Myanmar - People, Tradition & Everyday Life
Myanmar is a place of extraordinary visual richness, but it is the people and their everyday lives that drew me most strongly to photograph it. From the temples and monasteries of Bagan to the communities of Inle Lake and the streets of Yangon, these photographs explore a country where tradition remains deeply woven into daily life.
My work in Myanmar focuses on people, culture and human connection, quiet portraits, working lives, religious traditions and moments that reveal something of the character of the place.
Myanmar is one of those places where photography becomes as much about the people you meet as the photographs you bring home.
From the temples and communities around Bagan to life on Inle Lake and the busy streets of Yangon, I found a country with an extraordinary visual character. Traditional ways of life sit alongside rapidly changing towns and cities, creating countless opportunities for documentary and travel photography.
What interested me most, though, were the people. Whether photographing fishermen on Inle Lake, families and workers in rural communities, novice monks around Bagan, or everyday life on the streets of Yangon, I wanted the photographs to feel connected to the people and places rather than simply record what they looked like.
I tend to work slowly. I’ll often stay in one location, watch what is happening and wait for the light, the person and the background to come together. Sometimes that means a candid photograph; other times a conversation leads naturally to a portrait.
Myanmar gave me some of my favourite photographs, but more importantly, some of my strongest memories from travelling with a camera.
