A fisherman pulls in his net on Indawgyi lake in Kachin State in Burma, also known as Myanmar
A basket fisherman on Inle lake scans the still and shallow water for signs of life and prepares to plunge his cone shaped net
A fishing boat on a perfectly calm Indawgyi lake in northern Myanmar on a misty afternoon.
A man sculps a Buddha from clay which will then be bronzed
Woman from Myanmar
A Burmese girl winnows wheat, which is to sort away the husks, by pouring it in the wind.
A basket fisherman on Inle lake scans the still and shallow water for signs of life and prepares to plunge his cone shaped net. Fish caught from the lake - the most abundant kind is called Nga Hpein locally – are a staple of the local diet. There are
Kyaington, Keng Tung, Shan State, Myanmar - A man selling bamboo baskets and brooms at a market stall in Kyiang Ton
A fishing boat on a perfectly calm Indawgyi lake in northern Myanmar on a misty afternoon.
Famers bring their cows home along a dusty road in Kachin state in Myanmar
A boy plays in the water by jumping from a buffalo on Inle lake
U Bein Bridge, Amarapura, Mandalay District, Myanmar - A man collects grass in front of the U Bein Bridge, a 1.2 km wooden footbridge (longest teak bridge in the world) built by the mayor U Bein salvaging the unwanted teak columns from the old palace
A young man pulls in his nets at the end of the day on Indawgyi lake in Myanmar

Myanmar for ICIMOD

I travelled to Myanmar for ICIMOD (International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development). The images are part of a larger project to produce a book about life in the Himalayas. The focus of the project was to capture peoples’ dependence on their environment.

Alex Treadway working in Myanmar taking a photo of a woman gold panning
A person taking a selfie under stilt houses on a waterway in a rural area, holding a camera, with the houses made of wood and having thatched roofs.