Laos: JB McCollum

Sunset View from Mount Phousi

jb@jbmccollum.com (JB McCollum) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:44:52 GMT

]]>I took this image the first afternoon I was in Laos, I had traveled around 10,000 miles in 48 hours and this was the first sunset landscape I crossed. The air was thick with humidity and temperatures running in the 90's, I had become another sweating western tourist.
Burnt out and jet lagged with sweat dipping into eyes in some distant land, I looked forward to the given landscape and knew why I was there and what the sweat was worth.

"Be Famous"

jb@jbmccollum.com (JB McCollum) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:42:56 GMT

]]>I found this child thought provoking with his dirty yellow shirt that said "Be Famous"
The Central Market in Luang Prabang is where I took this photograph. The child's mother was a vender on the street, what I found sadly ironic in the "Be Famous" is odds are this child will spend his entire life working the same market his mother & mother's mother have worked before him, his children will work the same market. The chance to be famous on the small side street of the bustling morning market seemed far away..

Asian Protected Elephant Camp on the Namkhane river bank

jb@jbmccollum.com (JB McCollum) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:43:53 GMT

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Bun Nam - Boat Race

jb@jbmccollum.com (JB McCollum) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:42:56 GMT

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Central Market

jb@jbmccollum.com (JB McCollum) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:46:18 GMT

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Awk Phansao

jb@jbmccollum.com (JB McCollum) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:43:18 GMT

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Awk Phansao

jb@jbmccollum.com (JB McCollum) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:44:29 GMT

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Awk Phansao

jb@jbmccollum.com (JB McCollum) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:44:32 GMT

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Awk Phansao

jb@jbmccollum.com (JB McCollum) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:44:49 GMT

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Fire Man

jb@jbmccollum.com (JB McCollum) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:44:02 GMT

]]>While taking this image the crowd around this man grew tighter and tighter, next thing I knew directly following this shot myself and camera were covered in kerosene.

Luang Prabang

jb@jbmccollum.com (JB McCollum) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:45:05 GMT

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Hunger, Curiosity, Hope

jb@jbmccollum.com (JB McCollum) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:43:47 GMT

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Luang Prabang Central Market

jb@jbmccollum.com (JB McCollum) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:44:05 GMT

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"Grandfather's Child"

jb@jbmccollum.com (JB McCollum) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:44:22 GMT

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Mango Child

jb@jbmccollum.com (JB McCollum) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:45:07 GMT

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Child

jb@jbmccollum.com (JB McCollum) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:43:38 GMT

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Contemplative Monk

jb@jbmccollum.com (JB McCollum) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:45:30 GMT

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Traditional River Boat

jb@jbmccollum.com (JB McCollum) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:46:34 GMT

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Mekong River Boat

jb@jbmccollum.com (JB McCollum) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:45:25 GMT

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Running Down the Mekong

jb@jbmccollum.com (JB McCollum) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:46:54 GMT

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Monks Taking Alms

jb@jbmccollum.com (JB McCollum) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:45:44 GMT

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Monks

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"Old Man of the Market"

jb@jbmccollum.com (JB McCollum) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:46:05 GMT

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Pak Ou Caves

jb@jbmccollum.com (JB McCollum) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:46:20 GMT

]]>The Pak Ou Caves Lie situated on the banks of the mighty Mekong, inside the caves lay a magnificent array of Buddhist statues left behind from pilgrims to the site.

Pak Ou Caves

jb@jbmccollum.com (JB McCollum) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:46:35 GMT

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Laotian Butterfly

jb@jbmccollum.com (JB McCollum) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:43:27 GMT

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