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David Lazar Captures Amazing Photos Of The Golden Land – Myanmar
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As photography has spread all over the world in recent years, so has the number of outstanding amateur images. It’s no surprise that Myanmar is one of the most photographed places, and the pictures of the Golden Land are published on magazines and online.
Catharine Karnow from National Geographic says: “Myanmar is the most photogenic place that I have ever photographed.” That’s quite a statement from someone who has worked all over the world for such a prestigious magazine.
Another Nat Geo Photographer David Lazar has also been to Myanmar and calls it his favorite place on earth to photograph. He mentions warm and welcoming people, who are generally very open to photographers, and extraordinary sceneries.
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Mandalay #Myanmar
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Stunning Bagan ancient City #Myanmar
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Mini Buddhist Monk in Inle Lake #Myanmar
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American architect Polk, who ran his architectural practice from New Delhi, was asked to incorporate a number of highly symbolic elements and numbers into the design of this library and Buddhist museum. It was built on the occasion of an important gathering of Buddhist dignitaries that took place in Yangon from 1954-1956. Post-independence prime minister U Nu was a deeply spiritual man, and used Buddhism as an expedient tool for nation building. This building is magical. With its bold architectural design, it conveys the bygone optimism of a young nation. The entire Kaba Aye (World Peace) complex, replete with hollow pagoda, is worthwhile checking out. Be sure to take a peek inside the massive man-made cave!
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The Soviet Union donated several buildings to the fledgling Burmese nation in the late 1950s, including the Inya Lake Hotel, which closely follows the tried and tested Soviet sanatorium (i.e. rest and relaxation resorts) architectural style, except in two major aspects. A giant steamship funnel decorates the roof and creates a playful maritime association. The entrance canopy, much larger than in the hundreds of sanatoria found from St. Petersburg to Vladivostok, is an homage to Burmese climatic realities, since torrential rainfalls inundate the city several months of the year. A cold beverage in the hotel’s garden bar, overlooking peaceful Inya Lake, is a much recommended conclusion to a day of exploring Yangon.
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While this was one of the first major public constructions after Burmese independence, the brief was given to British architect Raglan Squire, who had made a name for himself during the reconstruction of war-damaged London. With this Yangon assignment, a long and fruitful international career kicked off that would see Squire build in the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Almost 60 years old, the Engineering College is strikingly modern and even today, it still exudes the spirit of a newly independent nation that placed a heavy emphasis on the education of its young. Take a walk around and take in the beauty of the wall mosaics.
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A commemoration for an important national poet, this mausoleum is one of the boldest manifestations of modern Burmese architecture. U Kyaw Min used pure and geometric forms; the daring use of deep red and gold in the interior resembles the traditional colour combination of ancient Burmese palaces. The architect stood for parliament as an opposition candidate in the 1990 elections, which were eventually annulled by the military junta. He would spend much of the 1990s in Insein prison, the country’s most notorious jail, contracting liver disease, which would plague him until his death.
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Returning from the 1970 World Exposition in Osaka, General Ne Win was so taken with the Burmese pavilion displayed there that he decreed for a vast replica to be built in Yangon, on Kandawgyi Lake. Today, this swimming restaurant is one of the stranger sights in the city. Its design goes back to the royal barges used by Burmese kings during ceremonial processions in Mandalay, their last capital. The seven-tiered pyatthat roof is typical of traditional architecture. Karaweik Palace is often used for folklore dinners and other cultural shows.
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Looks familiar? Although intended as a clear break from Yangon, the architectural landscape in Myanmar’s new capital Naypyidaw features some interesting copycats. One of them is the new City Hall, which mimics U Tin’s original structure in Yangon.
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This green building on Shwebontha (Mogul) Street houses today’s Basic Education High School (2) Pabedan. We understand this to be the former Randeria High School. From our forthcoming book’s section on Rander House: “Rander House was commissioned by traders who migrated to Burma from Rander, a city close to Surat in the Indian state of Gujarat. As Indian Muslims flocked to Rangoon in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, they coalesced into associations according to their towns of origin. One of these, for example, was the Rander Sunni Bohras Soorti Mohamedan Association. The Soorti-Rander community also maintained a Randeria High School on Mogul Street, which admitted non-Muslims as well. The Surti Sunni Jamah Mosque was this group’s main house of worship.”
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Time for an update now that Yangon Architecture has 7,000 followers on Facebook! Work on the manuscript is in the final stages, and we hope to go into print very soon. Meanwhile, here is a shot of the former Life Insurance Corporation of India Building on Merchant Road. With bilateral relations gaining depth and intensity, the Indian Embassy has voiced an interest in it. We hope to post more photos and short descriptions of buildings we ended up not using for our book.
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We were once asked for interior shots of Yangon International Hotel on Ahlone Road diagonally across from the Yangon Region Parliament. Pictured here are the hotel shop inside the lobby area and hotel’s very own onzen on the rooftop.
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Pictured here is the Kyaikkasan Race Track (built 1926). Racing was a very popular source of entertainment in the colonial days. As a British publication reviewing the colonies’ various delights wrote in 1910: “There is now no lack of racing in Rangoon. The policy of the present executive has been to popularise the sport as much as possible, and extra meetings are held practically every fortnight throughout the year, with the result that (…) racing has never been so popular at the present time.”
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Rohingya refugees living in Malaysia protest against the treatment of their people in Myanmar.
Mohd Rasfan/AFP/Getty
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