I’m not a photographer, and I’ve never owned a quality camera. But I’ve been to some pretty interesting places over the last fifteen years or so and taken some photos I like. You can find some of them here.
Holy tokes
Novice takes a break at the entrance to a small village temple. Shan State hills, Myanmar, 05/2011.
Simien Ranger
Elder ranger sits guard over the national park. Simien Mountains National Park, Amhara, Ethiopia, 01/2017.
Shipyard fun
Shipyard workers pose hanging on the anchor chains of a ship being painted. Buriganga River, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 06/2010
Pedals deep
Cyclo driver advances through the massively flooded streets of Phnom Penh during a monsoon downpour. Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 06/2009
Paddling home
Woman in canoe heading back to shore before the rain starts. Chau Doc, Mekong Delta, Vietnam, 06/2009
Morning Heat
Already scorching hot in the morning. Gaya, Bihar, India, 06/2010
The man and the eye
A disturbing red eye beckons from the top of a skyscraper. Guangzhou, China, 05/2014.
Buffalo rider
Farmer riding a water buffalo to the fields. Countryside outside Kyauk Me, Shan State, Myanmar, 05/2011
Inked
Getting tattooed in a shady Phnom Penh suburb. Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 03/2006.
Five to a bike
In many Southeast and South Asian countries, motorbikes are for the whole family. Rawalpindi, Pakistan, 06/2013
Wayfarers
Walking down the hill from Nwa La Bo Pagoda in heavy fog. Near Paung, Myanmar, 05/2011
Factory floor
The source of our clothes. Young workers on the literal factory floor of a Dhaka clothing factory. Dhaka, Bangladesh, 06/2010
River living
Houses, shops, mosques, entire villages are built on boats, rafts, and piers in many parts of SEA. On the Mahakam River near Muara Muntai, Kalimantan, Indonesia, 05/2013
All these photos are released under the CC BY-NC 4.0 License. This means you can freely use them for any non-commercial purpose, as long as you cite me, Samuli Kangaslampi, as their author. If you want a higher-resolution version to use non-commercially or would like to license a photo for commercial use, please e-mail me.
I always do my best to ask permission before taking close-up photos of anyone. However, sometimes this may not be possible or is lost in translation. So, if you appear in any of these photos and don’t like it, please let me know, and I will remove them promptly.
