https://www.benbohane.com/burma daily 0.75 2023-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1687346311335-0W85D4RE8VTN67UCVQE5/BBBurma01.jpg Burma https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1671191041311-979BWA9J0UEXWM7GEH7O/BBBurma01.jpg Burma https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688095492103-6ZQ84OK5P0W2801YYL5I/BBBurma01.jpg Burma - Shwedagon at dusk A monk looks towards the Shwedagon pagoda which is said to contain several hairs of the Buddha. Yangon, Burma 2010 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688095498754-8Y12PWPH3KDJH5CBVV94/BBBurma02.jpg Burma Buddhist reflections at the Shwe Dagon pagoda in Yangon. Burma 2010 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688095501526-3SBBB4X9TE2FTYBBKZEA/BBBurma03.jpg Burma - Monk morning alms Buddhist monks on their morning alms round. Many people and businesses provide food and gifts to monks every day. Yangon, Burma 2010 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688095504026-XXR1KZDQVKNQF7MK4YFP/BBBurma04.jpg Burma Buddhist nuns line up to receive food on their morning alms round in Yangon. Burma / Myanmar 2010 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688095511213-9D8VQMH5IDVKGJD1VV0B/BBBurma05.jpg Burma - Monk protest Burmese exiles hold protest outside the Burma / Myanmar embassy in Bangkok, Thailand. Buddhist monks in Burma have long been the catalyst for political change. 1992 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688095514385-9LH76JPEFU5BZCZMLKH8/BBBurma06.jpg Burma - Burma embassy protest Burmese students, monks and exiles demonstrate outside the Burmese embassy in Bangkok. Thailand 1991 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688095518414-ECHNSBVXEHCSX0BJRVQD/BBBurma07.jpg Burma - Monks in cart Monks from the All Burma Young Monks Union (ABYMU) travel by ox-cart through resistance areas in eastern Burma, 1991 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688095527688-X06ZEJNR4HDCOGTGIS0G/BBBurma08.jpg Burma - monks travel b y boat Burmese Buddhist monks belonging to the All Burma Young Monks Union (ABYMU) travel by boat with members of the democratic and ethnic resistance to Burmese miltary rule. Karen state, Burma / Myanmar 1991 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688095527609-2SPPVSEN5G0MRBOWB4KA/BBBurma09.jpg Burma - Jungle discussion Monks from the ABYMU discuss the security situation with ethnic Karen and ABSDF guerrillas in eastern Burma. 1991 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688095541427-GQQ2JEK82BN4JKULCVWT/BBBurma10.jpg Burma - Monk with mortar shell A young monk holds the tail fin from a mortar which exploded inside his monastery grounds. eastern Burma 1991 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688095541444-ODR01PDY6ZDY9PQJZMN4/BBBurma11.jpg Burma - Monks pray Monks from a Buddhist resistance group, the All Burma Young Monks Union (ABYMU) pray in an 'underground monastry' while touring resistance frontlines. Burma 1991 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688095545990-X5VE2O16ZPMWZDZOSMV8/BBBurma12.jpg Burma - Burma monk portrait chest A Burmese Buddhist monk reveals his chest tattoo at a monastry in eastern Burma. 1991 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688095548487-XHZKJ1HCSV3LTAHPSNOV/BBBurma13jpg.jpg Burma Monks with candles walk and meditate around a tree inside their monastery. Eastern Burma / Myanmar 1991 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688095555167-OSQSBK1LMBXXPA6PQQAO/BBBurma14.jpg Burma - monk & soldier A karen guerrilla sits with a Burmese Buddhist monk in a resistance-held area of eastern Burma. 1991 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688095557964-9RWF76SJFXACEP2M1S7D/BBBurma15.jpg Burma - monks in burnt ruins Monks from the All Burma Young Monks Union (ABYMU) visit frontlines areas of eastern Burma to co-ordinate with the ethnic and democratic resistance to military rule. At right is the ABYMU leader Ashin Khemesara. Eastern Burma 1991 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688095566290-GQ3ADN710U2N6GVA42WZ/BBBurma16.jpg Burma - The Rambo monk The 'Rambo' monk outside his temple along the Thai Burma border. He is ethnically Karen and is known for his militant support towards ethnic and democratic resistance forces. Thailand 2007 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688095566635-20HAQD2V9OAC80OTDV05/BBBurma17.jpg Burma - Ashin Khemesara visits hospital Leader of the All Burma Young Monks Union (ABYMU) Ashin Khemesara visits a clinic in resistance-held areas of eastern Burma. 1991 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1700379665929-H9P3Q0PBK0HDHNY5LKMJ/BBBurma18.jpeg Burma - BBBurma18.jpeg Villagers play with a cane ball as monks watch on. Burma / Myanmar 1991 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1700379665773-0FLVE86N7050E4RIK9DV/BBBurma19.jpeg Burma - BBBurma19.jpeg Soldiers block the road leading to Aung San Suu Kyi's home as her supporters gather on the day of her release. Yangon, Burma / Myanmar 2010 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1700379689792-TR3Q23KYO4INA9WFWF8X/BBBurma20.jpeg Burma - BBBurma20.jpeg Daw Aung San Suu Kyi appears at the gate of her home hours after her release from years under house arrest. Yangon, Burma, 2010 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1700379759055-B445LEATOY1ZCNAUSM7U/BBBurma21.jpeg Burma - BBBurma21.jpeg Aung San Suu Kyi addresses a rally in Yangon days after her release from house arrest. Burma / Myanmar 2010 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1700379806082-HS9640TGQU2FJ6JIAZ8N/BBBurma22.jpeg Burma - BBBurma22.jpeg Aung San Suu Kyi at her lakeside home in Yangon days afetr her release from house arrest. Burma / Myanmar 2010 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1700379806791-2EQDHX13TLC5PRW0S120/BBBurma23.jpeg Burma - BBBurma23.jpeg Burmese Buddhist monk with umbrella and smoking a cheroot stands near a gathering of monks and guerrillas involved in the armed resistance to military rule. Burma / Myanmar 1991 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1700379822487-NB8HHNCC7Q3YH0VTW04Q/BBBurma24.jpg Burma - BBBurma24.jpg Swallows swoop over temples at the Shwedagon pagoda at dusk. Yangon, Burma 2010 https://www.benbohane.com/tibet daily 0.75 2023-06-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1687346156944-BU0NODUS4BIO6HU7XJ4T/BBTibet06.jpg Tibet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688096643593-JTBPURW90U8W0728ZZIJ/BBTibet01.jpg Tibet a lone pilgram walks across a mountain landscape near a shrine, in the Himalayas. Tibet 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688096644555-WGR7IW8QVXJLDO5430CI/BBTibet02.jpg Tibet Chinese riot police patrol the streets of Yushu during the Tibet uprising of 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688096646272-NQYQ5B4U08FI37GYIQFE/BBTibet03.jpeg Tibet Buddhist pilgrams walk past stones with prayers painted on them. Tibet 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688096648503-B613FAL3AOPOP3GXM8BY/BBTibet04.jpg Tibet Tibetan Buddhist monks watch with concern as a Chinese riot police patrol passes by during the Tibetan uprising of 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688096648941-UAPYGEG25M74703B4BBK/BBTibet05.jpg Tibet Mountain vista. Tibet 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688096653676-YHEY2Y3JPA092O4B4MGA/BBTibet06.jpg Tibet Young Buddhist monks hone their debating skills inside a monastry. Tibet 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688096654725-F60OBZRTN9FF5ZEQAQ20/BBTibet07.jpg Tibet Buddhist monks chant and pray early morning at their monastery. Tibet 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688096657417-YNRZCDVQEQTDLQKRCZ14/BBTibet08.jpg Tibet Tibetans practice 'sky burials', where deceased people, after Buddhist rites, are cut up and left for the vultures. Tibet 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688096658744-USMOAB0W7PHK4JIBZ1N9/BBTibet09.jpg Tibet A young monk regarded as a reincarnation of a senior lhama, in his monastery chambers. Tibet 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688096660022-CFZLW2LWRASYZEYA0J5Z/BBTibet10.jpg Tibet Buddhist monks in their monastery glance at a small photo of the Dalai Lhama. Tibet 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688096661114-VUAYL88OVNZ20VXFDPLB/BBTibet11.jpg Tibet portrait of the Karmapa Lhama hangs in a monastery in Tibet, 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688096663381-1IK3X0NM66HHRBA6TPVO/BBTibet12.jpg Tibet Women collect and refine 'Himalayan' salt. Tibet 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688096664339-JGV3ORPRXRCGLM66TB71/BBTibet13.jpg Tibet Tibetans in a tea shop. 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688096666998-UB0JJK4U1DH1PG566XZ3/BBTibet14.jpg Tibet Tibetan women, 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688096667716-SHNRMXLUKIJUEF5G9OH9/BBTibet15.jpg Tibet Monks near the statue of famous Tibetan King Gesaer. Near Yushu, Tibet 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688096670000-OW05W5C8YYYK8VAJHFJD/BBTibet16.jpg Tibet Young monks play soccer outside their monastery. Tibet 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688096671455-XKYY57RULDX9EN4TZH9B/BBTibet17.jpg Tibet Tibetan monastery and shrines, 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688096672805-F2B921GOBRFTFXKY759R/BBTibet18.jpg Tibet Tibetan prayer flags flutter in the mountain winds. 2008 https://www.benbohane.com/micronesia daily 0.75 2023-06-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688098731321-T6B46YSLKA3A33R37V0T/BBMicronesia01.jpg Micronesia i Kiribati girls in traditional costume welcome people to a traditional dance. Kiribati 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1687275881810-502IWXKC0TW1JPHGDBHG/BBMicronesia01.jpg Micronesia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688098731321-T6B46YSLKA3A33R37V0T/BBMicronesia01.jpg Micronesia i Kiribati girls in traditional costume welcome people to a traditional dance. Kiribati 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688098738275-Z0H26I8XG4QK41DPDZUQ/BBMicronesia02.jpg Micronesia Locals chat on the steps leading into Nan Madol, an ancient ruin made of basalt logs. Pohnpei island, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688098739599-CROPCL5VQG7FJ76BMRSE/BBMicronesia03.jpg Micronesia Women perform a stick fighting dance during Yap's annual day. Yap island, FSM 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688098743669-HDVBWLQ9RMEESGQLJT2U/BBMicronesia04.jpg Micronesia Ancient 'stone money' on a pathway in the interior of Yap island. It is considered the largest currency in the world. Yap, FSM 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688098746400-G95ZSLP848JRITVG83XN/BBMicronesia05.jpg Micronesia Leo Pugram, a tatoo artist drawing on ancient local designs, at his studio. Colonia, Yap island, FSM 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688098750074-7IY1DNA10NVSF7XU0U1P/BBMicronesia06.jpg Micronesia Widow of Sgt Jesse Castro, an American soldier from Guam killed in Iraq, sits near a memorial to him at their home in Hagatna. Guam 2007 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688098752783-OSVY8U0SLV7GUNL9BCTE/BBMicronesia07.jpg Micronesia Memorial day gathering at military cemetary. Guam 2007 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688098755787-W6FOY8CMKGEDB3HC8U9T/BBMicronesia08.jpg Micronesia Indigenous Chamorros protest against the US military buildup on Guam. 2007 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688098758023-YHY7SGEXUVFGVZ9G2G3O/BBMicronesia09.jpg Micronesia Andersen air base in Guam sees regular rotations of jet fighters and B52 bombers. 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688098760827-NVZIMQBC4PGZPX70AV8T/BBMicronesia10.jpg Micronesia Flight deck of American air craft carrier USS Carl Vinson, on maneouvers in waters off Guam. 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688098764056-M3ET5T5FKBKYIME4HF44/BBMicronesia11.jpg Micronesia Soldiers from Guam Battalion, 294th infantry pose outside their hq offices at their ISAF base in Camp Pheonix, Kabul. Afghanistan 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688098774703-2P0G18ZI78LXY7Q7209S/BBMicronesia12.jpg Micronesia US soldiers from Guam Battalion on a mission outside the Darul Aman palace, Kabul. This neoclassical building built by King Amanullah Khan in the 1920s is intended to be Afghanistan’s national parliament but it remains in ruins. Kabul, Afghanistan 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688098774625-1OZBJCUJCPH1N31QGQHF/BBMicronesia13.jpg Micronesia - Chinook Load Lanes Afghanistan A Guam Battalion soldier with British forces about to board a Chinook helicopter for a mission in Helmand province. Kandahar, Afghanistan 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688098783861-NFHV7V4K62LYGM9GSMUQ/BBMicronesia14.jpg Micronesia Chamorro friends and family gather for a bbq and music. Guam 2007 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688098784019-0VVOAD82DRW1U88KNZRO/BBMicronesia15.jpg Micronesia Christians touch a statue of Saint Anthony during his feast day at a Church in Guam. Most locals are Catholic. Guam 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688098790131-O79SY48G0ZHR5C2E5BHR/BBMicronesia16.jpg Micronesia SPAM tinned meat has always been popular in Guam and across Micronesia. Guam 2007 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688098797414-BL5KPX8EUZ6XVNREDQ7P/BBMicronesia17.jpg Micronesia Concrete bunker from WW2 on the beach where many tourists enjoy tropical holidays. Guam 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688098798496-9EVJDD97YFLJXV59AS71/BBMicronesia18.jpg Micronesia Hammocks swing between trees with a relaxing vista. Chuuk island, FSM 2016 https://www.benbohane.com/melanesia daily 0.75 2023-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1671528778542-AEBAP5FB2BNU9KVLWVIW/BBMelanesia2.jpg Melanesia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1532335209814-JI645L6XRLIYUI1Y2K7Y/benbohane-342.jpg Melanesia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688090137840-V23LLBL7LWOFFWTAAVTO/BBMelanesia1.jpg Melanesia - Sunset island Beautiful Island at dusk in the Trobriands group, PNG, 2004 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688090142183-RZT8R4JW2CI0LFOOFVN1/BBMelanesia2.jpg Melanesia - Kleva man A Kleva / Sanguma man welcomes me to his land, Nduga territory, highlands of West Papua / Indonesia 1995 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688090144994-3COYT1DMJM79Q00Z9E6F/BBMelanesia3.jpg Melanesia - Dancing OPM women Women welcome OPM guerillas during a war dance and flag raising ceremony, Nduga highlands, West Papua / Indonesia 1995 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688090148638-MEVBG5UP3A8YYJV87L59/BBMelanesia4.jpg Melanesia - Bilum child Woman and child on their way home from the garden. She carries sweet potatos in a bilum bag tied around her head, Nduga highlands of West Papua / Indonesia 1995 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688090151049-0D6MW1EK3IFDMYQ905VD/BBMelanesia5.jpg Melanesia - Church girls Churchgoers attend Sunday service at a Methodist church, Suva, Fiji 2000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688090158155-4IRKMBOQZKVX40SNBFTA/BBMelanesia6.jpg Melanesia - Moment of grace Moment of grace during the Rom kastom dance, Ambrym island, Vanuatu 2005 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688090158269-3UJYBQL3BVNXXBATT5BZ/BBMelanesia7.jpg Melanesia - Highlands OPM OPM guerillas from Central Command in the Nduga highlands during military parade, West Papua / Indonesia, 1995 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688090163255-DJFDBFGNS3U7QKDT6XFM/BBMelanesia8.jpg Melanesia - BRA guards above Panguna BRA guerillas above the captured Panguna copper and gold mine, Bougainville, PNG 1994 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688090166477-MNZ1ZY23DUXR25HVISNG/BBMelanesia9.jpg Melanesia - Papuan boy with canoe headress Papuan boy with pearl-lugger headress, used in kastom dances remembering the pearling days of the early 20th century. PNG 2006 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688090173643-GF8038UEFOXZ0B7MUEB0/BBMelanesia10.jpg Melanesia - Last rites Last rites for a Dani chief, dead for three days. He is cremated after both a Christian and kastom funeral, Balium valley, West Papua / Indonesia 1995 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688090174601-EQ6V7EQWKHFO6FSQDRSE/BBMelanesia11.jpg Melanesia - Hiri Moale girl A girl in kastom dress during the annual Hiri Moale festival, Port Moresby, PNG 2003. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688090178912-D9H1CTZBSOBLA7BNN8WY/BBMelanesia12.jpg Melanesia - John Frum US flag bow Annual John Frum Day celebrations (Feb 14) , Tanna island, Vanuatu 2004 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688090183503-OQTDPB6HO5H0FAWBZ13J/BBMelanesia13.jpg Melanesia Watchful villagers at a reconciliation ceremony at King Tore's 666 kastom area, Bana district, Bougainville, PNG, 2003 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688090185828-FXLDDSHWYJZ9IBNLUHHM/BBMelanesia14.jpg Melanesia - Kanaks dred Bastille day Indigenous Kanaks watch soldiers parade on Bastille Day in the streets of Noumea, New Caledonia 1996 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688090193247-JXD0QO8F0ADA97N9TA4P/BBMelanesia15.jpg Melanesia Children at a school near the Moro Movement area, Weathercoast, Guadalcanal island, Solomon Islands 1999 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688090193516-ZUA16PBRXRBKC2PKRUFL/BBMelanesia16.jpg Melanesia - Vanuatu kastom reconciliation ceremony Pigs, woven mats and kava plants: gifts at a reconciliation ceremony in Port Vila, Vanuatu 2002 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688090197536-KU70QHXWJ1BKOKSZDVXQ/BBMelanesia17.jpg Melanesia - Canoes at dusk Canoes at dusk along the Fly river, the border between West Papua / Indonesia and PNG, 1999 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688090200108-IBUXKR2QGF1UX7KZX9E8/BBMelanesia18.jpg Melanesia Taking the leap of faith: a land-diver jumps from a wooden tower during the annual Nangol (land-diving) ceremony on the island of Pentecost. This is the origin of bungy-jumping. Vanuatu, 2002 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1700378969021-F742CGVEXHUTDW95PLG1/BBmelanesia19.jpeg Melanesia - BBmelanesia19.jpeg Entrance to a Kanak chief's house, north of Noumea, New Caledonia 1996 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1700379015025-FP9S9QQVJZRSYSH16D5L/BBMelanesia20.jpeg Melanesia - BBMelanesia20.jpeg Firewalking ceremony, Coral coast of Viti Levu, Fiji 2000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1700379046843-FQQVEL8XDEW3F3JGAD6C/BBMelanesia21.jpeg Melanesia - BBMelanesia21.jpeg Politicians, including Prime Minister Barak Sope (right) drink kava on the campaign trail, Port Vila, Vanuatu 2004 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1700379137844-FVSD645KXQTVU1V1LQ11/BBMelanesia22.jpeg Melanesia - BBMelanesia22.jpeg A man in traditional costume prepares himself for ritual during a kastom dance on the Sepik river, PNG, 2003 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1700379141444-SPD1O9CTCCD2UBGB167C/BBMelanesia23.jpeg Melanesia - BBMelanesia23.jpeg Kastom ancestral dance, along the Sepik river, PNG, 2005 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1700379223867-EEJA66RK9KGDYNA25XWF/BBMelanesia24.jpeg Melanesia - BBMelanesia24.jpeg Performers in costume during the Rom dance ritual, Ambrym island, Vanuatu 2004 https://www.benbohane.com/artists daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://www.benbohane.com/australia daily 0.75 2023-06-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1687345978629-X7TUCZ3PGEYDO9QVH6HK/BBAustralia15.jpg Australia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688098568981-M2AQ1TK2YY745G5GE124/BBAustralia01.jpg Australia Crescent Head surfing, Australia 2000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688098575583-HFJ384RVLW0WL59QRKUK/BBAustralia02.jpg Australia Harry, a fisherman on the Hawkesbury river, returns home, to an old Cobb and Co hotel. Sydney, Australia 2000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688098577379-QT20WUC4FQI3FSZ7YMMT/BBAustralia03.jpg Australia Drag Queen races on Bondi beach, part of the Sydney festival. Australia 1999 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688098579601-WT7UM77BKKIF66B2O8II/BBAustralia04.jpg Australia Protestor in Martin Place, during the Sydney Olympics, Australia 2000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688098587031-HYCHFEEP91GN1X1BRA37/BBAustralia05.jpg Australia This is your country: an aboriginal Norforce soldier shows his son his kastom land. Tiwi islands, Australia 1998 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688098589413-JGWAYQ6I06A2BAWAS1AR/BBAustralia06.jpg Australia Aborigines perform ceremony to mark "tomb of the unknown Koori" during the Olympics, Sydney, Australia 2000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688098591914-ACVBTR3L590KCKD512EL/BBAustralia07.jpg Australia Indigenous boy outside the Aboriginal 'tent embassy', Parliament House, Canberra, Australia 1998 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688098595500-GXDHY171421R9QBMXXDR/BBAustralia08.jpg Australia Miners are escorted by soldiers during a theatrical demonstration of life on the goldfields, leading to the Eureka Rebellion. Ballarat, Australia 2004 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688098601212-5ELHNTJMEH6FXUGAEECJ/BBAustralia09.jpg Australia Monument to the dead of the Eureka Stockade, Ballarat, Australia 2004 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688098601199-GFYC2F1IO4XI1RFBTCCZ/BBAustralia10.jpg Australia The original Eureka Stockade flag housed inside a museum in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia 2004 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688098610507-9X65Z26AKI1WGK5P2R87/BBAustralia11.jpg Australia Norforce soldier sits in quiet meditation, observing the bush during routine patrols, Groote island, Australia 1998 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688098611100-P5XOADZ1MNTSF6T11OOT/BBAustralia12.jpg Australia Aboriginal protest during the Sydney Olympics, Australia 2000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688098614620-LQW8FO9ZNN3441RLV5IR/BBAustralia13.jpg Australia Indigenous NORFORCE soldier contemplates ancient rock paintings, Northern Territory, Australia 1997 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688098616109-QSDRX3JRO7S2GBSIX8BN/BBAustralia14.jpg Australia Friends gather for wedding celebrations, Broome WA, Australia 1996 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688098623030-UTKKPH68CI8AJOPEVATS/BBAustralia15.jpg Australia Aboriginal stockmen on a cattle farm they own and run near Borroloola. Northern Territory, Australia 1998 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688098627925-6X8K30M4JA17HR94XMX3/BBAustralia16.jpg Australia Aboriginal cowboy takes a break after a rodeo competition at Borroloolla, Northern Territory, Australia 1998 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688098629261-EYWS8EB9RK3VF7OS6ZXZ/BBAustralia17.jpg Australia Aboriginal cowboy walks past a roadtrain near a weekend rodeo in the Kimberleys, Western Australia 1998 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688098632672-KKX1475XEHPB8SKQSO9V/BBAustralia18.jpg Australia Hitching a ride in the back of a ute, Kimberleys, West Australia 1997 https://www.benbohane.com/gallerytest daily 0.75 2016-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d73dbac2ea51af9150258f/1456949844215-73DP6IL6D57CPGUBXI6G/2.jpg Gallery https://www.benbohane.com/afghanistan daily 0.75 2023-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1687347079353-3LH57DD3UAJJH4672ZVZ/BBAfghan05.jpg Afghanistan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688094687413-K21T66Z37FNYYWWICOZW/BBAfghan01.jpg Afghanistan Night fighting around Kabul. After the mujahideen swept in and took power, they soon split into factions and fought for control of the city. Afghanistan 1992  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688094685890-9Z5MKHYHGD5OV6ZDRVTO/BBAfghan02.jpg Afghanistan Mujahideen checkpoint on the outskirts of Kabul after their takeover. Afghanistan 1992 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688094697465-UOFMWQN7O56O4R4VWF9W/BBAfghan03.jpg Afghanistan Mujahideen guerrilla from Hezbi Islami faction with his AK47 rifle on the streets of Kabul soon after their takeover. Afghanistan 1992 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688094701486-RMQBRK2PJPYI1NMD5XTP/BBAfghan04.jpg Afghanistan Mujahideen and their tanks take over Kabul. Afghanistan 1992 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688094707162-9L6E1K95QEEV01T6FBHG/BBAfghan05.jpg Afghanistan Mujahideen guerrillas guard the airfield and Russian MIG fighter jets on the outskirts of Kabul after their takeover. Afghanistan 1992 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688094710762-XS1HX2OJB6ZC79BZ3VEU/BBAfghan06.jpg Afghanistan A man with dove sits at his shop on Chicken St in Kabul. Afghanistan 1992 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688094714206-RVRSIOT23RLB0FIKMDN0/BBAfghan07.jpg Afghanistan Mujahideen disappear into a side ally in Kabul next to an 'acid shop' leftover from the 1970s hippy trail. Afghanistan 1992 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688094717336-AQQ6OZ3ZLWY6VDR2XOCZ/BBAfghan08.jpg Afghanistan Men wash their feet and hands before entering mosque in Kabul. Afghanistan 1992 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688094722054-OJEICKU6NGESEGOW3AVR/BBAfghan09.jpg Afghanistan Men pray in a mosque in Kabul soon after the Mujahideen takeover. Afghanistan 1992 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688094733534-5OLEUKC3I5MAGDN5TQQU/BBAfghan10.jpg Afghanistan Mujahideen Commander Ahmed Shah Masood at a press conference in Kabul announces victory: "welcome to free and Islamic Afghanistan". 1992 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688094741993-SDTV6UZRW1FDW5C4UAJB/BBAfghan11.jpg Afghanistan Market scene on Chicken St in Kabul soon after the mujahideen takeover. Afghanistan 1992 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688094742148-SX79WFKTUT3PPUL14X46/BBAfghan12.jpg Afghanistan Taxi driver in Kabul, soon after the mujahideen takeover. Afghanistan 1992 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688094754608-F5C6LYKT3RSN8YJX4H4R/BBAfghan13.jpg Afghanistan Men smoke hashish on the streets of Kabul during fighting between mujahideen factions. Afghanistan 1992 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688094755656-CAGUK79JCNFX2T75DOB9/BBAfghan14.jpg Afghanistan Women walk outside the blue mosque in Mazar e Sharif in this accidental double exposure. Afghanistan 1992 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688094765245-RD4TKB48BNXUF9BD2BS8/BBAfghan15.jpg Afghanistan Men surrounded by white doves at the blue mosque of Mazar e Sharif. Afghanistan 1992 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688094767235-J7476M6QZNCSOYBLRDMW/BBAfghan16.jpg Afghanistan Women take in the view of the Bamiyan valley from atop the Shari I Gholghola (the “city of screams”), so named for when Genghis Khan destroyed Bamiyan and it was the last refuge. Afghanistan 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688094775808-JLJG0H39WHTC9E03IB4M/BBAfghan17.jpg Afghanistan School girls walk past sandbags and blast walls on their way to school in Kabul during the period of NATO control. Afghanistan 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688094777279-QAN75R1R16JXII808G4C/BBAfghan18.jpg Afghanistan A newly unearthed Buddha figure dug up by archaeologists in Mes Aynak. This was once the site of a thriving Buddhist settlement between the 5th - 10th century CE. It produced fine copper products for the Silk Route. The archeological site is now under threat from a Chinese mine and Taliban forces. Mes Aynak, Afghanistan 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1700390417937-LRZQQQBIBT64DS15U7UI/BBAfghan19.jpeg Afghanistan - BBAfghan19.jpeg View from General Abdul Rashid Dostum's fortress near Mazar e Sharif. Afghanistan 1992 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1700390415343-CW502NIOC744X8PZOSD0/BBAfghan20.jpeg Afghanistan - BBAfghan20.jpeg Soldier belonging to General Abdul Rashid Dostum's Uzbek militia at his fortress outside Mazar e Sharif. Afghanistan 1992 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1700390448422-BXWN04QK0J4JS6IWS54Y/BBAfghan21.jpeg Afghanistan - BBAfghan21.jpeg A US soldier watches the streets from his Bronco vehicle, part of a Guam Battalion mission of "guardian angels" to transport and guard contractors working with Afghan forces. Kabul, Afghanistan 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1700390521565-AHKYDUP702ABIDI75IRR/BBAfghan22.jpeg Afghanistan - BBAfghan22.jpeg View over the Bamiyan valley from the niche behind the "big Buddha's" head. Bamiyan, Afghanistan 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1700390592128-AMTKHA5752PQC281WGZB/BBAfghan23.jpeg Afghanistan - BBAfghan23.jpeg Workers on scaffolding preserve and repair what they can from the destruction of the "big Buddha" by the Taliban in 2001. This is where the colossal statue once stood. Bamiyan, Afghanistan 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1700390597449-DS79XZ0D95RQQHUJ6OME/BBAfghan24.jpeg Afghanistan - BBAfghan24.jpeg Dusk falls over the Bamiyan valley and the "little Buddha". Bamiyan, Afghanistan 2013 https://www.benbohane.com/blog daily 0.75 2018-07-23 https://www.benbohane.com/blog/2018/7/23/vanuatus-pig-bank-sbs-dateline monthly 0.5 2023-06-30 https://www.benbohane.com/blog/2018/7/23/the-black-islands-multimedia monthly 0.5 2018-07-23 https://www.benbohane.com/blog/category/Film monthly 0.5 https://www.benbohane.com/blog/category/Blog monthly 0.5 https://www.benbohane.com/overview daily 0.75 2023-06-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1671191139142-0KBOKA2K6KH3Z46AAEXM/BBoverview01.jpg Overview https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1671191139142-0KBOKA2K6KH3Z46AAEXM/BBoverview01.jpg Overview https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688091870594-7CG7ET6RN2VZKK53MLKI/BBoverview01.jpg Overview - The Lost legion A story in Australian Style magazine (late 1990s) about Australian patrol officers in Papua New Guinea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688091871676-YBFWI0X3APWUJ2HCIEUF/BBoverview02.jpg Overview - Harold Keke and GLF guerrillas pray Harold Keke and GLF guerrillas pray before patrolling the Weathercoast of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. 2003. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688091883729-HT3ODRUVHZPNS70PBPMD/BBoverview03.jpg Overview - Ben Bohane with highlands OPM Photojournalist Ben Bohane among OPM guerrillas from Nduga highlands area, West Papua 1995 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688091891559-JUDC1CMN1KNZDKE8SSD1/BBoverview04.jpg Overview - Francis Ona Time magazine A page from a Time Magazine feature on Bougainville's war. Photo is of BRA leader Francis Ona, holding a samurai sword at his Guava villahe home during Bougainville's war of independence. 1994 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688091892594-993HCVRIDYJSLO831S2G/BBoverview05.jpg Overview - OPM guard An OPM guerrilla with cassowary headress and Dutch rifle stands sentry as locals gather for an independence flag-raising ceremony. Highlands of West Papua/Indonesia. 1995 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688091895002-S0T3ZQ1EKPW0ONHM7Z0O/BBoverview06.jpg Overview - Black Islands book cover Cover for Ben Bohane's book The Black islands - Spirit and War in Melanesia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688091903183-7SQK381Q2DITXSPIFBFI/BBoverview07.jpg Overview - Cultist Land Cultist Land: PNGDF and BRF soldiers respond to grenade explosion while on patrol in Bana district, Bougainville, PNG 1996 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688091915948-MWCMSGXHLI9KGTWFTH2S/BBoverview08.jpg Overview - Aus mag cover on Bougainville The Weekend Australian magazine coveer with photo by Ben Bohane of a PNGDF soldier patrolling Bougainville. Story on the 'Sandline Affair' by Mary Louise O'Callaghan. 1999 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688091913754-LN43Q54V2EPC8BLBBN3M/BBoverview09.jpg Overview - Ben accred Some of Ben Bohane's press accrediations hang in his office, Port Vila Vanuatu. 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688091918323-D5EG629N5FLJY0P489MA/BBoverview10.jpg Overview - OPM war dance pano Nduga warriors and OPM guerrillas in a war dance, running around their leaders in the centre including Titus Murip and Daniel Kogeya. Ngselema village, highlands of West Papua. 1995 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688091923983-R4SASI72MHV155PFET3L/BBoverview11.jpg Overview - War book cover by T&G Cover of the book 'War' by the degreeouth collective of Australian war photographers. A collection of the 8 members' best war photos are in the book, published by T&G press. 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688091928077-ALOVRV1FXGDJK8QOC9HT/BBoverview12.jpg Overview - AKs & Apsaras Cambodian government soldier guarding the temples of Angkor Wat. He provided escort at a time when the Khmer Rouge was still active in the area and much of the wider complex area still had land mines.1996 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688091942106-8C2HKRDJ1G7PHO6HQEXK/BBoverview13.jpg Overview - Monks at War magazine page A page from a magazine with a story by Ben Bohane about the role of the Buddhist clergy in Burma https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688091942203-1T8ZCZSWLH5T8QTNWKT9/BBoverview14.jpg Overview - Burma monk portrait chest A Burmese Buddhist monk reveals his chest tattoo at a monastry in eastern Burma. 1991 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688091951517-PWFM4CZF03G9G74UOZHD/BBoverview15.jpg Overview - Vanity Fair Tibet inside cover A photo by Ben Bohane shot on assinment foir Vanity Fair Italy magazine in Tibet and western China. Shows young monks debating. 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688091953437-BZY90GUUF9GB498NLJ11/BBoverview16.jpg Overview - Stop! UK troops in Belfast British soldiers on the streets of Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1993. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688091962576-L7QW9TIU2ZXZ2L0JAXAF/BBoverview17.jpg Overview Women walk outside the blue mosque in Mazar e Sharif in this accidental double exposure. Afghanistan 1992 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688091969895-SPB7YWIH6PCXHIEEKAD6/BBoverview18.jpg Overview - Chinook Load Lanes Afghanistan A Guam Battalion soldier with British forces about to board a Chinook helicopter for a mission in Helmand province. Kandahar, Afghanistan 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688091973662-BLMY8XGX6WPANWFN45OQ/BBoverview19.jpg Overview - Last frontier magazine story Part of an opening spread in GQ magazine about West Papua's struggle for independence, based on story and pictures by Ben Bohane. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688091981960-BS4JRWNPAHX6YXLIB7OR/BBoverview20.jpg Overview https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688091996597-SQ5CVFUVOO4ZMUROROF0/BBoverview21.jpg Overview - Jungle hibiscus A red hibiscus dangles in front of jungle. Carteret atolls, off Buka, Bougainville, PNG. 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688091995760-NLWL6OO8UEGN3B43X57T/BBoverview22.jpg Overview - Hiri Moale girl A girl in kastom dress during the annual Hiri Moale festival, Port Moresby, PNG 2003. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688092009015-SMPD3NOZ2UYKPPND7UO8/BBoverview23.jpg Overview - Rascals Bulletin cover Cover of the Bulletin magazine with story by Ben Bohane about raskol gangs active in Papua New Guinea. 1995 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688092010445-XM8NOY9LXYNKS9EFJ4PJ/BBoverview24.jpg Overview - Island Style film jacket Cover jacket for film by Ben Bohane who spent a month in Afghanistan embedded with Pacific island soldiers - mainly Guam battalion - to record their experiences of the war. 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688092014457-Z5AV6ELLWGUY8JH7PTZN/BBoverview25.jpg Overview - Ben Bohane in an MWRAP, Afghanistan 2013 Ben Bohane in an MWRAP, travelling from Kandahar to Spin Boldak on the Pakistan border. Afghanistan 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688092017674-EQ7J4YKCXRU14MIV843A/BBoverview26.jpg Overview - Black Islands poster Black Islands book promotional poster https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688092027055-5WMZXZR7TK01T43O54BE/BBoverview27.jpg Overview - Blue house Vietnam A blue house with bonsais on Ly Son island, Vietnam 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688092030636-BNTH0IQ2OJBCOMSQJE72/BBoverview28.jpg Overview - Spinich7 magazine cover Cover of Spinach7 magazine with photos and story by Ben Bohane from the Solomon Islands civil war. 2004 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688092034834-37EQPUHPBRVV8VDZ0AAW/BBoverview29.jpg Overview - ACP flyer An Australian Centre for Photography (ACP) flyer promoting Ben Bohane's exhibition there in 2006 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688092041736-R7E9YZFMHGQZVVOJ86OZ/BBoverview30.jpg Overview - Leaving home: Carterets Uncertain future: man takes his daugters hand as they cross low lying atolls vulnerable to rising seas and climate change. Some havbe called the Carteret islanders the first climate refugees. Off Buka, PNG 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688092041708-4NE78V2ZTHHFTRANHW9P/BBoverview31.jpg Overview - Degreesouth members gather Members of the degreesouth photo collective gather at the Brisbane Powerhouse for their exhibition 'War'. From left, Ben Bohane, Tim page, Michael Coyne, David Dare Parker, Joyce Evans and Stephen Dupont. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688092050765-SY45OXYP16SZIB30LU9Z/BBoverview32.jpg Overview - Pacifc Lockdown film cover DVD jacket for Pacific lockdown, a documentary film about 4 video diarists during the Covid pandemic. Directed by Ben Bohane for the Australia Pacific Security College. 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688092050311-0A5OHG26Z6SCS8CP7VA9/BBoverview33.jpg Overview - Whirling dervishes pano Turkish 'whirling dervishes' perform in Utrecht, Holland. They are Sufi sect of Islam who spin into trance dances as a route to God. 1998 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688092055440-Q6KT2SVHGGTZRP4LWJG2/BBoverview34.jpg Overview Red Cross magazine using Ben Bohane photos from the Carteret atolls for their report, 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688092058619-1ZE8P0RX3VABXJ6ZMFRF/BBoverview35.jpg Overview Ben Bohane cover story on the rise of Islam in Melanesia for Pacific magazine, 2007 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688092063713-RBLXHDDC9SN0BUBRMYPW/BBoverview36.jpg Overview Ben Bohane cover story for the Diplomat magazine on the US military buildup on Guam, 2007 https://www.benbohane.com/war daily 0.75 2023-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1687347887222-4C05CB47MZ0BI5HKXFVD/BBWar30.jpg War https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698066935505-JN123GB4UTRY51KJ2NGF/BBWar01.jpg War - BBWar01.jpg Khmer girl stands near bomb shelter inside the Site 2 refugee camp along the Thai-Cambodian border. Thailand 1989 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698066938949-423VG38V6D6UOYYYFQZR/BBwar02.jpg War - BBwar02.jpg Going up the Salween river with Karen guerrillas. Burma / Myanmar 1990 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698066947620-KDMO7TKP5P884A0530ZG/BBwar03.jpg War - BBwar03.jpg Karen guerrillas face off Burmese troops after capturing Sleeping Dog mountain. Burma 1991 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698066947620-TXUU4UKNCP97MG1WJAIW/BBwar04.jpg War - BBwar04.jpg Medics remove shrapnel from a Karen guerrilla in a field hospital after he stepped on a land mine. Burma 1991 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698066954632-5Q3044PUBULON6HE1AE0/BBwar05.jpg War - BBwar05.jpg A dead porter, hands tied behind his back, floating in the Salween river. The Burmese army regularly pressgangs civilians into jobs portering supplies for its troops. Myanmar 1991 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698066965842-W3SM8W2Y9M75UFA93BLC/BBwar06.jpg War - BBwar06.jpg Rohingya refugees arrive at Cox's Bazaar after fleeing persecution in Burma. Bangladesh 1992 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698066968972-TE4U1HYRS8OR3Y6T8WAL/BBwar07.jpg War - BBwar07.jpg Rohingya refugees: young girl sits with an exhausted old man after arriving by boat in Cox's Bazaar. Half a million Rohingya fled Burma/Myanmar. Bangladesh 1992 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698066987050-6NY6SI5HUE4SJY41FMGA/BBwar08.jpg War - BBwar08.jpg Rohingya refugees receive aid at Cox's Bazaar after fleeing persecution in Burma. Bangladesh 1992 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698066988359-78IVD6ZEFCYQK5P8DCRX/BBwar09.jpg War - BBwar09.jpg A Shan State Army guard watches pack mules transporting heroin out of General Khun Sa's Tiger Camp in the Golden Triangle, destined for Thailand and drug markets overseas. At this time Khun Sa was the world's biggest opium and heroin war lord. Shan State, Burma / Myanmar 1991 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698066994525-X8UB4RQHSL7EARTGF56D/BBwar10.jpg War - BBwar10.jpg General Khun Sa, the world's biggest opium and heroin warlord in the world during the 1980s and 90s, speaks to his young troops duing a parade at his 'Tiger Camp' in the Golden Triangle. Shan State, Burma 1991 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698066994657-3J7IQEYSVSTB5O02JQ1U/BBwar11.jpg War - BBwar11.jpg Fighting at night around Kabul after the Mujahideen takeover. Tracer bullets light up the sky. Kabul, Afghanistan 1992 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067005129-JCIJUWL7HCC1BOF5PFKH/BBwar12.jpg War - BBwar12.jpg Mujahideen soldier with tanks after their victory. Kabul, Afghanistan 1992 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067005129-ZWPSIDQYKYBADLHDUN77/BBwar13.jpg War - BBwar13.jpg pro-IRA graffiti in an Irish nationalist area of Belfast. Northern Ireland 1993 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067009357-8SOUHRGGZLYOA3ZUJ3US/BBwar14.jpg War - BBwar14.jpg The Hope St pub, damaged by fire bombing during sectarian fighting. Belfast, Northern Ireland 1993 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067011685-ZV00SXSWAWFJRXOWH4L8/BBwar15.jpg War - BBwar15.jpg British soldiers on the streets of Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1993. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067013130-0HP3SDHNNR9RRE5TCGIV/BBwar16.jpg War - BBwar16.jpg Irish kids from a Catholic, nationalist area of Belfast greet the camera. Northern Ireland 1993 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067017041-MCYUZGDT959NR89BINRA/BBwar17.jpg War - BBwar17.jpg Train commuters rush out of a London Underground station following an IRA bomb threat. London, UK 1992 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067019493-XRUKRCXLWYLHVUJHUH71/BBwar18.jpg War - BBwar18.jpg A shop in Belfast displays a Celtic Cross, Diary of hunger striker Bobby Sands and a photo of President Bill Clinton meeting Gerry Adams in Belfast. Northern Ireland 1993 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067027242-E1WA3JJ65NNBQKY49IP1/BBwar19.jpg War - BBwar19.jpg BRA guerillas with assortment of homemade and captured weapons, stand around an old Japanese anti-arcraft gun from WW2, that they have got operating again. Koromira area, Bougainville, PNG 1994 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067027244-SMUP52LB9LONCQLAVU0V/BBwar20.jpg War - BBwar20.jpg 'Cultist Land' graffiti on a soldier's helmet as PNGDF respond to a grenade explosion. Bana district, Bougainville, PNG 1997 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067038519-4E8JWN999DI4VRN6EVPN/BBWar21.jpg War - BBWar21.jpg Carrying a wounded BRA guerilla, hit by mortar shrapnel, near Durainer, Bougainville, PNG 1994 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067041481-1C9C5UN8RP67WV5LG2MA/BBwar22.jpg War - BBwar22.jpg Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) on patrol in southwest Bougainville, PNG 1996 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067052763-GUS1ICX9DB3H5K69NG0J/BBwar23.jpg War - BBwar23.jpg Villagers gather around coffin containing a 14 year old boy shot dead by BRA guerillas, Nagovis area, Bougainville, PNG, 1997. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067053314-OXMGHT6GSRIW7WNB2YFH/BBwar24.jpg War - BBwar24.jpg PNGDF soldiers on patrol, hunting BRA guerrillas. Southwest Bougainville, PNG 1997 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067057995-S3J5VYF9B8V2L1W0NSHA/BBwar25.jpg War - BBwar25.jpg Member of the Kips Kaboni raskol gang, the biggest in Port Moresby, PNG 2006 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067059546-VDCLAXQXV2LVNAF4QBO2/BBwar26.jpg War - BBwar26.jpg Osama Bin Laden versus Eminem on the streets of Port Moresby, PNG 2007 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067064845-KOJ0KX4FDW25LC9WOC8J/BBwar27.jpg War - BBwar27.jpg Armed tribesmen during a tribal war in the Chimbu highlands. PNG 1995 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067067314-LKW38SUPTT2EJMS8C7KI/BBwar28.jpg War - BBwar28.jpg An OPM guerrilla with cassowary headress and Dutch rifle stands sentry as locals gather for an independence flag-raising ceremony. Highlands of West Papua / Indonesia, 1995 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067070207-A4VD9WT5Z0RFI8T5Y002/BBwar29.jpg War - BBwar29.jpg Nduga warriors and OPM guerrillas in a war dance, running around their leaders in the centre including Titus Murip and Daniel Kogeya. Ngselema village, highlands of West Papua. Indonesia 1995 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067073077-JAI8Q2XY91UPTGXFJZEO/BBwar30jpg.jpg War - BBwar30jpg.jpg Heading down river to the OPM's Southern Command area with Commander Bernard Mawen (left) and his daughter (centre), Fly river, border between PNG and West Papua /Indonesia 1996 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067076863-A2FXWYC1491MU2RGJVTX/BBwar31.jpg War - BBwar31.jpg French paramilitaries during Kanak demonstrations. Man at back prepares to fire tear gas, Noumea, New Caledonia 1996 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067081122-86BPOLUI51PSTDH428XS/BBwar32.jpg War - BBwar32.jpg Indigenous Kanak protestors at barricades, during confrontation with French police. Noumea, New Caledoinia 1995 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067083995-JLFYK8WRBSNQLD4304UC/BBwar33.jpg War - BBwar33.jpg Girl waves as French soldiers parade through the streets of Noumea on Bastille Day, New Caledonia 1996 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067087501-C9QAFFC7FJTHWS45GCLB/BBwar34.jpg War - BBwar34.jpg Under fire during the final battle for Mannerplaw, HQ for the ethnic and democratic resistance. Karen state, Burma / Myanmar 1995 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067089799-XH1ZDBZCMNYXET2QTUJ6/BBwar35.jpg War - BBwar35.jpg Cambodian government soldier guarding the temples of Angkor Wat. He provided escort at a time when the Khmer Rouge was still active in the area and much of the wider complex area still had land mines. Cambodia 1996 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067092496-Z7KMSJ90YJ2VYFIGRY9X/BBwar36.jpg War - BBwar36.jpg Australian soldier works with Khmer colleagues to de-mine rice fields. Siem Reap, Cambodia 1996 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067094973-BYFJM2649KBP74H4J5FO/BBwar37.jpg War - BBwar37.jpg Australian forces deploy from APCs along the border near Malianna, hunting pro-Jakarta militias still active. Timor Leste 1999 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067098866-Z62B6T0BCFSD7W1QDWSO/BBwar38.jpg War - BBwar38.jpg Embracio: villagers and Falantil guerrillas weep and embrace upon finding the death and destruction around the Suai Cathedral, during the first weeks of liberation, Timor Leste 1999 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067101604-M1PCI7MJKYWONCMUPUVS/BBwar39.jpg War - BBwar39.jpg Local boys stare at recovered remains of a victim from the post-ballot period, near Ermera, Timor Leste 1999 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067106885-VLPLKRS7MCJJK77UG31U/BBwar40.jpg War - BBwar40.jpg Villagers in their home outside Pristina respond to questions from a survey team of World Food Program (WFP) officials checking on their food security and welfare. Kosovo 1999 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067110273-WKDRDP69E17X4ET0ALL8/BBwar41.jpg War - BBwar41.jpg US troops part of KFOR drive past a mosque in their humvee as they patrol areas around Pristina. Kosovo 1999 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067117506-4ASCPL979CXA2E0B8A8A/BBwar42.jpg War - BBwar42.jpg In a little grotto, the ashes of Australian aid worker Richard Walker Powell lie in a box under icicles. He was killed along with 24 UN staff when their plane was shot down by Serbs near Pristina airport. Kosovo 1999 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067117516-37RKD287DYYW6AMGHK7D/BBwar43.jpg War - BBwar43.jpg A painting depicts the events of 9/11 to a crowd in a park, on September 13, two days after the New York attacks. Nairobi, Kenya 2001 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067121715-EFR5D0OQ3I7LHQ6Y0OVT/BBwar44.jpg War - BBwar44.jpg Villagers wait for a World Food Program plane to air drop food and aid to a remote area near Alek in Southern Sudan, 2001 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067125383-7B6CYQ3IRSXMBI1M5XZW/BBwar45.jpg War - BBwar45.jpg Village scene near Alek, with an SPLA guerrilla walking through. Southern Sudan 2001 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067127276-IE15TO4CLCUZ9KCVEF18/BBwar46.jpg War - BBwar46.jpg MEF (Malaitan Eagle Force) guerrillas in a trench during fighting on the outskirts of Honiara, Solomon Islands 2000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067130723-5RTAM37H3J721J2J6ZIV/BBwar47.jpg War - BBwar47.jpg IFM (Isatabu Freedom Movement) guerrillas on patrol near Honiara. At front is a "holy warrior" carrying magic amulets and a "tilla" stick to deflect bullets. Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands 2000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067136093-JFNWEDP0S733K9OTOFFO/BBwar48.jpg War - BBwar48.jpg Harold Keke and GLF guerrillas pray before patrolling the Weathercoast of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. 2003. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067139523-M2XFXZ0ZW9A8E4VLEP73/BBwar49.jpg War - BBwar49.jpg MEF guerillas watch opposing IFM guerillas from their trench near the airport, Honiara, Solomon Islands 2000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067142835-VZ94BYSUD49ZSSUWFJ6R/BBwar50.jpg War - BBwar50.jpg Tibetan Buddhist monks watch nervously as a Chinese patrol marches through the streets of Yushu during the Tibetan uprising. China 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067149442-E38UHY4NRN8KWA5D0WN7/BBwar51.jpg War - BBwar51.jpg Funeral for a man killed by Maoist guerrillas. Kathmandu, Nepal 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067153722-9960NUV1UXMU83BJZ9GH/BBwar52.jpg War - BBwar52.jpg Nepali riot police come under fire as bricks are thrown at them by communist demonstrators. Kathmandu, Nepal 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067162385-DMPN05OSO462XTX3CXOB/BBwar53.jpg War - BBwar53.jpg Riot police charge at demonstrators after coming under fire from bricks and rocks thrown at them during communist demonstrations. Kathmandu, Nepal 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067163777-MNHN85DHLMNEZBG6AJWL/BBwar54.jpg War - BBwar54.jpg US army soldier from Guam Battalion during a transport mission around Kabul. He is the gunner on top of an MRAP vehicle. Kabul, Afghanistan 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067166326-DOK4Q3T902UWM2AS4YWG/BBwar55.jpg War - BBwar55.jpg Preparing for a nightime mission around Kabul in MRAP vehicles. Kabul, Afghanistan 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067174744-7CKMG1BJ3HLAFZFBBR5U/BBwar56.jpg War - BBwar56.jpg Halloween party at Camp Pheonix. Kabul, Afghanistan 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067174743-JM6VGD3Z9C8O5YZHZQBA/BBwar57.jpg War - BBwar57.jpg Australian soldiers of Pacific island heritage walk along the perimetre near the Tarin Kowt base, Uruzgan province. From left is Pvt. Andrew Roberts (Aboriginal); Sgt. William Ross (Papuan) and Pvt. Logan Kake (Maori). Afghanistan 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067179420-J5VNN3NLG4A4GXJBXR6S/BBwar58.jpg War - BBwar58.jpg Police seal off an area where they have shot dead a suspected drug dealer during the Filipino war on drugs under President Duterte. Manila, Philippines 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067184319-QFYD3Y2OI7HP71YOWSQY/BBwar59.jpg War - BBwar59.jpg Filipino patriots from Kalayann Atin Ito group bring supplies to marines living on a rusty landing craft sunk over the reef. Ayungin Shoal / Second Thomas shoal, South China Sea 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698067184319-VWMYBIQXJLJ3IESO7YL3/BBwar60.jpg War - BBwar60.jpg Chinese coast guard cutter tries to block resupply of Filipino marines living on Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea. West Philippine Sea 2016 https://www.benbohane.com/climate-change daily 0.75 2023-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1687347278917-BELEL8CDBZMJLJXK4LWA/BBclimate13.jpg Climate Change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688099242678-1D64PJ0GJNH0Y3226CJP/BBclimate01.jpg Climate Change Aftermath of cyclone Pam, a Cat 5 cyclone which devastated much of Vanuatu and neighbouring countries. Port Vila, Vanuatu 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688099247173-KSA9WZ9HY1ME22QRM584/BBclimate02.jpg Climate Change Cleaning up in the aftermath of cyclone Pam in communities of north Efate island. Vanuatu 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688099251336-KDY4G094YE0CRJA6UA02/BBclimate03.jpg Climate Change Girl amidst the destruction of her home and village in the aftermath of cyclone Pam. North Efate, Vanuatu 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688099256819-6TCM7GY4AMBUEQS9WTQH/BBclimate04.jpg Climate Change Fresh water and aid supplies are delivered to communtiies outside Port Vila in the aftermath of cyclone Pam. Vanuatu 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688099260491-HC7AAFR7Z2U537GDC7R0/BBclimate05.jpg Climate Change Cyclone relief: an Australian RAAF C-130 arrives at damaged Port Vila airfield to unload aid following the devastation of cyclone Pam. Port Vila, Vanuatu 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688099262531-FOZF954NAE5FE6QXRVCQ/BBclimate06.jpg Climate Change Couple from Tegua island stand at the sea shore after moving their house inland. Tegua was the first community in the world to receive UN funding to relocate their villages away from the coast. Vanuatu 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688099265952-IQRSV6UPM9YSPIN2036S/BBclimate07.jpg Climate Change Chief Thomas Kanai of Yesila island sits on a coconut stump that once was on the foreshore 20 years earlier, showing how much his island is disappearing. One of the Carteret atolls, off Bougainville, PNG 2009. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688099276316-UEYJH4ZHLULG35UASYKT/BBclimate08.jpg Climate Change A islander walks across flooded garden on Han island, where king tides and salinity have destroyed their ability to grow root crops on all the Carteret atolls, off Bougainville, PNG, 2009. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688099278313-3S09C6E1QXGGY0TJ75Z8/BBclimate09.jpg Climate Change A lady outside her home on Han island, Carteret atolls, off Bougainville, PNG 2009. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688099289537-3UKFZUQVQCP1EA00TEXB/BBclimate10.jpg Climate Change Graveyard area near a village. Islanders say this will be their biggest loss: loss of burial grounds and tambu places when their islands - and ancestral spirits - disappear under water and everyone moves away. One of the Carteret atolls, off Bougainville, PNG 2009. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688099292509-RBJHHMADTXXOI1EJF4JS/BBclimate11.jpg Climate Change Island woman stands outside her home and laundry line, in the Carteret atolls, off Bougainville, PNG, 2009. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688099298890-ZFENOOA2R07VNV9EOCX5/BBclimate12.jpg Climate Change Leaving home: Jackson Hubert with his children Clovis and Jacobert will soon leave their home on Huene island. Many people from the Carteret atolls are moving to the mainland of Bougainville since their low lying atoll homes are being invaded by the sea. The problem is growing king tides have swamped their gardens with salinity so they can no longer grow any root crops, and must survive on fruit, fish and food aid sent by the government. These 2000 islanders are considered the world's first climate change refugees. Here Jackson walks over an abandoned islet near Huene, one of the Carteret atolls, off Bougainville, PNG 2009. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688099301135-J3LG096RR9WOH3Z6NG8R/BBclimate13.jpg Climate Change Leaving home: Jackson Hubert with his children Clovis and Jacobert will soon leave their home on Huene island. Many people from the Carteret atolls are moving to the mainland of Bougainville since their low lying atoll homes are being invaded by the sea. The problem is growing king tides have swamped their gardens with salinity so they can no longer grow any root crops, and must survive on fruit, fish and food aid sent by the government. These 2000 islanders are considered the world's first climate change refugees. Here Jackson walks over an abandoned islet near Huene, one of the Carteret atolls, off Bougainville, PNG 2009. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688099305674-X2QEX0E0NP1WEDQ85RMY/BBclimate14.jpg Climate Change Climate change and rising seas are killing coastal trees. Palau 2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688099310996-2XB0ERYSO62M32QB8WA0/BBclimate15.jpg Climate Change Local media report on climate change effects. Palau 2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688099318924-SV8INLG92GVPJ70BJKH3/BBclimate17.jpg Climate Change Children watch aid deliveries from a destroyed hut in the aftermath of cyclones Judy and Kevin. 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Honolulu, Hawaii 2011 https://www.benbohane.com/spirit daily 0.75 2023-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688040232857-J7JFXZURIH1EAXY18BWB/BBSpirit24.jpg Spirit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688101265445-PLIMUPJNKTZCA9MHQQJK/BBSpirit01.jpg Spirit Aboriginal people sit and story in the bush as they have done for millenia. Kimberley region, Western Australia 2000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688101276834-RWLJI1QQ9GFNZL9QW7B1/BBSpirit02.jpg Spirit Ancient temple of the Acropolis. Athens, Greece 1993 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688101277034-YPVWE0OJEV9XM0TGTACM/BBSpirit03.jpg Spirit Flowers adorn an ancient goddess figure, the divine feminine, in Varanasi. India 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688101283937-G7LHGCQU8X5FNVWM9JRZ/BBSpirit04.jpg Spirit Down the Ganges river at Varanasi. India 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688101287172-IM5CDYTXEA11ARSY5RNR/BBSpirit05.jpg Spirit Women bathe and pray in the Ganges river at Varanasi. India 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688101290551-7DE1BJX65EMUTM2B3LQZ/BBSpirit06.jpg Spirit Sadhus overlooking the burning ghats in Kathmandu. Nepal 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688101293379-X37GDX4ELQRYSJSBN8NA/BBSpirit07.jpg Spirit Burning ghats (for cremation) in Kathmandu. Nepal 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688101296395-0QXDO73C3RUVSR1Y1MF6/BBSpirit08.jpg Spirit Balinese dancers and musicians perform the Ramayana. Ubud, Bali 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688101304663-BWTZ8FCZGPI5WA32Y8N1/BBSpirit09.jpg Spirit A Brahmin priest leads a Hindu ceremony in their village. Bali, Indonesia 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688101305280-U97XO45F8DCJCHHYELXC/BBSpirit10.jpg Spirit A Buddhist monk with his lacquer bowl walks the streets on his morning alms round. Burma / Myanmar 1995 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688101311681-7G1A2X62RIKU6CH6ZWZ2/BBSpirit11.jpg Spirit Devotees pray before large Buddhas at the Shwe Dagon pagoda complex. Yangon, Burma/Myanmar 2010 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688101317158-RJL49RVDN6BDFVAD8BWS/BBSpirit12.jpg Spirit Angkor Wat complex. Cambodia 1995 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688101317158-W89IPUERHY7QWPFU7SZK/BBSpirit13.jpg Spirit Pilgrams with prayer wheels at a Buddhist shrine in Tibet. China 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688101327397-0QI1A2HBFDB56GOHEGD0/BBSpirit14.jpg Spirit A Buddhist pilgram prays over incence at the birthplace of Gautama the Buddha. Lumbini, Nepal 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688101329823-JFERA681AMQRUGOEF3MW/BBSpirit15.jpg Spirit Borobudur temple. Java, Indonesia 2000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688101338312-9ED6ETC62IGQ9JXS25MT/BBSpirit16.jpg Spirit A statue of St Michael inside the chapel at Mont St Michel. France 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688101338693-78AFFW31FMOWW41BNAY7/BBSpirit17.jpg Spirit Church service on the beach, on Han, one of the Carteret atolls, off Bougainville, PNG 2009. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1700378527103-LP9GBCWXE0AEJK43KE21/BBSpirit18.jpg Spirit Mont St. Michel, France 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688101346263-GSL7E4AA1GG2LG1CB2CZ/BBSpirit19.jpg Spirit Jesus hanging in backstreets of Belfast. Northern Ireland 1993 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688101348661-SETX6ZDE3WRRD1QAI3VY/BBSpirit20.jpg Spirit Church signboard at night, Suva, Fiji 1999 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688101352902-E4QKD98D1I0MVP1LH9HO/BBSpirit21.jpg Spirit A Melanesian Brother (Anglican order) and Catholic nuns pray for peace with MEF militants at their trench near the airport. Honiara, Solomon Islands 2000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1698068067962-N4NKFHJ1V84G1IS5Y6U3/BBSpirit23.jpg Spirit - BBSpirit23.jpg Islamic students at a Sufi-influenced college read the Koran in a garden. Java, Indonesia 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688101359511-37901IDR4PUJCQ066G1H/BBSpirit22.jpg Spirit Afghans pray at a mosque in Kabul. Afghanistan 1992 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688101362119-MD05P8NMTQY2EE5ZG4OU/BBSpirit24.jpg Spirit - Whirling dervishes pano Turkish 'whirling dervishes' perform in Utrecht, Holland. They are Sufi sect of Islam who spin into trance dances as a route to God. 1998 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688101363959-0T0RUHGDE6GZG465ZXM1/BBSpirit25.jpg Spirit Muslim girls learning the Koran. Yogyakarta, Indonesia 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688101375963-XFHUN6KLHB4SCOOODGAK/BBSpirit26.jpg Spirit Women garden in the forecourt at Samarkand. Uzbekistan 1992 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5580ddee1759fc62fc185c/1688101378216-QM6SE9VTWWA2P1JPN9RX/BBSpirit27.jpg Spirit A convert to Islam prays outside, in his highland village. 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