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We embed ourselves in an elusive Hindu monastery and uncover dancing monks who draw on millennia-old epics for their storytelling performances.

What's on our camera backs today? We're with water buffalo in northeast India, following semi-nomadic herdsmen as they drive their beasts across the terrain, fighting flying pests with fire.

In West Bengal, India, a brickyard tour uncovers striking photographs as well as unexpected truths about human motivation and migration.

Assam, India, is so rich with people opportunities that sometimes it's hard to just stop and admire the scenery. We're glad we did.

We take a cheeky look at the distinctively Burmese tradition of thanaka.

A collection of images and opportunities from the river island of Majuli, in Assam, India.

Myanmar's Chin tribes draw us in for some serious photographic goodies: tattooed tribeswomen with great ink, great stories and photogenic lifestyles.

In Myanmar, we spend time with residents of an old people's home and leave with new insights — and photographs.

A Delhi photo tour takes in the sad state of the holy Yamuna river, and reflects on the unexpectedly positive outlook of many of its riverside dependents.

With the Yangon Circular Railway modernising, will we lose the delicious decay of this piece of Myanmar's history?

We stop for a cuppa with the Apatani tribe of Arunachal Pradesh and talk about their fading facial adornment and customs.

A fire-walk in a Phuket Chinese shrine goes wrong and a Masong celebrant feels the burn.

The ultimate street photography experience unfolds every year on the streets of Phuket, Thailand.

A collection of images and opportunities from Rajasthan, India, taking in the Pushkar Camel Fair.

A collection of images and opportunities from two iconic Indian destinations.

A collection of images from the Phuket Vegetarian Festival, Thailand. Caution! Distressing images.

Gone shootin': We join Majuli's Mishing fishermen on a foggy morning and return home with a splendid catch.

On a shrinking river island in the Brahmaputra, the dark beauty of the the Vaishnavite monasteries keeps alive a centuries-old tradition of worship.

We drop in on one of our favourite Rajasthan villages to meet old friends over supper. Just happened to have our cameras handy…

As the ghunghat or veil becomes increasingly criticised across modern India as a vestige of an oppressive past, we look at its bright side.

An amble through a Rajasthan desert hamlet unexpectedly gets us up close and personal with a faith-healer.

The Bahurupi people are the proverbial quick-change folk artists. Ironically, change is catching up with them.

A face-to-face photo-romp through Rajasthan, India, where beards, mustaches and turbans are taken mighty seriously.

In Nagaland's deep jungle, we meet warriors who were at the top of their game — until the game changed.

A collection of images and opportunities from the monasteries and nunneries of Myanmar.

A collection of images and opportunities from the streets and markets of Myanmar.

A collection of images and opportunities with the tribal groups of Myanmar.

A collection of images and opportunities from Ladakh in winter, amidst the Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges.

As Pushkar Camel Fair becomes overloaded with photographers, timing is everything…

A Myanmar photography tour is not just about amazing places. It's also about the stunning faces.

In Gujarat, India, we run into a radio-crazy Ahir farmer with a shrewd grasp of world affairs.

Revered by many and reviled by others, cockfighting thrives in India.

There's photographic gold in India's dirt wrestling tradition – Kushti.

A collection of images from the iconic opportunities of Myanmar.

A collection of images and opportunities from Ladakh in summer, amidst the Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges.

India's roadside tea stalls are an eye-opening experience for photographers and tea-lovers.

A photograph from our Ladakh photo tour prompts thoughts on contrast, photographic and otherwise.

Burma's opening-up brings massive change — and some of it means changing opportunities for photographers.

A little planning and a lot of luck gives us some shooting fun amidst burning stubble on an Assam tour…

Devotion, defiance and full-body tattoos… the vanishing way of life of this Hindu sect in India.

Varanasi's photography tour opportunities are extraordinary — and occasionally overwhelming…

Shoot Director Sridhar reflects on shared moments with an old friend in Ladakh, India.

In a remote village in Burma's Chin State, we find the art of the nose flute player is alive, but hardly well.

It's cold but it's really hot: stunning opportunities on our new Ladakh Winter Photography Tour.

We join in with the locals in a rum-and-opium party in Nagaland. High times in low light.

On the road to Pushkar Camel Fair, we find a Rajasthan desert hamlet with pleasant photographic surprises on every corner…