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Jay Dunn ASIA portfolio(60 images)
Jay Dunn ASIA portfolio
"On these pages are ghosts of what I have seen. In an instant these images are ripped out of time and stripped of their context - the heady incense of the forest, a rush of river water, the jostle and energy of a crowd. But in this new and mysterious state, these two-dimensional spirits of people and places become greater than they were, accepting silently as...
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  • Pakistan, Sehwan Sharif, 2004. Lost in their own world, two sisters pray for the unknown at the tomb of Hazrat Lal Qalander. Pilgrims often come to ask for a change of fortune. By photographer Jay Dunn
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  • Japan, Miyajima, 1999. On NewYear, thousands of people come for worship at Itsukushima-jinja, a Shinto shrine on Miyajima Island. By photographer Jay Dunn
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  • China, Wutai Shan, 2008. Undaunted by the freezing temperatures, a woman takes her time reciting prayers in the main courtyard of Wutai Shan's TayuanTemple. By photographer Jay Dunn
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  • India, Maharashtra, Nasik, 2007. A Hindu family sends prayers into the Ramkund, which holds water from the Godavari River. By photographer Jay Dunn
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  • Sri Lanka, Polunnaruwa, 2006. In the graceful stone hand of a Buddha, a frangipani blossom rests. The majority Sinhalese are Theravada Buddhists. By photographer Jay Dunn
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  • Sri Lanka, Kurunegala, 2006. A daughter lets go, her mother dead now at fifty. With two brothers to help, and a father passed away, the children must now fend for themselves. By photographer Jay Dunn
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  • Pakistan, Karachi, 2004. Evening prayer at the Shrine of Abdullah Shah Ghazi, a Sufi saint renowned for the fervor of his disciples. By photographer Jay Dunn
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  • Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City, 2002. Paper shoes and photographs of long lost relatives are sent to heaven during the week-long Tet New Year Festival. By photographer Jay Dunn
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  • Pakistan, Sehwan Sharif, 2004. Adorned with some forty pounds of steel around his arms and legs, a devotee spiritually chains himself to the outer gates of the tomb of Hazrat Lal Qalander. By photographer Jay Dunn
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  • BURMA / MYANMAR. Shan State, Kalaw, Peinnebin Village, 2006. Women in the lead, Wan Tha?s wedding procession arrives in Peinnebin after a full day?s journey, dressed in their finest "longyis," or traditional skirts. By photographer Jay Dunn
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  • Sri Lanka, Kurunegala, 2006. Family members bear their mother's coffin down a spirit path marked with white cloth. Firecerackers were thrown to scare ghosts before the burial. By photographer Jay Dunn
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  • Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City, 2002. The week-long Tet New Year festival is celebrated all over Vietnam. Near Cholon, Buddhists gather to burn heady clouds of incense. By photographer Jay Dunn
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  • China, Beijing, 2007. Wooden prayer beads are a study in simplicity. Among the monks making pilgrimages to Yong He Gong, they are in constant use.. By photographer Jay Dunn
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Yangon Division, Yangon. 2006. Awaiting transport across the Yangon River, this Buddhist monk is a study in composure during the midday heat. By photographer Jay Dunn
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Shan State, Nyaungshwe, Inle Lake. 2006. An afternoon football match between monks, some sharing shoes or not wearing them at all. By photographer Jay Dunn
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Yangon Division, Yangon, 2006. On the streets of Burma's capital city, Shiva's trident helps a young Hindu boy survive. Yangon receives from the government only a fraction of the electricity it needs to function. By photographer Jay Dunn
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  • Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City, 2002. Tet is a time when houses are cleaned, debts are paid, and prayers said - a time to make everything right. By photographer Jay Dunn
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR), Mandalay Division, Bagan, 2006. Four young monks return home, in a rhythm unchanged for centuries. Only a small percentage of the temples on the Bagan plain have active communities. By photographer Jay Dunn
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  • India, Maharashtra, Nasik, 2006. An emblem of wholeness, impermanence, and mystery the world over, this circular mandala made of sand will be here one moment and gone the next. By photographer Jay Dunn
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Shan State, Kalaw. 2006. In public or in private, rituals of bathing and washing are an essential part of daily life in Burma. Rainy season is the only time of year relief from the heat comes during the day. By photographer Jay Dunn
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  • China, Hezhuo, 2007. Riders wait on the crest of a hill to join a massive display of horses and horsemanship at the Hezhuo Cultural Festival.. By photographer Jay Dunn
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Yangon Division, Thanlyin. These rock breakers paused for only a moment during their punishingly difficult work. It is common to find women  and young men like these on road crews. By photographer Jay Dunn
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  • Pakistan, Northwest Frontier Province, 2004. On the hand of a child, wedding henna, and a welcome from Tahkt-e Bhai, a close-knit town outside Peshawar. Behind high walls, the women could be heard celebrating separately. By photographer Jay Dunn
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  • China, Anye Machen, 2007. Prayer flags at a Qinghai "mani ka," or prayer hill. Inscribed with verse, and tied to the highest places men can reach, prayers are released to heaven each time the wind blows.. By photographer Jay Dunn
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  • China, Anye Machen, 2007. These hardy souls tend yak at 15,000 feet near Anye Machen, a mountain sacred to Buddhists. Subsisting almost entirely on their animals, they are self-sufficient in a forbidding place.. By photographer Jay Dunn
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