Photography

Asakusa

The Asakusa district of east Tokyo, where I took all but one of these images, is a thriving sightseeing hub attracting primarily Chinese and other Asian visitors. But tourism here is not new. The area and its massive temple, Sensoji, has been the backdrop for the sometimes peculiar proclivities…

Mark Robinson
Photography
September 7, 2018

Hanoi after the war

The Vietnam of 1981 was a very different place: isolated, impoverished, still on a semi-war footing and run on Marxist lines. The poster reads “Towards the 5th Congress” — no hint of the doi moi (reform) or mo cua (open door) policies that…

John Ramsden
Photography
August 14, 2018

Stationed in Myanmar

The first railway opened in Myanmar in 1877, between the Second and Third Anglo-Burmese Wars. What later became the Burma Railway eventually extended to more than 4,800 kilometres of track, spanning much of the country, with the main stations being Rangoon (Yangon) and…

Nick Freeman
Photography
July 25, 2018

Gilgit-Baltistan

These photos were taken between May and June, when my partner – travel writer, and author Marco Ferrarese – and I went to Pakistan for the first time. We landed in Lahore and travelled to the northern region, Gilgit-Baltistan. This part of the…

Kit Yeng Chan
Photography
July 3, 2018

Up-market

The beating heart of commerce in Myanmar, wet markets are under threat as affluent consumers turn to supermarkets.

Nick Freeman
Photography
June 25, 2018

Waiting for Kim

Singapore’s Sentosa island—a notoriously expensive and plasticised tourist destination—vibrated with a strange energy yesterday as US president Donald Trump and North Korea’s supreme leader Kim Jong-un met at the Capella Hotel to discuss the denuclearisation…

Peter Guest
Photography
June 13, 2018