Financial Times Seasonal Appeal for 2009 opens
Every year, the FT features the work of a charity organisation, carefully chosen because it brings enormous publicity and offers of funding. This year’s focus is on Room to Read, an organisation begun by ex-Microsoft exec John Woods, to help raise literacy rates in the developing world. My photos from Sayabouri province in Laos have [...]
China collection now online!
A few very productive and fun weeks around the farflung parts of China back in August yielded quite a few new images for my online library of Asia travel images at www.indochinaimages.com Here’s a selection from the 100s of new photos. The locations include Kashgar, Turpan, Xiahe, Dali and more. China holds a special allure [...]
Operation Smile mission, Haiphong, Vietnam
This week international children’s medical charity Operation Smile is carrying out 15 missions around Vietnam, to celebrate 20 years since they first began working in the country. As accredited photographer for the organisation, I’m covering the activities at the Haiphong Medical University Hospital, about 100km from Hanoi on the Gulf of Tonkin coast. 175 potential [...]
Lantern festival, Chiang Mai, 1-3 Nov
The Loi Krathong Festival kicked off in Chiang Mai tonight, with a procession featuring traditional costumes of historical characters, music, fireworks, and the release of many 100s of paper lanterns into the sky. The lanterns work much like a hot-air balloon, and once released, they drift up into the darkness, carried away on the wind. [...]
Working in Thailand
Yesterday it was Chiang Rai, today I’m in Chiang Mai. In a day or two it’ll be Bangkok and then on and on. I’m currently working on photos for Insight Guides, the guidebook publisher from the UK. If you’re not familiar with the books, check out any major bookstore where you should find a rack [...]
Nov 01, 2009 | Categories:commentary | Tags: thailand, travel, work, www.indochinaimages.com | 1 Comment »