People
1. "Another Day in Paradise"
Dal Lake, Kashmir, India
A fisherman enjoys a cherished puff during a short morning break.Kashmir’s famous Dal Lake supplies many local residents with their livelihoods. The fishing communities begin work in the early morning, in search of a species of trout which is unique to this area. The fish fetches good prices both from local buyers and large numbers of tourists, many of whom travel here from the plains and rarely have an opportunity to sample this variety of fish.
Amitava Chandra
Kolkata, India
People
2. "The Salt Beds of Mindoro"
San Jose, Mindoro Occidental, Philippines
A veteran salt farm worker gathers salt for storage in a nearby warehouse before the end of the day.
Samuel De Leon
Quezon City, Philippines
People
3. "Deserted"
Mui Ne, Vietnam
A young Vietnamese girl holds a sled in the sand dunes. It is not for her own enjoyment, however. This young girl, along with others, will go to the sand dunes every day, renting out their sleds to foreign tourists in hopes of making a living.
Nathan Duong
Mississauga, Ontario
People
4. "Flowers and Shoes"
Shwedagon Temple, Yangon, Burma
Shwedagon Temple in Yangon is a golden highlight of any visit to Burma but, for the people of Yangon, it is a place of worship and spiritual celebration. Barefoot, as a sign of humility and respect, this man carries his shoes in one hand and flowers in another.
Anne Frigon
West Vancouver, British Columbia
People
5. "Morning Song"
Somewhere on the Oregon coast, USA
Cameron plays guitar while we eat our breakfast near the beach. Road tripping, we took a chance and decided to sleep on a turn in the road, just facing the ocean. While cooking our quesadillas, this magic yellow Westfalia came to join us. Together, we spent a wonderful night talking about education and life. Life is beautiful when you only have to enjoy every second. We split just after breakfast; they were heading south.
Édith Maisonneuve
Montreal, Quebec
People
6. "Morning Commute"
West Bengal, India
This photo was taken in a village of West Bengal, India, in a pleasant morning of the spring. Women from this fishing community set off with their nets for another day of work.
Kaushik Majumder
Kolkata, India
People
7. "Morning Tea"
Puskar, Rajasthan, India
Camel-sellers relish morning tea in the camel fair ground at the Puskar camel fair. These men have travelled a distance of 400 kilometres or more, on foot, to attend the festival.
Kaushik Majumder
Kolkata, India
People
8. "The Postcard Collector"
Udaipur, India
Mohammed Harif, a retired auto rickshaw driver, shows off his postcard collection sent to him from past visitors to India. These cards and photos come from all over the world, and represent his connections with visitors to Udaipur spanning more than 20 years.
Alyssa McDonald
Regina, Saskatchewan
People
9. "Enlightenment"
Bagan, Myanmar
Rays of light pierce through a nearby window falling on a novice Buddhist Monk and his book.
Steven Mckay
Golden, British Columbia
People
10. Maasai Wisdom
Village of Olofosokwan, northern Tanzania
One of an estimated one million Maasai, who live a semi-nomadic life in the great Rift Valley of Sub-Sahara Africa. Proud and noble, these people carry a deep ancestry rich in stories of their migration from Sudan beginning in the 15th century. This woman, who stopped mid-gate and posed without request for anything in return, struck eye contact that sent a shiver of “generations” before her down my spine. She spontaneously broke into a wide smile and laughed the moment the shutter released. I will never forget her eyes.
Robert Mckinnon
Rigaud, Quebec
People
11. "Pacu Jawi"
Batusangkar, Indonesia
The pacu jawi (cow race) is held on rice fields as a celebration of good harvests. Jockeys also bite the animals’ tail to increase speed.
Paolo Messina
Munich, Germany
People
12. "Friends for Life"
Kitale, Kenya
Best friends and pretty much brothers, these two are inseparable. They spend their days working hard in school, and in the afternoon you will only find them running around playing soccer, or taking a break and sitting together watching the sunset and talking about their hopes and dreams. They live at a children’s home called Baba Nyumbani.
Jessy Pesce
Keswick, Ontario
People
13. "Old Monk"
Pushkar Fair, Rajasthan, India
An old monk at the Pushkar Fair, a five-day camel and livestock fair, held each year in the state of Rajasthan. It is one of the world’s largest camel fairs, and has become an important tourist attraction. Competitions
such as the “longest moustache” and “bridal competition” draw thousands of tourists.
Krishnendu Pramanik
New Delhi, India
People
14. "Waiting for Supper"
Maya Mountains, Belize
Everyone is hungry - including the family cat! Since 1994, I have often visited this Maya family, staying with them in their home in the Maya Mountains tucked away in southwestern Belize. My circumstances are different from theirs, but I have learned that as humans we all want the same things: health, happiness, and
prosperity for ourselves and our families. Here the matriarch of the family prepares tortillas for her grandchildren – and the family cat.
Lola Reid Allin
Belleville, Ontario
People
15. "Mumbai's Dahi Haandi Fest"
Mumbai, India
Govinda players try to catch and then break an earthen pot, in order to break it and win prizes. Dahi Handi is celebrated every year in Mumbai.
Money Sharma
Maharashtra, India
People
16. "Rakher Upobash"
Sylhet City, Bangladesh
Thousands of Hindu devotees seated praying at this ashram and temple during their fast.
Md. Akhlas Uddin
Bangladesh
Places
17."Within the Twilight"
Midnapore, West Bengal, India
The Silabati River, flash flooded due to summer rains. The very shallow river bed that is created draws local young people, who enjoy playing along the river’s shores.
Biswajit Patra
Kolkata, India
Places
18. "Downfall"
Athens, Greece
To me, this photo symbolises and mirrors the collapse of the Greek economy. A staircase ends erratically in mid-air. At the top of the stairs, there is the remnants of an abandoned building. At the bottom, an abrupt ending.
Molly Shears
Toronto, Ontario
Places
19. "Northern Lights"
Lofoten, Norway
This display of Northern Lights in Norway was the strangest I have ever seen!
Christian Bothner
Amberg, Germany
Places
20. "Calm Xuanwu"
Xuanwu Lake, Nanjing, China
The sun rises through the thick fog over Xuanwu Lake, Nanjing. To me, this image typifies the morning experience around the lake: calm, tranquil, serene. Integral to this scene is the eerie, dense, fog (more
likely smog) that is omnipresent in modern Chinese cities. So while this image paints a picture of a more traditional China, it is also, in fact, representative of the conflict of modern progress with the Chinese natural environment.
Chris Hibbs
St. John’s, Newfoundland
Places
21. "Petra by Candlelight"
Petra, Jordan
Candlelight illuminates the cavernous city of Petra on a cloudless night, during a musical performance in front of Petra’s most recognizable monument, The Treasury.
Joseph Howarth
Toronto, Ontario
Places
22. "Facing My Fears!"
Mission Beach, Australia
During my semester break at Southern Cross University in Lismore, I travelled up to Cairns, Australia. Within two days, I went from scuba diving the Great Barrier Reef at 52 feet below sea level to jumping out of a plane that was 14,000 feet up, right over the reef as well! Personally I have a great fear of heights and no one thought I would be able to do it; I was shaking the entire time and was so scared I really don’t even remember jumping out of the plane. I came too halfway through the free-fall (which lasted 1 minute). We landed right on that beach shown in the picture (Mission Beach).
Jordan Koroll
Keswick, Ontario
Places
23. "A Starry Night"
Abraham Lake, Alberta, Canada
An unforgettable night. The sky was clear, and the ice was beautiful; I enjoyed a great camping moment on the ice, watching the stars pass by.
Victor Liu
Calgary, Alberta
Places
24. "Standing in the Waves"
Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada
A lone tree stands in the snow waves with light and shadows. I feel like I am sailing the sea, watching from a distance, and all of sudden, there is an island, standing in the waves, just as beautiful as this lone tree.
Victor Liu
Calgary, Alberta
Places
25. "Osaka, A City of Lights"
Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan
The view from the top of the Umeda Sky Building at night. In every direction you look, as far as the eye can see, light. A representation of how populated and developed Japan is. The country and its population are not slowing down anytime soon, especially at night.
Mary MacLean
Sackville, New Brunswick
Places
26. "Balloons Over Bagan"
Bagan, Burma
Sunrise photo of hot air balloons rising over the ancient ruins of Bagan. Bagan is one of the top tourist destinations in Burma (Myanmar). It is a massive archeological area and capital of the first Myanmar empire. At 5 a.m., I rode my bicycle many kilometres through the dusty plains of Bagan. Stopping to sit on top of an ancient monastery, I watched the famous balloons rise over Bagan during the morning sunrise.
Steven Mckay
Golden, British Columbia
Places
27. "Beyond Bagan"
Bagan, Burma
A novice monk looks out over the 2200 ancient temples and pagodas of Bagan. This photo was taken mid morning after the novice monks finished collecting alms.
Steven Mckay
Golden, British Columbia
Places
28. "Reflection"
Agra, India
Reflection in a mountain pool showing India’s famous Taj Mahal and some visitors.
Sandipan Mukherjee
Kolkata, India
Places
29. "Sign of Life"
Nadia District, West Bengal, India
This shot depicts jute fiber raring from jute stem. The jute, being biodegradable, does not pollute river water. Bunches of jute stems are suspended in river water for fermentation; here they form a pattern of sickle—the tool of cultivation in the fields for the farmers.
Biswajit Patra
Kolkata, India
Places
30. "Agricultural Map of India"
India
This paddy field looked to me like a map.
Shaikh Jan Mohammad
Delhi, India
Places
31. "Fishing at the Chilika"
Chilika Lake, Orissa, India
Fishermen on countryboat in Chilika Lake. This is the largest brackish water lagoon in India, and has been identified as a priority site for conservation. Large-scale fishing has been banned to protect wide assemblage of marine, brackish and freshwater flora and fauna including a number of rare, threatened and endangered species.
Sudipto Das
Kolkata, India
Places
32. "The Rush Hour"
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Cyclists and locals travel during the rush hour in Varanasi.
Money Sharma
Maharashtra, India
Projects
33. "Victims of Merapi Eruption"
Magelang City, Indonesia
This photo was taken after the 2011 eruption of Mount Merapi, in Central Java, Indonesia. Residents are wearing face masks to help protect them from the rain of ash. A flood of cold lava destroyed school
buildings, mosques, health centres and infrastructure; many people fled their homes and lost everything they had. Recovery is not likely to be quick. This site had been a tourist desintation, but all economic activity has ground to a halt.
Sutanto Saputro
Java Centre, Indonesia
Projects
34. "A Daily Dose of Death"
Gutri Village, West Bengal, India
Jiten Sakhari, 74, drinks water from an arsenic affected tube-well in Gutri village, north of Kolkata. Arsenic occurs naturally in groundwater in many parts of the world, but is particularly severe in this region,
where more than 20 million people are exposed to unacceptably high levels in their drinking water. Lack of other water supplies leave the residents with little alternative.
Sucheta Das
Kolkata, India
Projects
35. "Prayers"
Durku, West Bengal, India
Durku is small tribal village, home to a few hundred people. The village is poor, and young children often work in the fields to earn daily bread and butter. Many families here struggle for even basic necessities, such
as food, clothing and a basic education. This shot depicts a little girl offering an evening prayer to the sacred tusli herb, while her companions return from the fields.
Biswajit Patra
Kolkata, India
Projects
36. "Handprint"
Korovou, Fiji
Instead of just repainting the walls of a school in Korovou, Fiji, as part of our volunteer trip, we decided to add some fun to the walls. Each classroom got a different mural. In this one, we painted a giant tree and all the kids and volunteers placed their handprints on the wall for leaves.
Marissa Dederer
Calgary, Alberta
Projects
37. "The Ways of Kalinga"
Kalinga, Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines
A young Kalinga woman tells us about her people’s traditions. The Kalingas were born warriors. Despite the Spanish, Japanese and American occupations of the Philippines, their culture remains strong, with most traditional customs still being adhered to.
Samuel De Leon
Quezon City, Philippines
Projects
38. "Watering Point"
Kereyu watering point in Fentelle Region, Ethiopia
In March 2008, the Fentelle Region, like much of the Eastern part of Ethiopia, was suffering from a severe drought. Water catchments, ponds and even rivers were rapidly drying up. Here in Gulcha, a diesel pump worked to supply well water for thousands of waiting animals. Some Kereyu herdsmen travelled for two days to bring their animals—cows, goats, donkeys, camels—to the water point. Yet, the animals waited patiently for their turn, and for the signal of their small keeper to go up to the trough and slake their thirst. “The animals understand the problem,” we were told.
Les Dunford
Westlock, Alberta
Projects
39. "Pinki Devi"
Kochla village, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
Pinki Devi is a member of a microfinance self-help group established by Seva Mandir, a non-profit organization. Her group is one of the best-run in the district. The bars in seen in the photo are actually to keep out pesky monkeys, but the initial jail-like imagery represents the struggle of rural Indian women. Rural women do half of the farm work and all of the domestic work, but only receive a fraction of the household income.
Michael A. Jarosz
Vancouver, BC
Projects
40. "Authentic Gimmick"
Chiang Mai, Thailand
People of the “Longneck village” wait around for tourists to arrive. There have been ongoing debates about the human rights of residents in five villages set up in Chiang Mai, where tourists pay a fee to visit and to take pictures. As a tourist, I admit, I went to visit these places with little knowledge of the controversy until I arrived and talked to a villager. She explained to us how she was stranded in this village, with nowhere to go and no way of leaving because the Thai police had taken away all forms of identification.
Madeline Li
Toronto, Ontario
Projects
41. "Stilt Fisherman"
Unawatuna, Sri Lanka
A stilt fisherman finishes up his morning fishing near Unawatuna, Sri Lanka. Stilt fishing is a unique, unobtrusive style of fishing; fishermen sit atop small poles that protrude from the reefs and rocks over the water. Today, it is a dying art; it seems there are as many “pretend” fishermen doing demonstrations for tourists as real stilt fisherman. Tourism is a double-edged sword in that it may help preserve the image of stilt fishing and bring in tourism dollars for the fishermen yet it may result in stilt fishing being a completely unauthentic experience (purely for show) in the near future.
Steven Mckay
Golden, British Columbia
Projects
42. "Queens of a Cold Desert"
Nubra Valley, North Ladakh, India
The caravan route through the Nubra Valley was closed during the India-Pakistan partition, hitting the economy hard; limited resources here are still strained. But the economy in western Nubra received a shot in the arm when restrictions were lifted and the entire valley on the Indian side was opened for tourists. Communication with the outside world has started to transform the society. The majority of students of the high school at Turtuk are girls; they are now truly on the threshold of a new life.
Sandipan Mukherjee
Kolkata, India
Projects
43. "How Dragon Will Travel"
Xi'an, China
This elderly manual labourer was captured from a speeding cab just outside Qin Emperor’s tomb mound at Mount Li, east of Xi’an. The blurred image captures the unseen working class, overlooked by the advancing momentum of Chinese economic growth. As China races to the future, a vast majority are left behind.
Jodi Showers
Peterborough, Ontario
