Pyin Oo Lwin Mosque

I’ve been getting caught up in study and work as of late. I’ve been completely neglected any kind of creative outlet so I decided to share some photos from Mynanmar, which I shot earlier this year.

There still continues to be violence between Buddhist’s and Muslim’s in Myanmar, and the Rohingya people continue to be ostracised.

Now that the Government in Myanmar has eased off slightly in regards to their authoritarianism, ethnic tensions are high amongst many groups. I met Christians, Muslims, Buddhists and Atheists as well as the various people from different ethnic groups (Shan, Palaung, Arakanese, Afghan) , and they were all amazing. Their kindness towards strangers (ie. me….a mysterious foreigner) was mind blowing, but perhaps if they had known more about me they may have though differently.

Humans have so many different belief systems, that’s where our beauty is. Yet, it’s also one of our greatest downfalls. Don’t let it be yours.

Pentax K1000
Ilford 100 35mm B&W