Lao Max Wellsteed

Mekong Theravada
These photographs present a region in transition. My project addresses tensions between tourism and tradition, western values and Buddhist teachings. I’ve used the Mekong as a motif for the rapid flows of social change descending through northern Laos and Cambodia.

Lao Max Wellsteed was born in England in 1986. His awards include CB Richard Ellis’s Urban Photographer of the Year, winner of two categories 2008, the AOP/ Epson Student Photographer of the Year Award, finalist 2007 and the Independent/ Olympus Photo Prize, runner-up 2007. He has been exhibited in Dray Walk Gallery and the AOP Gallery, London. His publications include the Sunday Times magazine and the Independent.

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