Commercial & Reportage

The first full-scale pride march in Thailand in over 15 years; a celebration of people living their best lives.

In traditional Myanmar dress.

Photographed for Merx Construction Management.

Caesar the gibbon - named after the Planet of the Apes character - sits on the head of U Myo Aung, the father of Aung Khant Zaw, an exotic pet store owner. Importing a gibbon legally to Myanmar is a complicated and expensive process involving licenses, vaccinations and plane rides from Thailand.

Despite the pagoda in the distance, this is a side of the country that tourists are rarely exposed to. Plastic pollution is a huge issue in Myanmar, and this series will look at the worst hotspots, offenders, and positive changes that are being made in dealing with it.

LOKAL is Tbilisi’s top co-working and co-living space.

Built by Shwe Taung in Kayah State, Myanmar.

An enjoyable couple of afternoons spent covering the 8th Myanmar Cosplay Convention for Myanmore magazine. Surprisingly well put-together event for a fledgling scene!

Article @ https://www.myanmore.com/yangon/2016/04/a-day-of-cosplay-in-yangon/

From a three-day trip to Mandalay and Bagan to capture some of the experiences Easia offers to tourists. A oil lamp ceremony is a very special ritual in Myanmar; lighting 1000 candles in the shadow of Kuthodaw Pagoda (which contains the world's largest book) symbolises moving out of darkness and towards a brighter future. 

One of a series of photos taken for an article I wrote for Frontier Magazine on 3D printing & its future applications in Myanmar. 

One of a small set of photos taken for Governor's Residence to display their poolside dining capabilities. 

3D printing is the production technology of the future, and Renishaw Plc are adapting it for use in a great variety of situations. These pieces are 3D printed in titanium, and will be used in surgical applications as replacements for bone structures - the piece in the foreground is a facial part. 

One of a series of office headshots for Telcon ASEAN, a Danish telecomms company working in Yangon, Myanmar.

Le Petit Comptoir offers some of the best French food in Yangon for very reasonable prices. A small French-run restaurant, they serve fresh, home-made bread alongside classic French dishes that look great and taste even better.

Event photography for the So Shwe party at the Yangon International Hotel. Gold theme, gold filter, great music, great event.

An outstanding iinternational school in Insein, Yangon. 

One of a series of jewellery product photos taken for Elverd Designs in Yangon, Myanmar. 

Part of a profile piece on Win Tun Aung, the Burmese sushi chef at Yangon's Edo Zushi. Win Tun left Myanmar at the age of 17 to avoid persecution stemming from the 1988 student protests, and spent the following 23 years learning to cook astonishing sushi in Japan. He returned to Myanmar in 2013, and is an incredibly interesting person to talk to!

Article is @ http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/lifestyle/20187-sushi-chef-brings-taste-of-japan-to-yangon.html

One of the many reptiles, lizards and amphibians rescued, cared for and eventually re-homed by South West Reptile Rescue & Rehab in South-west England. 

MCY (Myanmar Con Yat) are a new Yangon-based HR company - this is one of a series of candid portraits I've taken for use on their website. For a nation of people that love selfies, Burmese people can be surprisingly shy when you get them on camera!

Held at Punn Hlaing Gold estate in Yangon, Myanmar, this annual event run by the British Chamber of Commerce is an outstanding business and networking opportunity.