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not to own the world
an ever endeavour of the worrysome and wonderous finds it's own narrative in images from around the world small and big to have the spectator blossom or blessed by the modesty of a welcome to the self
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Monks, ferry to Kho phangan island, south of Thailand.
Buddhist monk,
ferry to Kho phangan
island, south of Thailand.
Girl in the muslim mosque, Yogjakarta, Indonesia.
Street singer, Chang mai, Thailand.
Girl, Karimunjawa island, Indonesia.
Workers on parking, Yogjakarta, Indonesia.
School kids, northen Laos, Luang Prabang.
Muay Thai trainer, South of Thailand, island Kho Phangan.
Waitresses, Phnom Phen swimming pool, Cambodia.
Kids, Java, Indonesia.
Muay Thai trainer, Kho Phangan island, south of Thailand.
Buddhist monks eating, Kho Phangan island, South of Thailand.
Little boy Varel, Indonesia, Karimunjawa island.
Buddhist monk, Temple in Chang Mai, Northen Thailand.
Angor wat, Sian Riep, Cambodia.
Street dance festival, Kho pangan, Thailand.
Local celebration, little thai boy (8) is going to join the monkhood for the first time, till he is 21. Northen Thailand, Pai.
My students of english language, high school class, south of Thailand, Hat Yai.
Girls, Pai, Northen Thailand.
Mother and her kids, bus station, city Hat Yai, South of Thailand.
Friends, slum area, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Selling on the market, Yogjakarta city, Java, Indonesia.
Buddist temple, northen Thailand, Pai.
Girl, Luang Prabang, northen Laos.
Slum kids, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Traditional animal sacrifice, Java, Yogjakarta.
Elephant camp, Kho Phangan island, Thailand.
Mother and a kid, public swimming pool, Jogjakarta, Indonesia.
By the road, Cambodia, Sianuk Ville.
Karimunjawa kid, Karimunjawa islands, Indonesia.
Ta Prom
temple,
Sian Riep,
Cambodia.
Street lunch, Yogjakarta, Indonesia.
Dancer, traditional dancing festival, Solo, Java, Indonesia.
Tailor, Cambodia, Sianuk Ville.
Worker on a public toilet, Surabaya, Java, Indonesia.
Street performans with monkeys, Yogjakarta, Indonesia.
Two lions statue, Sianuk Ville, Cambodia.
Buddha statue, Luang Prabang, Laos.
Son and a father in riksha, Yogjakarta, Java, Indonesia.
Passing by, Sianuk ville, Cambodia.
Buddha statue, Cambodia, Sian riep.
Alone,
Yogjakarta, Indonesia.
Kid, Yogjakarta market, Java, Indonesia.
Mother and
a daughter,
Yogjakarta
warung
(place to eat),
Indonesia.
2014.
Buddist monk, close to Angor Wat temple, Sian Riep., Cambodia.
Sadhu, Khatmandu, Nepal.
Photos made in three years period, out of big and endless love to south east Asia, for humble and beautiful people there, they showed me humanity that i never know its even there.
(terima kasih Indonesia, Kopun ka Thailand, okun tiran Cambodia, Laos, Vietname, and Malaysa).
My love for you people is endless. It has no boundaries.
It never did have.
Thank you for showing me different world, another life, more simple and human, that i could not even dream before.
Kristina Arko.
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