s woman in traditional dress stands bathed in the morning light alone at a street side corner, in stark contrast to the modern vehicles of a busy city, Chiang Rai Thailand.
    Clash of Culture
  • 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
  • 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
  • Fish Sales: A young fish monger prepares and sections his catch using a very large, curved knife, street side in Dhaka Bangladesh.
    Fish Sales
  • 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)
  • Fashionably Shy: A woman caught alone on the street, hides behind her fabulously colourful saree, Dhaka Bangladesh.
    Fashionably Shy
  • “Wisdom”: Political graffiti on the wall adjacent to a main street depicts a soldier clad in a uniform and helmet, with the word “Wisdom” underneath,  Chiang Mai Thailand.
    “Wisdom”
  • 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)
  • 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
  • A Spring’s Stroll: A Hindu devotee walks his elephant, trolling for contributions, through the narrow streets of Jammu India.
    A Spring’s Stroll
  • Chicken Man: A man pauses as he transports two hands full of chickens to market through the back streets of Dhaka Bangladesh.
    Chicken Man
  • Pride in Dancing: Inhibitions are left behind as one and all spontaneously dance in the streets and on into the night, during the Gay Pride Parade, Vancouver British Columbia Canada.
    Pride in Dancing
  • Market Madness: A most enthusiastic all male crowd gleefully struggles to get into the photograph, Dhaka Bangladesh.
    Market Madness
  • Car and the Man (B&W&C):  The silhouette of a man menacingly lingers, standing in stark contrast to the striking red antique automobile, Baracoa Cuba.
    Car and the Man (B&W&C)
  • Work Break: A young, mud covered man takes a break from working in a water filled hole, Dhaka Bangladesh.
    Work Break
  • 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
  • Cold Comfort for Failure (B&W): A man takes shelter from the rain, on the steps of a furniture store Vancouver British Columbia Canada.
    Cold Comfort for Failure (B&W)
  • Antique Green: A rather ancient green Desoto sparkles in the sunlight, is still employed as a taxi in Havana Cuba.
    Antique Green
  • 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
  • Yawning For Business: An elderly man, sitting by his mobile bicycle work shop, yawns deeply awaiting his next customer, Hue Vietnam.
    Yawning For Business
  • Three's Company: A man, who sports a recent black eye, lifts up a bottle of mouthwash that he shares with two friends on a sidewalk in the notorious Eastside of Vancouver, British Columbia Canada.
    Three's Company
  • Inconsolable: A man sits inconsolably, on the side of the road, with his head in hand, Jammu India.
    Inconsolable
  • 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
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Cold Comfort for Failure: A man takes shelter from the rain, on the steps of a furniture store Vancouver British Columbia Canada.
    Cold Comfort for Failure
  • Dramatic Morning - Baracoa: Early morning clouds form a dramatic display of colour over the ocean and the awakening town of Baracoa Cuba.
    Dramatic Morning - Baracoa
  • 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
  • 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 ?
  • Alone & Despondent: A solitary and elderly woman hangs her head despondently, Kolkata (Calcutta )India.
    Alone & Despondent
  • 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
  • Spring Cleaning:  The owner of a bicycle rickshaw takes a moment’s break at the morning market to aggressively pick his nose, Ninh Binh Vietnam.
    Spring Cleaning
  • 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)
  • 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
  • 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
  • Dhaka Market:  Men sit patiently to sell their fish in a local market in Dhaka Bangladesh.
    Dhaka Market
  • Red Dao Smile: A smiling member of the Red Dao hill tribe, selling trinkets on the sidewalk of Sapa Vietnam.
    Red Dao Smile
  • 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
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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
  • 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
  • Wat Mirror Image:Buddhist temples and the remnants of the night market are reflected in the still Mae Hong Son Lake, Mae Hong Son Thailand.
    Wat Mirror Image
  • Unhappy No More: This previously, profoundly unhappy woman, transformed into a kind loving creature, when asked for a photograph, Kep Cambodia.
    Unhappy No More
  • Crisis: Pictorial graffiti condemning Capitalism as being crisis, Srinagar India.
    Crisis
  • Fade Away: A close-up of a faded, painted wall, where the rows of bricks leads ones eye to a distant vanishing point, in Greenwood British Columbia Canada.
    Fade Away
  • Circular Work: A man splattered in mud, looks up from digging his circular, water filled hole, Dhaka Bangladesh.
    Circular Work
  • Barefoot Porter: A young barefoot man uses a yoke to carry a multitude of large, soiled yellow containers down the road in an intense tropical heat, harbour side in Yangon Myanmar.
    Barefoot Porter
  • Working in Circles (B&W):  A young man covered in mud, takes a break from toiling in the bottom of a deep, surprisingly circular and water filled hole, in Dhaka Bangladesh.
    Working in Circles (B&W)
  • Anguish (B&W): An expression of anguish projects from the face of this metallic statue as his arm thrashes out, Havana Cuba.
    Anguish (B&W)
  • Modern vs Traditional: A new skyscraper nears completion, with a modern western architectural style, dominates the few remaining old buildings in China Town, Singapore.
    Modern vs Traditional
  • Foraging: A cow searches a garbage dump for sustenance, Lucknow India.
    Foraging
  • Unhappy: Never before had I seen anyone with such a constant state of anger and unhappiness, than I had when I beheld this woman at the local seaside crab market in Kep Cambodia.
    Unhappy
  • 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)
  • Competition: A woman sews her own tribal offerings in direct competition to a fashionable store that sells idealized local women’s wear to foreigners, Sapa Vietnam.
    Competition
  • Morning Vanishing Point:  An angular view of a row of dated colonial buildings, vanish into the distance, Havana Cuba.
    Morning Vanishing Point
  • Shadows (B&W): An elderly woman, sits riverside with her candle lit offerings, gazing out through the shadows, Hoi An Vietnam.
    Shadows (B&W)
  • Disillusioned: In the morning market an elderly woman wears a profoundly disillusioned  expression, born of her lifes' experience, Hue Vietnam.
    Disillusioned
  • Market Breakfast: Sitting amongst her baskets of grain in the morning market, a woman takes the time to peel an orange and reflect, Mandalay Myanmar.
    Market Breakfast
  • Organized Confusion: Electricians attempt to bring order to an seemingly incomprehensible number of electrical wires, Hanoi Vietnam.
    Organized Confusion
  • Vaisakhi Parade: A new Jeep Wrangler slowly makes its’ way in the annual Vaisakhi Parade, Vancouver British Columbia Canada.
    Vaisakhi Parade
  • Desperation: A homeless man sits in amongst his few processions;  enveloped in the gloom of despair, to be utterly alone- in a deserted room,  Central Park, New York, New York USA.
    Desperation
  • Young Mother: A young mother of the Hmong, a local hill tribe, pauses with child on her back, Sapa Vietnam.
    Young Mother
  • Capital Tower: The Capital Tower building, with its distinctive mix of traditional Chinese and modern western architectural styles,  dominates the few remaining old buildings in China Town, Singapore.
    Capital Tower
  • Train Waiting: A middle aged couple spend the hours waiting for a train sleeping on a sidewalk in Santiago de Cuba - Cuba.
    Train Waiting
  • In Man's Image: The image of metallic blue fingers forming as a mans’ would, seem to come together as surely as the completion of a mans’ thought, Havana Cuba.
    In Man's Image
  • 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
  • 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
  • Working in Circles:  A young man covered in mud, takes a break from toiling in the bottom of a deep, surprisingly circular and water filled hole, in Dhaka Bangladesh.
    Working in Circles
  • Contradiction A long abandoned, dilapidated general store has a front window adorned with the skulls of two cattle and a sign stating: “I Survived Hwy 50 – the Loneliest Road in America”,  Eureka Nevada United States of America.
    Contradiction
  • Sunbeams Over Baracoa: Dawn and sunbeams precede the sun in this long exposure photo that overlooks the sleeping city caught in silhouette, Baracoa Cuba.
    Sunbeams Over Baracoa
  • Nap Time: Down on the docks, a lady takes a morning nap in her hammock underneath a worn metal table, Yangon Myanmar.
    Nap Time
  • Weathered: A partially shuttered window, with various coloured dies forming streaks down the weathered wall, in Savannakhet Laos.
    Weathered
  • 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
  • Fish Monger: From his broad array of fish at his market stall, a fish monger raises a tray of prawns in his hand held weight scales, Dhaka Bangladesh.
    Fish Monger
  • Fishing: A young lady wears fish net stockings bearing the colours of the Gay Pride Parade, Vancouver British Columbia Canada.
    Fishing
  • Organized Confusion: Electricians attempt to bring order to an seemingly incomprehensible number of electrical wires, Hanoi Vietnam.
    Organized Confusion
  • 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
  • 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
  • India Gate:  This low angle view of the imposing India Gate, a war memorial which is on the eastern edge of the ceremonial axis, New Delhi India.
    India Gate
  • 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
  • Rickshaw Exhaustion:  An exhausted rickshaw driver takes a well deserved nap, away from the intense mid day sun, in a back alley in New Delhi India.
    Rickshaw Exhaustion
  • Witness to an Execution: 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 (good one)
  • 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
  • The dated blue, metal flashings of a dilapidated building have advanced areas of rust that provides a most surrealistic appearance, near Hastings Street, Vancouver British Columbia, Canada.<br />
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The blue paint is very faded and is also peeling. The rust runs mostly in long, thin, vertical lines.
    Abstract Rust
  • Dead Asleep (B&W): Dawn breaks over the Ganges River in holy Varanasi, where Hindus aspire to die and to the western eye, one is never left to the security of the familiar and a constant visceral assault will challenge ones senses and sensibilities; as in this scene where a sleeping street person, covered in a white blanket, takes on the suspected spectre of the dead, Varanasi India.
    Dead Asleep (B&W)
  • Morning Portrait: Early morning finds a young mans kind face emerging from the dark street corner, Dhaka Bangladesh.
    Morning Portrait
  • Dead Asleep: Dawn breaks over the Ganges River in holy Varanasi, where Hindus aspire to die and to the western eye, one is never left to the security of the familiar as a constant visceral assault challenges ones senses and sensibilities; as in this scene where a sleeping street person, covered in a white blanket, takes on the suspected specter of the dead, Varanasi India.
    Dead Asleep
  • Morning Portrait (B&W):Early morning finds a young mans kind face emerging from the dark street corner, Dhaka Bangladesh.
    Morning Portrait (B&W)
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