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  • Breakfast in Myanmar: A woman bends over a hot fire preparing yet another meal at the morning market, Myinkaba Myanmar.
    Breakfast in Myanmar
  • The Dao: Statues depict the Lord Buddha teaching the Dao, the way or path, to his golden disciples at the base of the temple in Wat Thepthidaram Worawihan, Bangkok Thailand.
    The Dao
  • 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
  • Sensuous: A thought provoking black and white close up of a naked male mannequin, Vancouver British Columbia, Canada.
    Sensuous
  • Senior's Resignation:  A crippled senior citizen passes another lonely day selling small packets of candy to supplement his inadequate pension, Havana Cuba.
    Senior's Resignation
  • 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
  • Angelic Relief: Wall graffiti captures a mythical scene of a female angel holding in one arm a dead or, dying soldier, Vancouver British Columbia, Canada.
    Angelic Relief
  • 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)
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Road Crew Smile: A worker takes a moment from the chore of road construction, glancing up into the camera she can't help but smile at her new found celebrity, New Bagan Myanmar.
    Road Crew Smile
  • 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
  • Hard Days Work: A woman putting in a hard day’s work, carrying buckets of a seemingly endless supply of muddy excrement, from a work site in Mandalay Myanmar.
    Hard Days Work
  • Modern Life: Cell telephones have become ubiquitous the world over as illustrated by these traditionally dressed hill-tribes women near Pai Thailand.
    Modern Life
  • One on One: A close-up of naked male mannequins, that stand one behind the other, Vancouver British Columbia, Canada.
    One on One
  • No Parking: A “no parking” sign has been posted right above a heartfelt piece of graffiti of a female angel holding a dead soldier as they raise, Vancouver British Columbia, Canada.
    No Parking
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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)
  • 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
  • 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
  • Angel and His Horn: High atop of Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption this statue of an Angel holds a horn and Bible, greeting the morning light, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
    Angel and His Horn
  • 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
  • Runner for All Time (B&W): 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 (B&W)
  • Defiance of Youth: A solitary young novice monk stands, arms crossed, in a defiant stance, in a Buddhist temple complex near to Pai Thailand.
    Solitary Defiance
  • 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
  • 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
  • Damaged Goods: A unique form of graffiti is both revealing and disturbing; a paper cut out of a beautiful, naked woman with a torn face makes a commentary on the contrasts of beauty, violence and experience, Vancouver British Columbia, Canada.
    Damaged Goods
  • Cutie: A young woman construction worker, somehow able to work in the excessive tropical heat while protected from the sun by being fully clothed, peaks out from her hat and scarf revealing an angelic look, Battambang Cambodia.
    Cutie
  • 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
  • Buddhist Halo: A seated monk is captured in front of the green light that forms a Halo around his head, Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon Myanmar.
    Buddhist Halo
  • 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)
  • Blue Faced: One of the many colourful, monkey statues at the base of a golden Stupa Imperial Grand Palace, Bangkok Thailand.<br />
<br />
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
  • Spray painted graffiti art of a beautiful waitress; depicted in a tight outfit over her supple figure, was found on a brick wall of a back alley way in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada.
    Service With a Smile
  • On Guard: A Chinese style stone statue stands guard, holding a pike, in the gardens of the Imperial Grand Palace, Bangkok Thailand.
    On Guard
  • 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
  • Night Moves: Young women dance the night away with LED hula hoops on the campus of the University of British Columbia, Vancouver British Columbia Canada.<br />
<br />
This was part of a night time celebration during the charity Radiant Run.
    Night Moves
  • Here’s Looking at You:  Raised under an oppressive regime, this man faces forwards, all the while looking with intent out the side of his face, Kalaw Myanmar.
    Here’s Looking at You
  • Kalaw Market: A woman in tribal red head-dress gathers a handful of plants sold at her curb side stall in Kalaw Myanmar.
    Kalaw Market
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The Work of Symmetry (B&W):  Stretching to finish his work, a young man is seen through the iron bars of the second floor window of a new, symmetrical concrete building, in Trinidad Cuba.
    The Work of Symmetry (B&W)
  • Three's Company: Three cyclo (tricycle rickshaws) drivers taking a mid day rest from the heat, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
    Three's Company
  • A young Buddhist monk sits in a reflective way sitting in the marble main temple to avoid the midday heat, Wat Bovil, Battamgbang Cambodia.
    Far Away Eyes
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Trading Places: The temporary role reversal between an American photographer, who hoists a heavy load to his forehead and a Yao woman, while a local gentleman fumbles with and almost drops the photographers expensive camera, in Muang Sing, Laos.
    Trading Places
  • 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
  • Morning Market: Women, with their meager offerings before them, stand in the morning market’s sunlight, Muang Sing Laos.
    Morning Market
  • 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?
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Unhappy Celebration: A most unhappy man is captured wearing a most distinctive hat, during the Myanmar Day celebration, Hsipaw Myanmar.
    Unhappy Celebration
  • 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 />
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The fight is between two combatants, each armed with a rattan stick and shield, under the evening’s full moon.
    Rattan
  • Men mine a muddy hillside by the most basic of means for White Gold, near to Kuta Beach, Lombok Indonesia.
    Modern Mining
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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)
  • 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
  • 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
  • Mirrored Existence (B&W): A departing solitary silhouette draws ones attention to the identical industrialised residences of a new apartment complex, Trinidad Cuba.
    Mirrored Existence (B&W)
  • Into the Darkness: Wat Suthatthepwararam is lined with a series of nearly identical, golden Buddhist statues that fade off into the darkness, Bangkok Thailand.
    Into the Darkness
  • Mirror of Work: A young artist, hard at work, wears a new shirt that roughly mirrors the colours and patterns found in the brickwork that he occupies daily in Bagan, Mayanmar.
    Mirror of Work
  • Despondent: An elderly despondent woman squats as if in prayer, in front of her ramshackle hut, Muang Sing Lao.
    Despondent
  • Morning Run: Morning and a man takes the opportunity to run beach-side across the white sands,  underneath the deep blue skies and next to the breath taking beautiful Caribbean water, Varadaro Cuba.
    Morning Run
  • 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
  • Dark and Dirty: A man rests from his labours as he squats down in the street beside his charcoal filled  cart, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
    Dark and Dirty
  • 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
  • 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
  • “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”
  • Exposed: An over exposed photograph of a nude, young male model, Agassiz British Columbia Canada.
    Exposed
  • 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)
  • A Whiter Shade of Pale: A young man earns his next meal playing electric guitar while wearing a white mask, near the Imperial Palace, Bangkok, Thailand.
    A Whiter Shade of Pale
  • 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
  • Hiding (B&W&C): 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.                                                                                                                                                                                                                HL: A Buddhist monk hides behind his robe, Muang Sing Laos.
    Hiding (B&W&C)
  • Digging a Hole: Promises of white gold compels this miner to daily risk his life digging dangerous, unsupported shafts, often to a depth of 8 meters with no safety precautions, near Kuta Beach, Lombok Indonesia.
    Digging a Hole
  • 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
  • Digging a Hole, (B&W): Promises of white gold compels this miner to dig dangerous, vertical, unsupported shafts, often to a depth of 8 meters with only a hammer and a piece of rebar, near Kuta Beach, Lombok Indonesia.<br />
<br />
Poor men with no alternative opportunities of employment become miners and risk their lives daily, as they exhibit little skill and no safety precautions. The threat of danger was confirmed in this same hill side when two weeks prior a similar shaft collapsed and two lives were lost.
    Digging a Hole, (B&W)
  • Slow and Steady: A young man carefully carries a heavy  basket of wet sand atop his head at the start of a long day on the Brahmaputra River, Mymensingh Bangladesh.
    Slow and Steady
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • A female fish monger looks up from her work, peeking out from behind an oriental hat and handkerchief that otherwise covers her face, at the morning market in Ninh Binh Vietnam.
    Peeking
  • 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 !
  • Every Picture Tells a Story: This man relaxes with his cell phone, covered with a surprising number of colourful tattoos, Shanoukville Cambodia.
    Every Picture Tells a Story
  • 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
  • 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 />
                         <br />
The work was designed by Thai artist Chalermchai Kositpipat.
    Guardian
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