All words and pictures on this site are the author's copyright. No words or pictures may be reproduced without the permission of the author or his agent

BURMESE SHADOWS

A picture book covering 25 years or reporting Burma, published by in 2012.

“Stunning photographs (...) bewildering diverse. A testament to a thrilling and varied career on the front line of Burmese history."  The Independent

12 Chapters

thierry falise

FROM BABELS TO BUDDHAS - Military, monks and making merit

HOW MANY WIVES ? -  Missionary men and rebel spirits

THE COPPER CHILD - Hard lives and daily struggles

POPPIES AND PILLS - Drugs, guns and the Golden Triangle

SCORCHED EARTH - Wrath and rebellion in ethnic territories

HUMANITARIAN COMMANDOS - Medical care in the black zones

BAPTISM OF FIRE - Ethnic armies

LITTLE GENERALS - Child soldiers

JUNGLE SCHOOLS - DIY education

THERE WILL BE THOUSANDS - The 2007 monks’ uprising

LOCKED IN HER MIND - Cyclone Nargis

FOREIGN CLIMES - The Burmese diaspora

Photo-journalist, author