Annie Leibovitz. A confident, poised, charismatic woman. The black jacket she wore looked as comfortable as her sneakers. Her welcoming speech was also a breeze at the opening of her retrospective exhibition
Lok Sabha: India’s General Elections 2014 through the eyes of Indian photographers
From 7th April to 12th May 2014, India holds it’s general elections to constitute the 16th Lok Sabha in India.
Transplantation (2014), by Withit Chanthamarit
Ever since I remembered, there have been numerous political protests that led to the occupation of the capital city, Bangkok. At times, the nature of these events seemed so distant and difficult to understand.
Spotlight: The Dying Lives of Varanasi Weavers
Malnutrition affects 50 percent of the weavers’ children and Varanasi has the highest infant mortality rate in India at 78.
Photo Essay: Feast For The Dead Body, by Adzwari Ridzki
Torajan people have immensely strong cognizance that life on earth is a transient affair. They realize that impossible as it may seem to restrain the sun setting in the west, delaying death is more or less the same.
Photo Essay: I Am Not Scared Of Night, by Martushka Fromeast
I am not scared of night is a project on shamanistic rituals in Nepal. Syafrubesi is a village situated just 13 kilometers from the Chinese border.
Burma’s Hidden War, by Htoo Tay Zar
There are thousands of refugees displaced by civil war between Myanmar government and Kachin ethnic rebel group called Kachin Independence Army (KIA).
Kodokushi: Apartments of Lonely Deaths in Tokyo, by Soichiro Koriyama
Kodokushi (“Lonely Death”, in Japanese) generally refers to the death of single people living alone in their homes from sudden diseases and from their inability to ask for help.
20 Instagrams from Asia to Follow
It seems Instagram and mobile pictures are hotter than ever. Here are 20 Instagram streams from Asia to follow…
Photo Essay: Two For Joy, by Partha Sengupta
My Mom and Dad were both born in 1985- with me. They were married to each other for two years before that. It was a late marriage.
Myanmar People on the Yangon Circular Train
In a small homage to Myanmar and Chinese People On The Train, by Wang Fuchun, here is a glimpse of the people and stories at the Yangon Circular Railway.
Burma’s Student Army, by Htoo Tay Zar
The All Burma Students’ Democratic Front (ABSDF) is one of the last armed groups to sign a ceasefire agreement with the Myanmar government.
Photo Essay: Royal Malaysia Police, by Eiffel Chong
I came across an abandoned police station and found identity photographs of the police personnel being scattered around. Most of them still look good, except for a layer of dust on the photographs.
Photo Essay: Halabujee (Grandfather), by Eric Kim
I never knew my Grandfather that well. I always had somewhat of an estranged relationship with him. My grandfather had two wives– and he would split his time between both sides of the family.
Yu Haibo 余海波: The Breath Of Nights in Shenzhen, China
In Haibo’s photographs titled ‘The Breath Of Nights’, he points his lens at the colourful night lives and euphoria of Shenzhen’s modern and progressive youth.