Category Archives: Laos

Calligraphy on a Bamboo Split

Posted on February 11, 2016 by Rosemary
Laos: a Buddhist monk writes on a bamboo split

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Laos, Luang Prabang 2007 A monk writes a Buddhist scripture on a bamboo split. I made this a black and white to add a sense of mystery. I made sure to lighten his hands holding the stylus and the split.

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Garden on the Mekong

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Rosemary
farm on the banks of the Mekong

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Laos 2007: A Laotian family tends their garden. Sometimes I think that if it weren’t for farms and religion, there wouldn’t be anything for me to photograph. Religion means churches and mosques and temples and often a certain type of dress, … Continue reading →

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Mekong River

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Rosemary
Laotian village on the Mekong River

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On the Mekong River 2007 The Mekong is wide and muddy and flows past hills covered with dense jungle. The word Mekong is fraught with meaning for people my age. I kept thinking of our soldiers (my brothers among them) during the Viet … Continue reading →

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Mekong River

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Rosemary
boat ferrying passengers on the Mekong near Luang Prabang

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Luang Prabang, Laos 2007 This was the view when I ate my breakfast in Luang Prabang. My hotel was an old colonial structure sitting on a high bank overlooking the Mekong. The buildings, and there were so many that I got lost … Continue reading →

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East Meets West

Posted on July 29, 2012 by Rosemary
Laos village Grandma portrait

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The Mekong River between Chaing Rai and Luang Prabang 2007  I took a cruise down the Mekong from Chiang Rai Thailand to Luang Prabang Laos. The trip lasted two days with an overnight in a rather luxe village hotel on the … Continue reading →

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