Profoto just featured some portraits from the Rabari series on their blog. Includes some background text I wrote along with the fascinating Hindu creation story of the camel and Rabari. Check it out: http://www.profoto.com/blog/portrait-photography-2/brent-lewin/
This was a story I wrote and shot about the Shwe Sar Parasol Workshop that appears in the new issue of Readers Digest Asia. The
parasol has travelled with the people of Myanmar through their turbulent
history, evolving alongside its owners through times of kings, conquerors and
uprisings. The handmade parasol, or htee,
has been the pride of Myanmar for
centuries. They have been produced in the homes of master craftsman quick to
guard the secrets of the past and have been used as a form of currency, a
status symbol and an invitation for marriage in addition to protection from the
sun and rain. Though the parasol is not as commonplace as it once was, the
tradition of parasol making is still alive and thriving in the Ayeyarwady town
of Pathein. Here's a timelapse of the process in action that will appear in the Ipad edition:
It's been 2 days working for Bloomberg so far and had the chance to shoot my first assignment this morning in the office with Mark Makepeace, CEO of FTSE Group.