Behind Tokyo’s Door
A transvestite posing for a picture at the underground fetish party, “Tokyo Decadence”, at the Stylish Club in Roppongi. © Pawel Jaszczuk Pawel Jaszczuk is a Polish photographer based in Tokyo, Japan. For his series, Behind Tokyo’s Door, Pawel documented…
Alan Soon
Fellow countryman, Alan Soon, is a consummate street photographer who leads a double life as a television producer. He has a collection of images, which will definitely wake the travel bug in you. Top to bottom, Myanmar series, © Alan…
Hideaki Uchiyama
For more than a decade, Hideaki Uchiyama has been capturing the underbelly of Tokyo city on film. His images resembles sets from anime/sci-fi films, showing us some incredible pictures of what lies beneath a truly modern city. From Metropolis: Uchiyama…
Michael Wolf
German-born photographer, Michael Wolf, has lived in Hong Kong since 1995. His work focuses on the vernacular culture of people living in Hong Kong and China. From the Robert Koch Gallery: Wolf delves into subjects such as the formal and…
pdfX12
pdfX12 or the Reminders Project was launched last year in January. It is a free monthly photo journal that “presents and features a series of photos by various photojournalists living and working in various communities around the world”. Volume 12, launched…
Max Pasion
Max Pasion is definitely passionate about his work. As a photojournalist from the Philippines, he manages to capture the vibrancy of life. His images are multi-layered and energetic. He shows respect for life through his work.I particularly like this series on Manila….
Liang-I Chang
The F Blog posted some images of Chinese and Vietnamese fishermen in Taiwan by photojournalist Liang-I Chang. Check it out.
Andrew Biraj
Dhaka-based photojournalist, Andrew Biraj, has got some interesting works up on his site. Biraj has worked on several stories in his native homeland Bangladesh, Cambodia and the United Kingdom. State Excluded is the story of Islamic Biharis living in government-run…
Buck Pago
© Buck Pago Buck Pago is a freelance photojournalist from the Philippines. Check out some of his work on flickr. He informs me of his intention to create Philippines’ first photo collective/agency, slated to start operation sometime next year. The…
Myanmar Uprising
Quick link: Abdul Rahman Roslan from Malaysia covered a pro-democracy protest outside the Myanmese embassy in Kuala Lumpur last month. His images can be viewed on flickr. Free Burma
Yoonki Kim
Yoonki Kim is a Korean currently living in Bangkok now. He recently sent me a link to a series of images, 70 Rai, made in Bangkok’s Klongtoey slum. The initial images were endearing; the smiles of the sitters radiant despite…
More from GMB Akash
Akash is currently in Germany on a Hamburg Foundation/GEO Magazine scholarship for a year. He has been documenting homeless people on the streets since January this year. He was curious why the homeless exist in a country as rich as…
Atul Loke
Atul Loke is a photojournalist from India. Didn’t manage to find out much about him except that he won an award and a fellowship in 2002. However, he has a website up with some works. Images below are taken from…
Saiful Huq Omi
In 2006, Saiful Huq Omi was given the National Geographic All Roads Photography Project award for his work on the plight of political victims in his home country, Bangladesh. On his work: My photos prove how utterly shameless our sympathetic…
GMB Akash
2007 must have been a good year for Akash so far. He garnered first prize at the Gordon Parks Photography Competition for his work on child labor in Bangladesh, first place at the Asia Press Photo contest and was also…
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