“Burma: An Enchanted Spirit” is a book that includes more than 200 photos that David Heath took in the country while travelling for five years. (Photo: Steve Tickner / The Irrawaddy)|“Burma: An Enchanted Spirit” is a book that includes more than 200 photos that David Heath took in the country while travelling for five years. (Photo: The Irrawaddy)|“Burma: An Enchanted Spirit” is a book that includes more than 200 photos that David Heath took in the country while travelling for five years. (Photo: The Irrawaddy)|“Burma: An Enchanted Spirit” is a book that includes more than 200 photos that David Heath took in the country while travelling for five years. (Photo: The Irrawaddy)|“Burma: An Enchanted Spirit” is a book that includes more than 200 photos that David Heath took in the country while travelling for five years. (Photo: The Irrawaddy)|“Burma: An Enchanted Spirit” is a book that includes more than 200 photos that David Heath took in the country while travelling for five years. (Photo: The Irrawaddy)|“Burma: An Enchanted Spirit” is a book that includes more than 200 photos that David Heath took in the country while travelling for five years. (Photo: The Irrawaddy)
“Burma: An Enchanted Spirit” is a book that includes more than 200 photos that David Heath took in the country while travelling for five years. (Photo: The Irrawaddy)
“Burma: An Enchanted Spirit” is a book that includes more than 200 photos that David Heath took in the country while travelling for five years. (Photo: The Irrawaddy)
“Burma: An Enchanted Spirit” is a book that includes more than 200 photos that David Heath took in the country while travelling for five years. (Photo: The Irrawaddy)
“Burma: An Enchanted Spirit” is a book that includes more than 200 photos that David Heath took in the country while travelling for five years. (Photo: The Irrawaddy)
“Burma: An Enchanted Spirit” is a book that includes more than 200 photos that David Heath took in the country while travelling for five years. (Photo: The Irrawaddy)
RANGOON — A photo exhibition opened up at Gallery 65 on Rangoon’s Yaw Min Gyi Street on Thursday showcasing the work of American photographer David Heath, who is publishing a new photo book documenting Burma’s peoples, culture, heritage and landscapes.
“Burma: An Enchanted Spirit” includes more than 200 photographs that Heath took in the country while travelling to well-known and remote places in Burma. The exhibition features 36 stunning photos from the book.
The book includes a handwritten endorsement by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, which says, “Truly an enchanting book—the pictures reflect the beauty and diversity of Burma faithfully.”
Heath said at the exhibition’s opening that he had shot the photos during five years of travel, during which he visited Kachin State, Monywa town, Pegu Division, Prome, Mandalay, the temples of Mrauk-U and Bagan, the Karen State capital Hpa-An, Inle Lake, Shan State’s Tachileik, the Chindwin River and Burma’s most southern town, Kawthaung in Tennasserim Division.
“This is my favorite country on the planet. The most photogenic place I have ever seen and the most beautiful people that I have ever met,” Heath told The Irrawaddy. “So I want to share that with the world and especially with the United States to bring awareness about the culture of the country, how beautiful it is here and to inspire people to come here.”
Heath said he is now interested in publishing another photo book that documents all of Burma’s 135 minorities and tribes.
