Irreverent, informed and downright eclectic crime fiction and reportage from Southeast Asia and beyond
Last month, we had a visit from veteran tattooist Bruce Bart and his wife Jennifer. They were on an Asian road trip and were looking for a tattoo master in Thailand. Their search, quite an adventure, eventually led them to Sacred Skin and to the house I share with my wife, photographer Aroon Thaewchatturat. This [...]
These images are from the wall of a Buddhist temple in Mandalay, Burma. Depictions of human wrong-doing (according to Buddhist morality) were interspersed with these rather garish and horrific representation of the consequences of such actions. Catholic hell can learn a bit from these demonic impressions of the consequences of our actions. Some [...]
Punk‘s been pretty dead in Europe for decades and in the US, this particular counterculture never really took off. But in today’s South and Southeast Asia, young kids turn to anti-culture in an effort to distance themselves from ultra conservative pears who leave no room for personal expression. Punks in Burma playing secret concerts in [...]
The 13th century Konark Sun Temple in Orissa is one of the most spectacular buildings in India and features a vast array of erotic sandstone carvings. View more images on my flickr page.