The next stop on this year’s Angkor Photo Workshop was Battambang. Battambang is Cambodia’s second largest city and the capital city of Battambang province in northwestern Cambodia. Founded in the 11th century by the Khmer Empire, Battambang is well known for being the leading rice-producing province of the country. ‘Dambang’ means ‘stick’, and ‘bat’ means […]
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Angkor Photo Workshop 3
After finishing one week of intensive work doing photo assignments in Siem Reap, Angkor Photo Workshop participants headed to Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh. For the next three days, from our base of operations at the FCC (Foreign Correspondent’s Club), we explored the vibrant, bustling capital city, with it’s myriad of photographic possibilities, including S21 prison […]
Angkor Photo Workshop 2
For the last few months I’ve been incredibly busy, priorities dictated that I take a brief hiatus from blogging. Now that I’m back at it, I have plenty of photos to share with you. First I’ll share some more images from the 4th annual Angkor Photo Workshop, which just finished last week and afterwards, I’ve […]
Angkor Photo Workshop 2014
On this date 3 years ago, utterly exhausted, yet satisfied and delighted, I sat and pondered the memories of my first annual Angkor Photo Workshop. It was an experience, that for the faculty and for the 13 students, wasn’t going to be soon forgotten. Participants, each with a burning desire to become better visual story […]
Myanmar Photo Tour: Sittwe & Mruak U
It’s a bit after the fact but I’m finally getting around to posting about this year’s optional extension to my Myanmar photo tour in which we visited the 600-year old temples & stupas of Mrauk U. Mrauk U lies on a rocky isolated plateau in western Myanmar, and was once one of most spectacular royal […]
Crucifixion in Tuburan Philippines: Good Friday 2014
Yesterday, in Tuburon Philippines, on Good Friday, 54-year-old Gilbert Bargayo was nailed to a cross during a reenactment of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion. This year marks Gilbert’s 20th crucifixion. He has been crucified in different locations in the Philippines but since last year, mayor Democrito Diamante has hosted the event in the town of Tuburan, about […]
Myanmar Part 4: Mandalay to Bagan
It’s been a few weeks since my Myanmar tour ended, but today, here in Hoi Anh Vietnam, I’ve finally found enough free time to post some images. Please enjoy the following 38 photos Mandalay and Bagan. In the next week or so, I’ll be posting at least one more time about the Myanmar tour, before […]
Ring Train Yangon
Yangon’s “circle line” or “ring train”, circumnavigates Myanmar’s largest city, on a 46 Kilometer, 39 station route that connects Yangon’s satellite towns. The system is heavily utilized by the local populace, selling about 150,000 tickets daily, providing cheap transportation for Burmese and an interesting and engaging cultural immersion for the few intrepid adventurers who hop […]
Myanmar Part 3: Around Mandalay
I hope you don’t mind if I just reprint a few lines of Rudyard Kipling’s famous poem “On the road to Mandalay” and let you enjoy 21 new images from my recent, Amazing Myanmar Photo Tour. “On the road to Mandalay”….those with a wanderlust will surely relate….. Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the […]
Myanmar Part 2: Mandalay
“Mandalay” is the name of a famous poem by Rudyard Kipling that was first published in 1892. The poem colorfully illustrates the nostalgia and longing of a soldier of the British Empire for Asia’s exoticism, and generally for the countries and cultures located “East of Suez”, as compared to the cold, damp and foggy climates […]
