David Lazar
Famous Portrait Photographer
Background
David Lazar is a travel photographer from Australia. Capturing life, culture and beauty through photography. He is drawn to locations which have a rich cultural background with lots of tradition and is especially interested in portrait photography. David Lazar has been a travel photographer since 2004. He has traveled to Thailand, India, Nepal, South Asia, Africa ,Central and South America. David is a contributor to photography, travel and magazines as well as newspapers, books and journals such as National Geographic and Asian Geographic. In 2014 David Lazar was awarded Best Culture Photographer by Garuda Airways. In 2015, the inspirational book 'Who Will I Become' showcased David Lazar's photography from Trinidad and Tobago. David is also a Master of Music in film composition works as a composer of music and a teacher and performer of piano.
Collection Bowl
In Myanmar, families have the choice to send their son to become a monk from age 10. Many from poorer or more rural backgrounds take up the chance to do this as it also means a free education for their child.
Little Buddha
A novice monk in Mrauk-U prays inside opening of an ancient temple on the top of a hill, as the sun starts to set.
Monk Eyes
Taken in Sagaing. Every Buddhist Burmese boy between the age of 7 and 13 is expected to enter the monastery as a novice monk for a period of a few weeks to several months. He has a choice to return to life outside the monastery at any time, or he can stay on as a monk if he so chooses
What we can learn from this portrait photographer
The style of David Lazar is mostly capturing moments of life, culture and beauty through photography. David Lazar defiantly creates almost all of his photographs. David Lazar uses lots of light in in photographs.
Intha Fishermen
Three fishermen on Inle Lake. The fisherman of this region have a unique owing technique, where they stand on the stern on one leg and wrap he other leg around the oar allowing for fine paddle control. This way they can percisely steer around thick vegetation which often appears on the lake. It also keeps one hand free for using nets.
Bridge Silhouettes
The U-Bein Bridge in Amarapura is the longest teak bridge in the world and sees much traffic as people make their way over the river. It extends for 1.2 kilometers, and has no hand rails.
Lady and Umbrella
This lady works under an umbrella and sells paper goods on the Inle Lake.