Myanmar in Bloom

B&W

Myanmar in bloom is a photographic survey of the everyday lives of urban and rural Myanmar residents during this epochal time of change. It is an attempt to capture the wide swath of people living in Myanmar at a point in time from which there will be no turning back—That point being one of development and technology. Myanmar has remained largely closed off from the rest of the world for the past fifty years, and consequently has a beauty stemming from a lack of exposure to the vast expanse of digital media and the hyper-attentiveness to self-image that comes with it. My experience photographing in Myanmar is that the residents were not worried about what they looked like– they were not watching themselves being watched. This is in stark contrast to the total media absorption in countries like the USA, and the loss of human connection and distorted self images I believe result.  

(6x7 and 6x6 Film)

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