Two Kids_New Year Celebrations_Lhasa_Tibet

This image was made during my second trip to Tibet in January 2000. I photographed these two kids in front of a professional photography studio where they’d just left after participating in a family portrait sitting. I made a couple of images of the kids and of the larger family group prior to being shoed [...]

Market Scene_Yangon_Myanmar

 
I made this shot at a local market in Yangon, Myanmar. The variety, color and texture of the goods caught my attention, as did the circular and triangular shapes formed by the baskets and the produce on display.
While I wanted to include the store operator in the image, she wasn’t too keen on being directed, [...]

Quiet Amidst the Turmoil_Sri Lanka

 
Situated on a rocky outcrop, just 11km north east of Anuradhapura, Mihintale is of enormous spiritual significance to the Sinhalese as the place where Buddhism originated in Sri Lanka. It is here where, in 247 B.C., King Devanampiya Tissa was converted to Buddhism after an encounter with Mahinda, the son of an Indian King and [...]

Golden Rock_Kyaiktiyo Pagoda_Myanmar

 
At just 5 1/2 meters high the tiny Kyaiktiyo Pagoda may not sound that significant. But, given its position atop a large gold-leaf covered boulder (known as the golden rock) and perched, delicately, on the edge of a cliff on the top of the mountain, you may begin to appreciate this truly splendid Buddhist icon.
The [...]

River Transport_U-Beins Bridge_Myanmar

 
I made this image from U-Beins Bridge in Myanmar (Burma) with the aid of warm, early morning light skimming over the cart and water. The texture in the water and the triangular shape, formed between the two white oxen and the driver’s hat, add a sense of direction and movement through the frame.
It’s certainly an [...]

Mantra_Lhasa_Tibet

 

I discovered this mantra carved onto a rock on a hill overlooking the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet. Often carved as a kind of meditation, I believe the process combines religious and artistic practices. It is for this reason that I consider such pieces to be art rather than craft.
I cropped the original medium format [...]

Old Woman_Laos

 
I photographed this lovely woman in a small village on the way to the Plain of Jars near Phonsavan in Laos. I was compelled to make the photograph for design reasons. I was fascinated by the similarities between her face and the texture of the background wall. However, I later discovered that the similarities between [...]

Fisherman_Myanmar

 

Some days are truly wonderful. As part of a photography trip to Myanmar I’d undertaken a short pre-dawn trip from Mandalay to photograph U-Beins Bridge at sunrise. It was an amazing day that provided numerous opportunities for landscape, architectural and portrait photography.
 
The above image was an incredible scene to behold. Warm, soft sunrise light illuminated [...]

Novice Monk_The Bayon_Cambodia

 

This image features a novice monk at the Bayon in Angkor Wat, Cambodia. I was fascinated by the way the warm sunset, illuminating the top of the structure, was compositionally balanced by the young monk at the bottom right of the image.
I utilised a Hasselblad 500C camera and Hasselblad 150mm f4 Sonnar lens with Kodak [...]

Buddha Statue_Mihintale_Sri Lanka

 
Situated on a rocky outcrop, just 11 km north east of Anuradhapura, Mihintale is of enormous spiritual significance to the Sinhalese as the place where Buddhism originated in Sri Lanka.
The route to the top follows a 1,500 year-old paved road to a terrace, half way up the 311-meter hill. From there a climb up many, [...]