CLOSEUP
burmese lens
FAHTHAI
47
The
shots in
focus
B U R M E S E C O L O U R
BRUNO BARBEY
The largest reclining
Buddha structure (295ft)
in the world, in Monywa,
northern Myanmar
BRUNO BARBEY
Locals bathing near
Sagaing Bridge. For many
Burmese, rivers are a vital
source for washing
STEVE MCCURRY
The platform of a
Mandalay pagoda
doubles up as a football
pitch for the young locals
ATHIT
PERAWONGMETHA
Yangon's Shwedagon
Pagoda aglow amid the
city's neon-lit streets
BRUNO BARBEY
A
shinpyu
Buddhist
novitiation ceremony
held at Yangon's famous
Shwedagon Pagoda
RAGHU RAI
Win Sein Taw Ya, one
of the world's largest
reclining Buddhas, in
Mudon, Mawlamyine
CHANG CHIEN-CHI
Workers (paid US$3 a
day) shoulder sacks of
rice on to a barge on
the Yangon River
MINZAYAR
Young novice monks feed
a flock of hungry seagulls
at the edge of a jetty on
the Yangon River
TARA
SOSROWARDOYO
A carnival worker swings
from a ferris wheel during
an electricity power cut
KYAW KYAW WINN
A train from Mandalay
to Lashio crawls slowly
across the famous
Gokteik Viaduct
TARA
SOSROWARDOYO
A native tourist in a wig
adds colour to a spot of
temple sightseeing
