Bright Journeys

The Tankhul Naga tribe “escort” dancers to ceremonial grounds for a dance in a village along the Chindwin River in Myanmar. “We (Naga) were buried under the ground and now it’s time for us to breathe,” said one of village chairmen.

In Zhang Ao, a woman pauses from her work day to listen to her songbird.

In the Bengli village in southwestern China, a grandmother watches her granddaughter as she prepares to marry.

Field workers walk home after harvest in a village along Myanmar’s Chindwin River.

A woman carries straw atop her head as she makes her way back to her Burmese village.

In southwestern China, a family prepares to bring home the bacon.

A grandfather shows off his grandchild and a balloon in Myanmar.

In southwestern China, a villager treats his water buffalo to an afternoon refreshment.

Girls show off their English books in a village along the Chindwin River in Myanmar.

In Bhutan, a mother waits for her son to return from school.

Chinese mothers return from the fields with the day’s harvest.

Two boys pose with the family pig in a tiny village in Myanmar.

A Burmese grandmother enjoys an afternoon smoke in Laung Kaung, Myanmar.

Everyone loves a parade – except  maybe the cart driver stuck in a monk novitiation procession in Amarapuram Myanmar.

In Mingun, Myanmar, a taxi driver transforms his ride into a nap mobile.

On Mandalay’s infamous Marble Street, a woman sells coal in a cloud of white dust.

In a small village along the Chindwin River in Myanmar, a woman laughs at the idea of being photographed.

In a desert village in Indian, the matriarch watches as visitors arrive.