A man carves marble at his workshop in Sagyin. Traditionally in Myanmar, marble carving has always been done by hand. However, to keep up with high demand and the government’s inflated prices most marble workers have turned to electric machines. What once took them a month to make can now be completed in two days.
An elderly lady peers outside, Nyaungshwe.
Textile factory, Inle Lake.
Police line up to hold journalists back as 5 members of the ‘Peacock Generation’ exit court after being sentenced to one year’s imprisonment with hard labour for insulting the Tatmadaw in their Thangyat performance earlier this year.
A young girls lies underneath the Kuthodaw Pagoda with her mother to escape the midday heat, Mandalay.
Monastery in Inle Lake.
Cave monastery, Bagan.
Yangon Central Railway Station.
A group of kids climb trees in their garden to pick tamarind. They use the tamarind in salads, to make sweets and for medicine.
Bathroom for the monks, Inle Lake.
A man sleeps in the U Min Thonze Cave Pagoda near Mandalay.
A young boy peers out his window, Inle Lake.
Early morning on Inle Lake.
A woman dyeing threads at a textile factory in Inle Lake.
Mandalay Palace.
Shwedagon Pagoda.
Minnathu Vilage.
A man yawns whilst reading on the train, Yangon.
A baby plays with flip-flops whilst her family sell postcards to tourists.
Commuters rushing off the train at Yangon Central railway station.
A lady extracts fibres from the stem of a Lotus using a knife.
Around 100 years ago, woman around Inle Lake started weaving using lotus fabric. The Lotus stems are harvested during the monsoon season when the water levels are high and the stems are at their longest.
Shwesandaw Pagoda, Bagan.
Old Bagan.
Yangon train station.
A young boy takes a break from selling postcards, Bupaya Pagoda, Old Bagan.
Downtown Yangon.
A young girl picnics with her family at Yangon Zoological Gardens.
Tapandaing performance.