Myanmar, Golden Land - Marc Schlossman

Shwedagon Paya, Yangon, Myanmar
A series of images from Myanmar when I was commissioned to shoot Buddhist temples for the book The Golden Lands: Architecture of the Buddhist World, published in 2014. I traveled with the author, Vikram Lall. The temples brief was very specific and we didn’t have much time in Myanmar. I did what I could as we traveled between locations to shoot as many extra images as possible, knowing that people and street photography were most likely not going to make it into the book. We were lucky enough to experience an annular eclipse one day over Bagan, quite amazing.

At the end of each day our fixer, Khaine Lay, would take me to a ‘beer station’ – a down-to-earth watering hole, open to the street. If I ever open a bar it’s going to be called: Beer Station.
A collection of Buddha statues in a shrine, Shwedagon Paya, Yangon, Myanmar
Shwedagon Paya, Yangon, Myanmar
Shwedagon Paya, Yangon, Myanmar
Monks walking on a boardwalk over Kandawgyi Lake in Kandawgyi Park, Yangon
Waterfront activity on the Irrawaddy River, Yangon, Myanmar
Docks area in Yangon along the Irrawaddy River
Woman, Bagan
Street vendor selling apples, Maha Bandoola Park Street, Yangon
Mandalay
Sule Paya at dusk, Yangon
Bogyoke Aung San Market at night, Yangon
Bogyoke Aung San Market at night, Yangon
Bogyoke Aung San Market at night, Yangon
Bogyoke Aung San Market at night, Yangon
Girl in Bagan wearing thanakha, traditional face paint used widely in Myanmar
Sunrise seen from viewing tower at Aureum Hotel, Bagan, Myanmar
Woman preparing food, Pahto-Tha-Mya, Bagan
Two young monks and a puppy, Mingun Temple, Myanmar
Annular eclipse over Bagan, 15 January 2010
Annular eclipse over Bagan, 15 January 2010
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