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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Stupa Support: Blue faced, Demon monkey statues are dressed in a multi coloured traditional dress made of coloured mirrors and squat in front of and appear to hold up a golden Stupa, Imperial Grand Palace in Bangkok Thailand.
    Stupa Support
  • 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
  • Muang Sing Market: A woman in traditional dress sells her meagre wares in the Muang Sing morning market, Laos.
    Muang Sing Market
  • Circular Symmetry: During their National Day celebration the Shan Tribes arrive in traditional dress and colourful bamboo hats, Hsipaw Myanmar.
    Circular Symmetry
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Water Carrier: A woman in traditional dress ventures out onto the street with a metal vase filled with water, Dhaka Bangladesh.
    Water Carrier
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Morning Madame: 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
  • Sadhu Sitting:  A Sadhu, with both a colourful dress as well as a painted forehead, takes an early morning seat on the steps of the busy Dashaswamedh Ghat, Varanasi India.
    Sadhu Sitting
  • 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
  • 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
  • Repeating Red: An unorthodox view of the lower aspect of a long statue that depicts a row of traditionally dressed men, Wat Sangker, Battambang Cambodia.
    Repeating Red
  • Modern Life: Cell telephones have become ubiquitous the world over as illustrated by these traditionally dressed hill-tribes women near Pai Thailand.
    Modern Life
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Dancing Through Time: Colourful, intricately carved square vertical columns form a line and each is dominated by dancing female figures, Bayon of Angkor Thom, near to Angkor Wat, Siem Reap Cambodia.
    Dancing Through Time
  • Timeless Dancing : A colourful, exterior brick wall has been intricately carved and is dominated by two dancing female figures, Angkor Wat, Siem Reap Cambodia.
    Timeless Dancing
  • 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
  • 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
  • Oriental Warrior: A Chinese style stone statue stands guard, holding a pike, in the gardens of the Imperial Grand Palace, Bangkok Thailand.
    Oriental Warrior
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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)
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Despondent: An elderly despondent woman squats as if in prayer, in front of her ramshackle hut, Muang Sing Lao.
    Despondent
  • 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
  • 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
  • Nap Time: Down on the docks, a lady takes a morning nap in her hammock underneath a worn metal table, Yangon Myanmar.
    Nap Time
  • Red Dao Smile: A smiling member of the Red Dao hill tribe, selling trinkets on the sidewalk of Sapa Vietnam.
    Red Dao Smile
  • Devotees at Dusk: Hindu devotees crowd the stairways in a long exposure, Dashaswamedh Ghat, Varanasi India.
    Devotees at Dusk
  • Devotees Circular Life (in Black): This circular fisheye view captures in this early morning scene on the Ganges River and accentuates the theme of the circular nature of life; as a Hindu devote readies for yet another day, preaching his truth with his incense, powders and offerings at hand, Varanasi India.
    Devotees Circular Life (in Black)
  • Flower Child:  A young mother and child hold court with their friends, all of the Flower Hmong tribe, in the morning market at Bac Ha, Vietnam.
    Flower Child
  • Hindu Quest:  A long line of well behaved Hindu devotees are captured entering the ridiculously small opening to a temple, often leaving flowers in offering or possibly an orange palm print on the wall, near Dashaswamedh Ghat, Varanasi India.
    Hindu Quest
  • 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
  • Circle of Life (in Black): Tibetan prayer wheels repeat the Om-Ma-Ni-Padme-Hum mantra to the Buddhist faithful, reinforcing the concept of the “Circle of Life”, McLeod-Ganj India.<br />
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(Mani means "jewel" or "bead" and Padma means "the lotus flower")
    Circle of Life (in Black)
  • A Hindu devotee sits with his hands on his head with three other men in deep discussion in the early morning at Dashaswamedh Ghat, Varanasi India.
    Persuasion and Comfort
  • Sadhus' Trishula: A fully bearded Sadhu descends the stairs holding the representative trident of the Hindu god Shiva, Varanasi India.
    Sadhus' Trishula
  • Vaisakhi Parade: A new Jeep Wrangler slowly makes its’ way in the annual Vaisakhi Parade, Vancouver British Columbia Canada.
    Vaisakhi Parade
  • Young Mother: A young mother of the Hmong, a local hill tribe, pauses with child on her back, Sapa Vietnam.
    Young Mother
  • 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
  • Devotees Circular Life (B&W): This circular fisheye view captures in this early morning scene on the Ganges River and accentuates the theme of the circular nature of life; as a Hindu devote readies for yet another day, preaching his truth with his incense, powders and offerings at hand, Varanasi India.
    Devotees Circular Life (B&W)
  • Childhood Misery: A pair of young children hangs their heads in profound misery on the steps of Dashaswamedh Ghat, Varanasi India.
    Childhood Misery
  • Warily Watching:  A solitary man watches the scenes of the street with a wariness born of daily experience, Assi Ghat, Varanasi India.
    Warily Watching
  • Persistent Beggar:  An elderly crippled Sadhu uses crutches to slowly makes his way to work, his usual begging spot, Varanasi India.
    Persistent Beggar
  • A pair of young children descends the white and red stairs, passing a colourful wall painting of a naked Hindu Sadhu holding onto a skull overhead, en-route to the holy Ganges, Varanasi India.
    Descending Doctrine
  • 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
  • Mornings Wait: A Sadhu bides his time sitting, in his new set of clothes, on the steps of the busy Dashaswamedh Ghat, Varanasi India.
    Mornings Wait
  • Clean Water  (B&W): A lady risks the garbage and filth to use a manual water pump and fill a container with water, Mymensingh Bangladesh.
    Clean Water (B&W)
  • Clean Water: A lady risks the garbage and filth to use a manual water pump and fill a container with water, Mymensingh Bangladesh.
    Clean Water
  • Dashaswamedh Ghat: A vivid kaleidoscope for the senses, where the cities buildings, temples and boats coalesce at the shore of the holy Ganges River and Hindu devotes make their pilgrimage, Varanasi India.
    Dashaswamedh Ghat
  • Morning Market: Women, with their meager offerings before them, stand in the morning market’s sunlight, Muang Sing Laos.
    Morning Market
  • Captivating: A captivating yet crudely painted statue found in a small Buddhist Temple in Phnom Penh Cambodia.<br />
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    Captivating
  • Dawns' Devotion: Dashaswamedh Ghat, a vivid kaleidoscope, even in the earliest of mornings, where the Hindu devotes practice ancient rites at the shore of the holy Ganges River, Varanasi India.
    Dawns' Devotion
  • Stairs of Varanasi: An elderly man slowly makes his way up the steep, numerous, multicoloured (white, red and teal) stairs from the Ganges River, Varanasi India.
    Stairs of Varanasi
  • Trail of Misery: A trail of water leads one to a poor man laying face down on the concrete, Kolkata (Calcutta )India.
    Trail of Misery
  • Unhappy No More: This previously, profoundly unhappy woman, transformed into a kind loving creature, when asked for a photograph, Kep Cambodia.
    Unhappy No More
  • Imperial Stupas: Golden Buddhas, monkeys and elaborately geometric patterns decorate a number of colourful Stupas that stand as sentinels, protecting the Imperial Grand Palace, Bangkok Thailand.
    Imperial Stupas
  • 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
  • Alone & Despondent: A solitary and elderly woman hangs her head despondently, Kolkata (Calcutta )India.
    Alone & Despondent
  • 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
  • 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
  • Hindu Devotee: A mature Sadhu, with a lovely full white beard and a face painted yellow, makes his way riverside, Varanasi India.
    Hindu Devotee
  • Going Up?: On a glorious sunny day, red and white stairs rise precariously high, along with rusted iron guard rails, guiding the eye up two diverging stairways into the local temples and homes, ever higher above the Ganges River, Varanasi India.
    Going Up ?
  • 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
  • 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 />
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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 ?
  • Mystical Thai Mural: An intricate and colourful wall mural depicting mythical creatures, in this case a bare breasted woman with a lower body of a bird, dressed in traditional Thai clothing, Tritotsathep Temple, Bangkok Thailand.<br />
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All around the woman are scenes of the country side including trees, a river and fields, also, another similar creature is in the upper aspect of the mural.
    Mystical Thai Mural
  • 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
  • Novitiation Portrait: This young devotee is fully made up and dressed for the coming Buddhist ceremony, Myinkaba Myanmar.
    Novitiation Portrait
  • Sacrifice: During Melasti, the entire community watch the Hindu priests as they pray and make sacrifice with incense, food and flowers, Bali Indonesia.
    Sacrifice
  • 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
  • Demon on Guard: A large green Thai demon stands guard holding a sword in Wat Arun (Temple of the Dawn), Bangkok Thailand.
    Demon on Guard
  • Life’s Burden: A woman in a brightly coloured head scarf leans forward as she bears the weight of her wares, borne by a wooden yoke, Muang Sing morning market, Laos.
    Life’s Burden