Asian Development and CSR Photography

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USAID | Asian Development Bank | CARE | CGIAR

Asian Development Bank

Clean Energy Solutions Across Asia

Indonesia
Philippines
China
Nepal
India

Commissioned to document the ADB's $2 billion investment in clean energy infrastructure across Asia — from solar installations in rural Nepal to large-scale wind farms in China and geothermal projects in the Philippines. A five-country assignment requiring remote access, local partner coordination and a lot of airports.

Farmer living in the shadow of Tata Wind Farm 50 MW in Maharastra, India
Shy woman at a town meeting in Negros Occidental, Philippines
Dahej Jetty in Gujarat, India.
Glass blowing factory, Jincheng, China.
ADB · 'Energy for the Future'

CARE Bangladesh

Food Security and Education in Northern Bangladesh

Hobiganj
Kishoreganj
Rangpur

Brief to document several CARE Bangladesh projects in the north part of the country, with an emphasis on capturing images of women in positive roles. Among these projects were “Food Security for the Ultra Poor in the Haor Region” and “Strengthening Poorest and Vulnerable Households Capability to Improve Food Security in Northwest Bangladesh”. Worked with local grass-roots organizations at every level of the project.

Woman described as 'extremely poor' by CARE Bangladesh
Women transporting earth in Kishoreganj on the Haor.
A young schoolteacher in Rangpur, Bangladesh.
Young girl living in the haor region of Kishoreganj.
CARE Bangladesh · 'Food Security'

FHI360 Cambodia

HIV/AIDS Mitigation Among At Risk Populations

Phnom Penh
Siem Reap

Documentary photography for FHI360 (USAID) covering HIV/AIDS vulnerability across Cambodian communities — working with sex workers, at-risk youth, and marginalised families in and around Phnom Penh and Siem Reap.

Woman wait for local customers at a massage parlour in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
Young sex worker waits for customers on the Phnom Penh riverside.
A young Cambodian man at risk of entering the sex trade.
A young child in a Phnom Penh slum community affected by the HIV/AIDS crisis.
FHI360 Cambodia · 'HIV/AIDS Awareness'

Theun-Hinboun Power Company, Laos

25th Anniversary CSR Project

Khammouane Province
Nam Gnouang Reservoir
Bolikhamsai Province
Vientiane

Photography for a 25th anniversary coffee-table book for the Theun-Hinboun Power Company in Laos. Documenting operations, facilities, dams as well as those affected upstream and downstream from the project. First big drone project.

Nam Gnouang Dam, Khammouane Province, for THPC
Nam Gnouang Reservoir, Khammouane Province, Laos.
Major repairs on a turbine at THPC, Khammouane Province, Laos.
Young woman at a temple event near THPC base, Khammouane Province.
Theun-Hinboun Power Company · Corporate Social Responsibility

Helen Keller International, Bangladesh

Food Security in the Chittagong Hill Tracts

Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT)
Khagrachari

Helen Keller International project documenting food security among the Chakma people of Bangladesh's Chittagong Hill Tracts. Remote access on foot. Communities under severe pressure from land encroachment and food scarcity.

Chakma woman carries brooms to market in Khagrachari district, CHT.
Chakma woman returns from the field, Khagrachari, Bangladesh.
Portrait of a Chakma woman for Helen Keller International.
Young Chakma girl carries a sack on her head, Khagrachari.
Helen Keller International · Food Security Among Ethnic Minorities

Save The Children Bangladesh (USA)

Rural Schools and Village Life in Northern Bangladesh

Habiganj
Sunamganj
Jaintapur

Photographing schools and daily life in several regions of Bangladesh. Specifically tasked to document the SHIKHON and CHEVRON non-formal programs to improve literacy and improve life skills for disadvantaged children.

Girl helps her mom with chores after school, Bangladesh.
Boy plays after school in rural Bangladesh for Save the Children.
Kids laughing at school in rural Bangladesh.
Boy carries animal feed to help around the home, Bangladesh.
Save the Children Bangladesh (USA) · Literacy & Life Skills

The Border Consortium

Life in Five Burmese Refugee Camps on the Thai/Burma Border

Thailand
Mae Sot
Mae Sariang

Five camps. Some of the most remote terrain in Thailand. This assignment for The Border Consortium began the week Washington suspended all USAID funding — making the documentation of these largely self-governing communities suddenly more critical. A mix of portraiture, operational photography, and daily life.

School girls in a refugee camp school for The Border Consortium.
Boys play after school in Mae La Camp, Tak Province Thailand.
Charcoal cooking fuel dictribution funded by The Border Consortium (TBC).
Karen man in Burmese refugee camp carries a log for house construction, The Border Consortium.
The Border Consortium · Life in Burmese Refugee Camps

The Human Development Foundation (HDF), aka The Mercy Centre

Improving Life in the Klong Toei Slum, Bangkok

Thailand
Bangkok
Klong Toei
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20+ years of volunteer work with 'Father Joe' Maier and the HDF. Photographing schools, previously kids and adults with HIV/AIDS, and documenting daily life in this densely-populated part of Bangkok.

Young school-girls laugh as they line up to go outside to play at lunch, Bangkok. Ian Taylor Photographer.
Boys coming back to their home after a day in school, The Mercy Centre, Bangkok.
HDF worker chats with a Cambodian girl begging on the street in Bangkok.
Girl at home in the Mercy Centre, Bangkok.
Father Joe Maier, The Mercy Centre · Life in the Klong Toei slum.

CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food

Mekong Citizens

Laos
Cambodia
Vietnam

Documenting people living along the Mekong River at the height of rainy season, from Luang Prabang, Laos, to Bến Tre, Vietnam.

Downstream from Luang Prabang, Laos, a fisherman heads out to the Mekong River, for CGIAR.
Threshing sticky rice in the hills above the Mekong River, at Luang Prabang, Laos.
Cambodian man stands in his boat on the Mekong River near Phnom Penh, for CGIAR.
Vietnamese woman paddles her boat at the morning floating market at Phong Điền, Cần Thơ, Vietnam. Ian Taylor Photographer.
CGIAR Challenge Program · Mekong Citizens

Pathfinders Hong Kong

Helping Migrant Moms and their Children

Hong Kong

Hong Kong charity dedicated to supporting the unique vulnerabilities of children born to migrant mothers. Brief was to gain awareness of support systems in Hong Kong for this population.

Cramped tiny apartment in Hong Kong where a migrant mom and her child would live.
A young girl is returned to the Po Leung Kuk Orphange by her mom.
Migrant woman in her apartment, for Pathfinders Hong Kong.
Mom and daughter in cramped Hong Kong apartment, for Pathfinders Hong Kong.
Pathfinders Hong Kong · Helping children born without rights.