ASIA - Emma Durnford Photography

Emma Durnford Photography

All of the photographs are available to purchase. Popular sizes are 8x12" at £55 and 12x18" at £75 both mounted in neutral PH mount board sized at 16x20" and 20x24" (the standard size for 'off the shelf' frames). However I can print in any size so please send me an email via my contact page and let me know what you'd like - I have many more different images in my archives if you cannot find what you are looking for here.

Two lady flower sellers at the market in Klong Mahasawasdi selling Lotus flowers and red flowers in Nakhon Pathom in Thailand

Flower sellers in the Klong Mahasawasdi market in Thailand

A farmer wearing a traditional straw hat and protective head gear, cuts and gathers the Lotus flowers (Nelumbo nucifera) at the Klong Mahasawasdi agro-tourism farm in Nakhon Pathom in Thailand

Lotus flower farmer in Thailand

A freshly cut Lotus flower and bud (Nelumbo nucifera) at the Klong Mahasawasdi agro-tourism farm in Nakhon Pathom in Thailand

Lotus blossom and bud

A pink water lily (Nymphaeaceae) with variagated leaves is reflected in a tub of rain water at a farm in Klong Mahasawasdi in Nakhon Pathom in Thailand

Waterlily and reflection

Orchid farmer preparing bunches of orchids (Orchidaceae) for sale and export, at an orchid farm in Klong Mahasawasdi in Nakhon Pathom in Thailand

Orchid farmer in Thailand

A local lady washes her pans in the canal at Klong Mahasawasdi with lots of floating hyacinths in the water in Nakhon Pathom in Thailand

Pan washing in the Thai canals

A Thai boxer covered in Thai prayer tattoos, rests in between rounds at the 'Thai Cultural Show' at the Rose Garden Riverside Hotel in Nakhon Pathom in Thailand

Two people prepare herbal medicines to be applied to the skin using ingredients such as Curcuma zedoary (White turmeric), bergamots, ginger and lemon grass in Nahon pathos in Thailand

Thai herbal medicine preparation

A line of gold coloured metal monks' alms bowls waiting to be filled with donations of food and money at the Phra Pathom Chedi temple in Nakhon Pathom in Thailand

Monks' alms bowls at Phra Pathom Chedi, Thailand

1 of 8 daily trains passes between the market stalls in Risky market in Maeklong, Samut Songkhram in Thailand

Train pass through 'Risky Market' in Thailand

A Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta) and her baby swim in the river at Klong Khon to collect and eat fruit in Samut Singkhram in Thailand

Rhesus Macaque and baby eating bananas in Thailand

Stall holders re-erect the tarpaulin covers over their stalls next to the railway tracks after the train has passed, in Risky market in Maeklong, Samut Songkhram in Thailand

Train passing through Risky Market in Thailand

School children visiting the Eco-Tourism Agriculture Centre at Bang Plub in Samut Songkhram in Thailand

School children in Thailand

Green mussel and oyster beds made from bamboo poles, owned and tended by local fishermen, in the shallow tidal waters near Klong Khon in Samut Songkhram in Thailand

Oyster and green mussel fields in Thailand

Motorbike and sidecar with 5 passengers driving through Bang Noi village market in Samut Songkhram in Thailand

Overloaded in Thailand!

Traditional wooden boats with traders cooking a range of food for passers-by on the canal at Amphawa Floating Market in Samut Songkhram in Thailand

Amphawa Floating Market

An old lady in traditional hat and dress brings fruit to sell from her boat at the Tha Kha Floating market in Samut Songkhram in Thailand

Fruit seller at Tha Kha Floating market

Local woman wearing traditional straw hats arrive at the Tha Kha Floating market to sell a range of vegetables, flowers and freshly cooked food from their boats on the canal, in Samut Songkhram in Thailand

Tha Kha Floating Market

Golden plated head of the reclining Buddha and a view down his body - 46 meters long and 15 meters high, at the Wat Pho temple (Wat Phra Chetuphon) complex in Rattanakosin (Old City) in Bangkok in Thailand

Reclining Buddha at the Wat Pho temple in the Old City in Bangkok

Busy street with colourful taxis and many signs in Chinatown in the Samphanthawong district of Bangkok in Thailand

Chinatown in Bangkok

Two women working in a flower stall wrapping roses and Chrysanthemums (mums or chrysanths/Asteraceae) in newspaper with a picture of a member of the Thai Royal family above in the Pak Klong Talat market (flower market) in Bangkok in Thailand

Flower market in Bangkok

A mahout shares a quiet moment with a rescued Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at the Elephant Nature Park, the only sanctuary for Asian elephants near Chiang Mai in Thailand

Rescued elephant with his mahout

3-legged temple dog (born disabled) looked after by monks, outside of the Wat Chedi Luang Wora Wiharn in Chiang Mai in Thailand

3-legged temple dog

Display of colourful 'Lanna' elephant lanterns displayed during the November festival of Loy (Loi) Krathon (known locally as Yi Peng) located near the 3-Kings monument in the Old City in Chiang Mai in Thailand

Elephant lantern display in Chiang Mai

Delicate paper lanna lanterns on display at the November festival of Loy (Loi) Krathon (known locally as Yi Peng) located near the 3-Kings monument in the Old City in Chiang Mai in Thailand

Lanna lanterns in Chiang Mai

Local people donate food and gifts to monks wearing their saffron robes during the early mornng (6.00am) alms collection by monks, walking to their temple along the main street (Sakkaline Road) in Luang Prabang in Laos

Monk's Alms Luang Prabang, Laos

Smoke from small fires collects above a bamboo bridge crossing the Nam Khan river in Luang Prabang at dusk in Laos

The Mekong - Luang Prabang, Laos

Local people sell and buy vegetables, fruit and small fish caught in the Mekong at the early morning food market in Luang Prabang in Laos

Luang Prabang market

Two local women on mopeds outside the stalls of the early morning food market in Luang Prabang in Laos

Pak Ou caves - 'Buddha caves' - 25 kms north of Luang Prabang on the Mekong filled with thousands of small and bigger Buddha images, mostly donated by local people, used for centuries as a repository for old or disfigured Buddha images in Laos

Pak Ou - 'Buddha caves'

A boat returns to Luang Prabang on the Mekong at sunset with misty jungle in the background in Laos

Sunset on the Mekong river

A mother travels with her two sons on a moped on Sakkaline Road in Luang Prabang in Laos

A tree frog waiting to catch its prey at night in gardens in Siem Reap in Cambodia

View upwards towards the massive stone faces clustering around the central peak within the Angkor Thom complex (Khmer for Great City) built in the late twelfth century in Cambodia

Angkor Thom complex

Shaded interior of an inner concentric gallery showing doorways leading to further 'rooms' in the centre of Angkor Wat near Siem Reap in Cambodia

Concentric gallery in Angkor Wat

Basket of fresh garlic and bags of chillies in the Phsar Chas (Old Market) in Siem Reap in Cambodia

A stall holder takes a break from work to sleep at the Phsar Chas (Old Market) in Siem Reap in Cambodia

Sleeping stall holder

A woman and her two daughters ride home on a moped carrying shopping in bags, along the National Road no. 6 (Airport Road) in Siem Reap in Cambodia

Moped passengers

Rush hour with most locals riding mopeds or motorcycles, on National Road no. 6 (Airport Road) in Siem Reap in Cambodia

Sunrise at Angkor Wat viewed from inside the outer walls, eastwards over the central temple complex, a temple complex built for king Suryavarman II in the early 12th century as his state temple and Khmer capital city near Siem Reap in Cambodia

Dawn at Angkor Wat

Two Cambodian brothers set up a stall of local crafts and gifts by the outer wall of Ta Prohm - built by the Khmer King Jayavarman VII between the late 12th and early 13th centuries, originally called Rajavihara near Siem Reap in Cambodia

Stall holders in Cambodia

Sunrise at Angkor Wat viewed from inside the outer walls, eastwards over the central temple complex, a temple complex built for king Suryavarman II in the early 12th century as his state temple and Khmer capital city near Siem Reap in Cambodia

Sunrise at Angkor Wat

Side view of one of the Bayon's most distinctive features in early morning light wih a tree in the background , a massive stone face within the Angkor Thom complex (Khmer for Great City) built in the late twelfth century in Cambodia

Profile of Bayan head at Angkor Thom

A boy helps create the traditional terracotta 'stoves' used by Cambodians to cook food and heat water, at an artisans village near Kampong Chnang (Chhnang) on the Tonle Sap river in Cambodia

Making terracotta stoves

Two young girls watch visitors on a sugar palm farm in an artisans village near Kampong Chnang (Chhnang) on the Tonle Sap river in Cambodia

The sun sets over palms and jungle, with clouds above, along the shores of the Tonle Sap river in Cambodia

Sunset on the Tonle Sap river

A farmer prepares his two cows to pull a wooden cart, in front of the Kampong Tralach temple in the early morning light in Cambodia

Farmer with his cattle

Two sisters selling folded Lotus flowers outside of the Wat Kampong Tralach just outside of the village in Cambodia

School childen enjoy playing on a round-about during a school break in the village of Kôh Chen (Ko Chen) also known as the Chinese Island in Cambodia

School children in a village in Cambodia

The Bank of China Tower (a.k.a. BOC Tower), designed by I. M. Pei, is 315.0 m (1,033.5 ft) high with 72 floors, the Citibank Tower and ICBC Tower completed in 1992 and the HSBC building completed in 1985 on Hong Kong Island

The Bank of China, Citibank Tower and the HSBC building

Neon signs advertising shops and restaurants along Nathan Road in Kowloon in Hong Kong

Nathan Road in Hong Kong

A whicker cage with a green bird, in the Yuen Po Street Garden, a garden created in 1997 for bird owners to display their birds and to buy new ones on Kowloon in Hong Kong

An array of adverts and signs in Chinese and English in the Mong Kok district of the Kowloon Peninsula in Hong Kong

Hong Kong hoardings

Dirty and pollution stained tenement buildings with air. con. units and laundry on the exterior, in the Mong Kok district of the Kowloon Peninsula in Hong Kong

Tenements in the Mong Kok district of Hong Kong

A mass of albino frogs for sale as food for larger fish, on sale in the Goldfish Market on Bute Street and Tung Choi Street in Kowloon in Hong Kong

Bagged goldfish for sale in shops in the Goldfish Market on Bute Street and Tung Choi Street in Kowloon in Hong Kong

Goldfish market

Children from Queen Elizabeth School buy lunchtime snacks from a Chinese street stall on Nathan Road on the Kowloon Peninsula in Hong Kong

Tuck shop in Kowloon

'A Symphony of Lights' - a 10-minute nightly show on Hong Kong Island (viewed from the Kowloon Peninsula) involving 44-high-rise buildings, recorded by the Guinness Book of Records as the world's largest permanent light and sound show in Hong Kong

'A Symphony of Lights' over Hong Kong Island

30 foot high 'Chinthe' (half-lion and half-dragon guardian figure) overlooking entrance to the south gate of the Shwedagon Pagoda (Shwedagon Zedi Daw) - this current form dates from 1769 in Yangon (Rangoon) in Myanmar (Burma)

'Chinthe' Guardian in Yangon

A collection of zedis (stupas) covered in gold leaf and other zedis linked with strings of prayer flags in the Shwedagon Pagoda (Shwedagon Zedi Daw) - this current form dates from 1769 in Yangon (Rangoon) in Myanmar (Burma)

Zedis and prayer flags in Yangon

A Burmese Monk identifiable in dark red robes sits in contemplation in a side alcove of the Shwedagon Pagoda complex (Shwedagon Zedi Daw) in Yangon (Rangoon) in Myanmar (Burma)

It is considered a good deed to help sweep the Shwedagon Pagoda marble flooring - at around 6pm many people (women and men work separately) sweep the marble floor in a line working in a clockwise direction around the central stupa of the complex in Yangon (Rangoon) in Myanmar (Burma)

Sweeping the Shwedagon Pagoda complex

A Burmese monk in traditional dark red robes photographs friends at the Shwedagon Pagoda complex (Shwedagon Zedi Daw) in Yangon (Rangoon) in Myanmar (Burma)

Burmese Novice monks walk through the Shwedagon Pagoda complex (Shwedagon Zedi Daw) in Yangon (Rangoon) in Myanmar (Burma)

Burmese Novice monks

It is considered a good deed to help sweep the Shwedagon Pagoda marble flooring - at around 6pm many people (women and men work separately) sweep the marble floor in a line working in a clockwise direction around the central stupa of the complex in Yangon (Rangoon) in Myanmar (Burma)

Sweeping the Shwedagon Pagoda complex

A Burmese Monk in dark red robes sits in contemplation in a side alcove of the Shwedagon Pagoda complex (Shwedagon Zedi Daw) in Yangon (Rangoon) in Myanmar (Burma)

Visitors to the Shwedagon Pagoda complex light votives in a ring around the central Zedi (stupa) (Shwedagon Zedi Daw in Yangon (Rangoon) in Myanmar (Burma)

Lighting votives in Yangon

Entrance doorway with carved wooden doors and wrought iron gates leading into the Shwegugyi Temple meaning 'the Golden Cave' (Nandaw Oo Paya) in Bagan in Myanmar (Burma)

Temple doorway in Bagan

Miniature gold coloured Buddhas left as offerings to Buddha at the Shwegugyi Temple meaning 'the Golden Cave' (a.k.a. Nandaw Oo Paya) in Bagan in Myanmar (Burma)

Buddha offerings

Young women sell sliced watermelons for refreshment within the Shwezigon Pagoda complex, built as the most important reliquary shrine in Bagan for King Anawarahta in Myanmar (Burma)

Watermelon sellers

Burmese Novice monk in traditional dark red robes with his alms bowl in the Shwezigon Pagoda complex, built as the most important reliquary shrine in Bagan for King Anawarahta in Myanmar (Burma)

Novice monk in Myanmar

A woman and child in the Thabeik Hmauk temple (a.k.a. Tha Beik Hmauk) with Thanaka wood paste - a yellowish-white cosmetic paste made from ground bark on their faces in Bagan in Myanmar (Burma)

Temple Guardians

A woman herds cattle and goats along a dirt track past the Pyathadar Temple in Bagan in Myanmar (Burma)

Herding cattle and goats in Bagan

Sunset over the plain of temples in Bagan viewed from the terraces of the Shwesandaw Paya temple in Bagan in Myanmar (Burma)

Sunset over the Plain of Temples in Bagan

A man wearing the traditional 'Longyi' (a.k.a. Longhi) herds cattle and goats along a dirt track in Bagan in Myanmar (Burma)

Farmer in Bagan

View across the temples on the plains of Bagan, viewed from the terraces of the Shwesandaw Paya temple in late afternoon and with dust raised by horse and carts in Bagan in Myanmar (Burma)

Plain of Temples in Bagan

Seated golden Buddha within the Sulamani Pahto (Sulamani Guphaya) temple with Burmese writings on the wall behind in Bagan in Myanmar (Burma)

Seated Buddha in the Sulamani Pahto temple

63rd Street in Mandalay - an unsurfaced road with local people riding to work on mopeds in Myanmar (Burma)

Morning commute in Mandalay

A man operates a machine by foot pedal, used in the process of gold beating at the King Galon gold workshop in Mandalay in Myanmar (Burma)

Gold leaf artisans in Mandaly

A man fills in engraved lettering with paint in a marble workshop in Mandalay in Myanmar (Burma)

Engraving marble in Mandalay

Three monks are transported on the back of a crowded minibus, along with goods for sale in the market in Mandaly in Myanmar (Burma)

Local minibus service in Mandalay

Three boys share a bicycle and ride along the Saigang-Mandalay Road in Myanmar (Burma)

Shared bicycle in Mandalay

Men stand in the shallow waters of the Taungthaman Lake fishing with bamboo poles, near the town of Amarapura in Myanmar (Burma)

Bamboo fishing on Taungthaman Lake in Myanmar

Monks in dark red robes cross the U Bein bridge - the longest teak bridge in the world, crossing Taungthaman Lake near the town of Amarapuram in Myanmar (Burma)

Monks cross the U Bein bridge

The sun sets behind the U Bein bridge - the longest teak bridge in the world, crossing Taungthaman Lake near the town of Amarapura in Myanmar (Burma)

Sunset behind the U Bein bridge

A flock of birds fly above a boat on the Taungthaman Lake near the town of Amarapura in Myanmar (Burma)

Waiting for sunset on Taungthaman Lake

The sun sets behind the U Bein bridge and two moored boats - the longest teak bridge in the world, crossing Taungthaman Lake near the town of Amarapura in Myanmar (Burma)

Moored boats by the U Bein bridge

A white and ginger cat stretched out on flagstones in a temple on Mandalay Hill in Myanmar (Burma)

Temple Cat in Mandalay

A 'paddy hat' blown into the water with floating hyacinths near, Inle Lake in Myanmar (Burma)

Temple dog rests on a stone bench next to Burmese carved scriptures, in the shade of the staircase leading up Yankin Hill in Mandalay in Myanmar (Burma)

Temple dog in Mandalay

Inle Lake fishermen with bamboo fishing baskets in the early morning mist, traditional 'leg rowers' only found in Inle Lake in Myanmar (Burma)

Leg rowing fishermen on Inle Lake in Myanmar

Women hand roll locally grown tobacco into cigars, at a small workshop in the middle of Inle Lake in Myanmar (Burma)

Cigar factory in Myanmar

A woman in a 'paddy' hat with than aka paste on her cheeks, fishes for freshwater shrimps in Inle Lake using a large net on a bamboo frame in Myanmar (Burma)

Prawn fisherwoman

A woman hand rolls locally grown tobacco into cigars, at a small workshop in the middle of Inle Lake in Myanmar (Burma)

A woman monk photographs the cats with her iPhone at the 'Jumping Cat Monastery' (Nga Hpe Kyaung) on Inle Lake in Myanmar (Burma)

'Jumping Cat Monastery' in Myanmar

Women carry goods purchased from the local market in bags and containers on their heads and in large baskets to the village of Khaung Daing in Myanmar (Burma)

Walking home from market in Myanmar

A queue of Novice monks wait to collects alms at lunchtime in the town of Nyaung Shwe, on the shores of Inle Lake in Myanmar (Burma)

Collecting alms in Nyaung Shwe in Myanmar

A seasonal monsoon lasting about an hour, in Petaling Street (a.k.a Jalan Petaling) in Chinatown with covered market stalls in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia

Monsoon in Petaling Street

An Inle Lake fisherman in early morning mist, (a traditional 'leg rower' only found in Myanmar) beats the water to raise the fish to the surface, with palms and stilt houses in a village on the edge of the lake in Myanmar (Burma)

Fishing on Inle Lake

Twin Petronas Towers (Menara Petronas Menara Berkembar Petronas) rising above the Suria KLCC Mall, the HQ of the Petronas oil company, still the tallest twin towers in the world, floodlit at night in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia

Petronas Towers at night

A family take their water buffalo to the river inlet from Inle Lake to cool them down and wash them in Myanmar (Burma)

Water Buffalo bathing

A seasonal monsoon in the Chinatown area of Kuala Lumpur, causing localised flooding in Malaysia

Monsoon in Chinatown in Kuala Lumpur

Low cloud obscure the view over the terraced tea plantations of the 'Boh' tea company with evergreen bushes of tea leaves (Camellia sinensis), growing in the Cameron Highlands in Malaysia

Boh tea plantation in the Cameron Highlands in Malaysia

Long tailed Macaque with baby (Macaca fascicularis) on the stairs leading to the Batu Caves in Greater Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia

Long tailed Macaque with baby

Terraced tea plantations of the 'Boh' tea company with evergreen bushes of tea leaves (Camellia sinensis), growing in the Cameron Highlands in Malaysia

Terraced tea plantation

Footprints in the sand on a beach on the island of Besar (Pulau Perhentian) in the Perhentian islands in Malaysia

Footprints in the sand

Dusky Leaf Monkey (Spectacled Langur Spectacled Leaf Monkey Dusky Langur Trachypithecus obscurus) in the rainforest in the interior of the island of Besar (Pulau Perhentian) part of the Perhentian islands in Malaysia

Dusky leaf monkey

Colourful chinese fishing boats moored just of the beach of the island of Besar (Pulau Perhentian) after an evenings fishing on the South China sea in the Perhentian Islands in Malaysia

Chinese fishing boats in Malaysia

A raised water garden with waterlilies and reflections of the high-rise buildings of Downtown Singapore

The twin Petronas Towers (Menara Petronas/ Menara Berkembar Petronas) rising above the Suria KLCC Mall at their base, HQ of the Petronas oil company, still the tallest twin towers in the world, at night with the musically synchronised fountains of Lake Symphony in the foreground in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia

Petronas Towers at night

View down onto the food court in the Funan Digi-Life Mall, located on the junction of North Bridge Road and Coleman Street in Singapore

Singapore food court

View of the Marina Bay Sands hotel along with the 'Helix' bridge in the foreground floodlit at night in Singapore

Marina Bay Sands Hotel in Singapore

Hundreds of paper origami cranes hung around the Changi Museum in Singapore

Two women pot up shell fish for customers on a stall in the Tekka Centre located in Little India in Singapore

Shellfish stall

Motorbikes and cars wait at a pedestrian crossing at the junction of Thanon Asok Montri road with Sukhumvit road in central Bangkok in Thailand

Pedestrian crossing

Fresh raw prawns for sale at Maeklong Railway Market (Risky market, Talad Rom Hub) in Thailand

A man and boy riding on the same moped, wait in a queue of mopeds for the lights to change at the pedestrian crossing at the junction of Thanon Asok Montri road with Sukhumvit road in central Bangkok in Thailand

Waiting for the lights in Bangkok

A woman prepares a Thai snack wrapped in banana leaves for a visitor to the Tha Kha floating market, which is only open on the days of the waxing or waning moon in Thailand

Floating snack boat

A woman shops at a dried fruit stall at Maeklong Railway Market (Risky market Talad Rom Hub) in Thailand

The face of an elderly Thai lady selling salt on a roadside stall outside Bangkok in Thailand

Thai Salt Seller

View along the klong (canal) at the Klong Lad Mayom floating market, just outside of Bangkok in Thailand

Klong Lad Mayom

The Burj Khalifa (Khalifa Tower), known as the Burj Dubai is a megatall skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. it is the tallest structure in the world since topping out in late 2008 in Asia

Burj Khalifa, Dubai

Graves in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery (Don-Rak War Cemetery) located on Saeng Chuto Road (mostly Australian, British and Dutch POWs) who died during the building of the Thailand-Burma railway (Death Railway) in Kanchanaburi in Thailand

Kanchanaburi War Cemetery

An indoor art installation or sculpture comprising of many fibreglass figures in a waterfall in called 'Human Waterfall' in the Dubai Mall in Dubai, United Arab Emirates UAE in Asia

'Human Waterfall' in the Dubai Mall

A feral cat sits on a wooden bench in an old souk market in Dubai, United Arab Emirates UAE in Asia

Floating food stalls at the Klong Lad Mayom floating market, just outside of Bangkok in Thailand

Klong Lad Mayom

View of a balcony with a row of arabs arab muslims muslim in the Emirates mall in Dubai, United Arab Emirates UAE in Asia

Emirates Mall, Dubai

Street art in the old souk in Dubai, United Arab Emirates UAE in Asia

Souk street art, Dubai

Dust rises in a side street in the old part of Dubai near a souk in the early evening, United Arab Emirates UAE in Asia

Dusty Street, Dubai