These photos were taken during a short trip to Rangoon in 2001. I hope that they show both the difficulty of Burmese life under a military dictatorship and the persistent humanity despite it. While the people of the country live in desperate poverty, the military junta has plowed an extraordinary amount of the country's wealth into renovating and building elaborately ornamented temples and pagodas, such as this one in Central Rangoon. Written permission to use this photo is required because I do not want my photos of Rangoon to be used to promote tourism there myanmar yangon rangoon Rangoon, Burma 20
These photos were taken during a short trip to Rangoon in 2001. I hope that they show both the difficulty of Burmese life under a military dictatorship and the persistent humanity despite it myanmar yangon rangoon Rangoon, Burma 6
These photos were taken during a short trip to Rangoon in 2001. I hope that they show both the difficulty of Burmese life under a military dictatorship and the persistent humanity despite it myanmar yangon rangoon Rangoon, Burma 8
These photos were taken during a short trip to Rangoon in 2001. I hope that they show both the difficulty of Burmese life under a military dictatorship and the persistent humanity despite it myanmar yangon rangoon Rangoon, Burma 9
These photos were taken during a short trip to Rangoon in 2001. I hope that they show both the difficulty of Burmese life under a military dictatorship and the persistent humanity despite it myanmar yangon rangoon Rangoon, Burma 18
Yesterday I spent my time as an event photographer for a non-profit children's organization. I photographed a number of the children. This one just so happens to be my cousin Child baby face Child