Each year around the full moon in late October/November, the monks from all the monasteries in Luang Prabang, Laos come to Wat Ho Siang to communally collect alms from the community. This panoramic image was created with a Hasselblad X-pan camera.

The monks in Luang Prabang, Laos are very colorful in their saffron and red colored robes. There is no significance to the color of the robes. We think these monks lead a very ascetic life, but the monk on the left was smoking a moment before I took the photograph with my Hasselblad X-pan. I wanted him with the cigarette in his hand, but as soon as I lifted the camera to my eye, he threw the cigarette down!

At dawn each morning the monks from the monasteries in Luang Prabang, Laos come out onto the streets to seek food and alms from the residents of the town. When I took this photograph in 2002 it still seemed to be a quiet event, but on this last trip in 2007, it had become much more of a tourist event. This image was made with a Hasselblad X-pan camera.

An advantage of the panoramic format of the Hasselblad X-pan camera is the ability to tell several stories in one photograph. This image was taken inside Wat Ho Siang durning the annual lunar fall festival in Luang Prabang, Laos.

While many children in the cities in Laos, like here in Luang Prabang, many children in the poorer rural areas do not. This panoramic photograph was taken with a Hasselblad X-pan camera.

These children in a small rural village outside of Luang Prabang, Laos are enjoying playing inside during a rainy day. This panoramic photograph was made with a Hasselblad X-pan camera.

This vertical panoramic photographic of a young monk in Luang Prabang was made with a Hasselbad X-pan camera. Many boys live in the monasteries in order to go to school, since the government cannot provide education to all its youth. Many young men leave the monasteries after receiving an education.