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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
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thierry falise
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FROM BABELS TO BUDDHAS - Military, monks and making merit
HOW MANY WIVES ? - Missionary men and rebel spirits
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THE COPPER CHILD - Hard lives and daily struggles
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POPPIES AND PILLS - Drugs, guns and the Golden Triangle
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SCORCHED EARTH - Wrath and rebellion in ethnic territories
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HUMANITARIAN COMMANDOS - Medical care in the black zones
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BAPTISM OF FIRE - Ethnic armies
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LITTLE GENERALS - Child soldiers
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JUNGLE SCHOOLS - DIY education
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THERE WILL BE THOUSANDS - The 2007 monks’ uprising
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LOCKED IN HER MIND - Cyclone Nargis
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FOREIGN CLIMES - The Burmese diaspora
Photo-journalist, author