Portrait of an old Tamang woman spinning a prayer wheel while chanting the “Om Mani Padme Oum” mantra
Langtang area, Nepal
Travel, Documentary photography
Portrait of a Laotian schoolboy on Don Det Island, one of the 4000 island (Si Phan Don in laotian language), an archipelago located in the southern part of the Mekong river.
Don Det island, Laos
A Nepali Farmer met in the pokhara area nearby the Annapurnas during the rice harvest time takes a rest and drinks tea after a long day of hard work.
86% of the Nepal population is located in rural areas, and 74% of the workers are farming.
Portrait of a Buddhist monk on the Bolaven plateau, an elevated region in Southern Laos.
About 67% of Lao people are Theravada Buddhist, and the relegion has a strong influence on laotian life.
Three boys I met in a Akha village in northen Laos. The Akha people is a hill tribe found in China, Laos, Burma and Thaïland.
They are subsistance farmer, and they have to face the pressure of timber and agriculture industry to keep their lands.