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  • 06 APRIL 2015 - CHIANG MAI, CHIANG MAI, THAILAND: Interior of Wat Duang Dee in Chiang Mai.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 APRIL 2015 - CHIANG MAI, CHIANG MAI, THAILAND:  Interior of Wat Chedi Luang, one of the best known Buddhist temples in Chiang Mai. The temple was built in the 14th century CE.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  US President Barack Obama at the joint press conference with Prime Minister Shinawatra in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  US President Barack Obama at the joint press conference with Prime Minister Shinawatra in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JUNE 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Inside the Wiharn (prayer hall) at Wat Kamphaeng near Khlong Bang Luang. The Bang Luang neighborhood lines Khlong (Canal) Bang Luang in the Thonburi section of Bangkok on the west side of Chao Phraya River. It was established in the late 18th Century by King Taksin the Great after the Burmese sacked the Siamese capital of Ayutthaya. The neighborhood, like most of Thonburi, is relatively undeveloped and still criss crossed by the canals which once made Bangkok famous. It's now a popular day trip from central Bangkok and offers a glimpse into what the city used to be like.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 APRIL 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A hallway in the old Customs House in Bangkok. The old Customs House was once the financial gateway to Thailand (before 1932 called Siam). It was designed by an Italian architect in the 1880s. In the 1950s, customs moved to new, more modern building and the Customs House became the headquarters for the Marine firefighters. The firefighters now live in the decrepit buildings with their families.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 APRIL 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Firefighters' laundry dries in the old Customs House in Bangkok. The old Customs House was once the financial gateway to Thailand (before 1932 called Siam). It was designed by an Italian architect in the 1880s. In the 1950s, customs moved to new, more modern building and the Customs House became the headquarters for the Marine firefighters. The firefighters now live in the decrepit buildings with their families.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 APRIL 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A hallway in the old Customs House in Bangkok. The old Customs House was once the financial gateway to Thailand (before 1932 called Siam). It was designed by an Italian architect in the 1880s. In the 1950s, customs moved to new, more modern building and the Customs House became the headquarters for the Marine firefighters. The firefighters now live in the decrepit buildings with their families.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 APRIL 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A hallway in the old Customs House in Bangkok. The old Customs House was once the financial gateway to Thailand (before 1932 called Siam). It was designed by an Italian architect in the 1880s. In the 1950s, customs moved to new, more modern building and the Customs House became the headquarters for the Marine firefighters. The firefighters now live in the decrepit buildings with their families.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 APRIL 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A man reads in his living room, which is also a fruit stall in Talat Noi (Talat means Market, Noi means Small. Literally Small Market). The Talat Noi neighborhood in Bangkok started as a blacksmith's quarter. As cars and buses replaced horse and buggy, the blacksmiths became mechanics and now the area is lined with car mechanics' shops. It is one the last neighborhoods in Bangkok that still has some original shophouses and pre World War II architecture. It is also home to a  Teo Chew Chinese emigrant community.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 APRIL 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   An escalator leading into the Emporium Shopping Center on Sukhumvit Road in Bangkok. The Emporium is one of Bangkok's newer, more high end shopping complexes and is popular with both the expat and Thai HiSo (High Society).  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   US President Barack Obama and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the joint press conference with President Obama and Prime Minister Shinawatra in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: US President Barack Obama and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra shake hands and say goodbye after the joint press conference with President Obama and Prime Minister Shinawatra in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia.  (  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: US President Barack Obama and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra shake hands and say goodbye after the joint press conference with President Obama and Prime Minister Shinawatra in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia.  (  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   US President Barack Obama and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the joint press conference with President Obama and Prime Minister Shinawatra in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   US President Barack Obama and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the joint press conference with President Obama and Prime Minister Shinawatra in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   US President Barack Obama and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the joint press conference with President Obama and Prime Minister Shinawatra in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the joint press conference with President Obama in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the joint press conference with President Obama in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  US President Barack Obama at the joint press conference with Prime Minister Shinawatra in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   US President Barack Obama and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the joint press conference with President Obama and Prime Minister Shinawatra in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  US President Barack Obama at the joint press conference with Prime Minister Shinawatra in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  US President Barack Obama at the joint press conference with Prime Minister Shinawatra in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  US President Barack Obama at the joint press conference with Prime Minister Shinawatra in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   US President Barack Obama and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the joint press conference with President Obama and Prime Minister Shinawatra in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   US President Barack Obama and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the joint press conference with President Obama and Prime Minister Shinawatra in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  US President Barack Obama at the joint press conference with Prime Minister Shinawatra in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  US President Barack Obama at the joint press conference with Prime Minister Shinawatra in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   US President Barack Obama and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the joint press conference with President Obama and Prime Minister Shinawatra in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  US President Barack Obama at the joint press conference with Prime Minister Shinawatra in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   US President Barack Obama and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the joint press conference with President Obama and Prime Minister Shinawatra in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   US President Barack Obama and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the joint press conference with President Obama and Prime Minister Shinawatra in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   US President Barack Obama and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the joint press conference with President Obama and Prime Minister Shinawatra in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   US President Barack Obama and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the joint press conference with President Obama and Prime Minister Shinawatra in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   US President Barack Obama and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the joint press conference with President Obama and Prime Minister Shinawatra in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   US President Barack Obama and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the joint press conference with President Obama and Prime Minister Shinawatra in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   US President Barack Obama and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the joint press conference with President Obama and Prime Minister Shinawatra in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   US President Barack Obama and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the joint press conference with President Obama and Prime Minister Shinawatra in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   US President Barack Obama and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the joint press conference with President Obama and Prime Minister Shinawatra in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   US President Barack Obama and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the joint press conference with President Obama and Prime Minister Shinawatra in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   US President Barack Obama and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the joint press conference with President Obama and Prime Minister Shinawatra in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the joint press conference with President Obama in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   US President Barack Obama and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the joint press conference with President Obama and Prime Minister Shinawatra in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   US President Barack Obama and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the joint press conference with President Obama and Prime Minister Shinawatra in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   US President Barack Obama and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the joint press conference with President Obama and Prime Minister Shinawatra in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   US President Barack Obama and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the joint press conference with President Obama and Prime Minister Shinawatra in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the joint press conference with President Obama in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the joint press conference with President Obama in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   US President Barack Obama and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the joint press conference with President Obama and Prime Minister Shinawatra in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   US President Barack Obama and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the joint press conference with President Obama and Prime Minister Shinawatra in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   US President Barack Obama and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the joint press conference with President Obama and Prime Minister Shinawatra in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   US President Barack Obama and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the joint press conference with President Obama and Prime Minister Shinawatra in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   US President Barack Obama and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the joint press conference with President Obama and Prime Minister Shinawatra in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   US President Barack Obama and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the joint press conference with President Obama and Prime Minister Shinawatra in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   US President Barack Obama and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra walk into the joint press conference with President Obama and Prime Minister Shinawatra in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A worker in the "Corner Bar" on Soi Cowboy in a "red light" district in Bangkok. Prostitution in Thailand is illegal, although in practice it is tolerated and partly regulated. Prostitution is practiced openly throughout the country. The number of prostitutes is difficult to determine, estimates vary widely. Since the Vietnam War, Thailand has gained international notoriety among travelers from many countries as a sex tourism destination. One estimate published in 2003 placed the trade at US$ 4.3 billion per year or about three percent of the Thai economy. It has been suggested that at least 10% of tourist dollars may be spent on the sex trade. According to a 2001 report by the World Health Organisation: "There are between 150,000 and 200,000 sex workers (in Thailand)."  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A worker in the "Corner Bar" on Soi Cowboy in a "red light" district in Bangkok. Prostitution in Thailand is illegal, although in practice it is tolerated and partly regulated. Prostitution is practiced openly throughout the country. The number of prostitutes is difficult to determine, estimates vary widely. Since the Vietnam War, Thailand has gained international notoriety among travelers from many countries as a sex tourism destination. One estimate published in 2003 placed the trade at US$ 4.3 billion per year or about three percent of the Thai economy. It has been suggested that at least 10% of tourist dollars may be spent on the sex trade. According to a 2001 report by the World Health Organisation: "There are between 150,000 and 200,000 sex workers (in Thailand)."  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2006 - HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM: Vietnamese Catholic women pray in Notre Dame Cathedral in Ho Chi Minh City, (formerly Saigon) Vietnam. The Vietnamese government has loosened some of the restrictions on religion and Catholicism is growing again in Vietnam. Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 09 MARCH 2006 - HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM: Vietnamese Catholic women pray in Notre Dame Cathedral in Ho Chi Minh City, (formerly Saigon) Vietnam. The Vietnamese government has loosened some of the restrictions on religion and Catholicism is growing again in Vietnam. Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 09 JANUARY 2007 - GRANADA, NICARAGUA: People pray in the cathedral in Granada, Nicaragua. Granada, founded in 1524, is one of the oldest cities in the Americas. Granada was relatively untouched by either the Nicaraguan revolution or the Contra War, so its colonial architecture survived relatively unscathed. It has emerged as the heart of Nicaragua's tourism revival.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 MARCH 2006 - PEAM CHIHYKAUNG, KAMPONG CHAM, CAMBODIA: Girls in a private English language school near the village of Peam Chihykaung along the Mekong River in central Cambodia. Schools and education, which the Khmer Rouge abolished, are important in modern Cambodia. Girls and boys alike go to school, even in small rural communities through elementary school and high school in larger towns. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 MARCH 2006 - CHONG KOH, KANDAL, CAMBODIA: A woman sleeps in her home in Chong Koh, a village on the Mekong River in central Cambodia. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 MARCH 2006 - CHONG KOH, KANDAL, CAMBODIA: A woman works a loom in Chong Koh, a village on the Mekong River in central Cambodia. The community is known for its weaving. Women in the community specialize in silk-cotton blends for scarves and skirts. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MARCH 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA:  People pray in Wat Phnom in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Wat Phnom (Wat is Temple, Phnom is hill in Cambodian) is the legendary founding place of Phnom Penh. The temple was founded in 1372 and is one of the most important religious landmarks in Cambodia.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  US President Barack Obama leaves the joint press conference with President Obama and Prime Minister Shinawatra in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  US President Barack Obama at the joint press conference with Prime Minister Shinawatra in Government House on November 18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Obama will become the first serving US President to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JUNE 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: WIBOON SANGUAUNPONG, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior/Acting Minister of Interior, greets attendees at the 6th Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR). The AMCDRR started in Bangkok on June 24. The first of the biennial conferences was held in Beijing in 2005 after the 2004 Asian Tsunami and H5N1 Bird Flu epidemic of 2004. The conference this year in Bangkok will focus on possible disasters related to climate change, sustainable development, and managing public private partnerships for disaster risk.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 APRIL 2016 - CHIANG MAI, THAILAND: Buddhist monks look at and comment about the interior of the ordination hall of Wat Sri Suphan. Wat Sri Suphan is also known as the "Silver Temple" because of its silver ubosot, or ordination hall. The temple is more than 500 years old but the silver ordination hall was recently remodeled. The ordination hall is covered in silver and the interior is completely done in silver and gold. It's traditionally served as the main temple for the silversmiths of Chiang Mai, whose community is around the temple.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 APRIL 2016 - CHIANG MAI, THAILAND: Buddhist monks look at and comment about the interior of the ordination hall of Wat Sri Suphan. Wat Sri Suphan is also known as the "Silver Temple" because of its silver ubosot, or ordination hall. The temple is more than 500 years old but the silver ordination hall was recently remodeled. The ordination hall is covered in silver and the interior is completely done in silver and gold. It's traditionally served as the main temple for the silversmiths of Chiang Mai, whose community is around the temple.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 APRIL 2016 - CHIANG MAI, THAILAND: The interior of the ordination hall at Wat Sri Suphan. Wat Sri Suphan is also known as the "Silver Temple" because of its silver ubosot, or ordination hall. The temple is more than 500 years old but the silver ordination hall was recently remodeled. The ordination hall is covered in silver and the interior is completely done in silver and gold. It's traditionally served as the main temple for the silversmiths of Chiang Mai, whose community is around the temple.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 JULY 2017 - SINGAPORE: Interior of Saint Andrew's Cathedral, an Anglican cathedral in Singapore. It is the country's largest cathedral. It's the Cathedral church of the Anglican Diocese of Singapore and the mother church of her 27 parishes and more than 55 congregations. A church existed on the site since 1836, the current church however was built in 1856–1861.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 SEPTEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  The interior of a condemned home near Wat Kalayanamit. Fifty-four homes around Wat Kalayanamit, a historic Buddhist temple on the Chao Phraya River in the Thonburi section of Bangkok, are being razed and the residents evicted to make way for new development at the temple. The abbot of the temple said he was evicting the residents, who have lived on the temple grounds for generations, because their homes are unsafe and because he wants to improve the temple grounds. The evictions are a part of a Bangkok trend, especially along the Chao Phraya River and BTS light rail lines. Low income people are being evicted from their long time homes to make way for urban renewal.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2014 - LOPBURI, LOPBURI, THAILAND: A Buddhist monk wanders through the interior Phra Prang Sam Yot, a historic temple in the Khmer style, during the annual monkey buffet party in Lopburi. Lopburi is the capital of Lopburi province and is about 180 kilometers from Bangkok. Lopburi is home to thousands of Long Tailed Macaque monkeys. A regular sized adult is 38 to 55cm long and its tail is typically 40 to 65cm. Male macaques weigh around 5 to 9 kilos, females weigh approximately 3 to 6 kg. The Monkey Buffet was started in the 1980s by a local business man who owned a hotel and wanted to attract visitors to the provincial town. The annual event draws thousands of tourists to the town.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 NOVEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Thai anti-government protestors cheer an opposition speaker during a rally at the Ministry of Finance in Bangkok. Protestors opposed to the government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra spread out through Bangkok this week. Protestors have taken over the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Sports and Tourism, Ministry of the Interior and other smaller ministries. The protestors are demanding the Prime Minister resign, the Prime Minister said she will not step down. This is the worst political turmoil in Thailand since 2010 when 90 civilians were killed in an army crackdown against Red Shirt protestors. The Pheu Thai party, supported by the Red Shirts, won the 2011 election and now govern. The protestors demanding the Prime Minister step down are related to the Yellow Shirt protestors that closed airports in Thailand in 2008.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 NOVEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Thai anti-government protestors cheer an opposition speaker during a rally at the Ministry of Finance in Bangkok. Protestors opposed to the government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra spread out through Bangkok this week. Protestors have taken over the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Sports and Tourism, Ministry of the Interior and other smaller ministries. The protestors are demanding the Prime Minister resign, the Prime Minister said she will not step down. This is the worst political turmoil in Thailand since 2010 when 90 civilians were killed in an army crackdown against Red Shirt protestors. The Pheu Thai party, supported by the Red Shirts, won the 2011 election and now govern. The protestors demanding the Prime Minister step down are related to the Yellow Shirt protestors that closed airports in Thailand in 2008.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 NOVEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: An anti-government protestors sleeps in the courtyard at the Ministry of Finance in Bangkok. Protestors opposed to the government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra spread out through Bangkok this week. Protestors have taken over the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Sports and Tourism, Ministry of the Interior and other smaller ministries. The protestors are demanding the Prime Minister resign, the Prime Minister said she will not step down. This is the worst political turmoil in Thailand since 2010 when 90 civilians were killed in an army crackdown against Red Shirt protestors. The Pheu Thai party, supported by the Red Shirts, won the 2011 election and now govern. The protestors demanding the Prime Minister step down are related to the Yellow Shirt protestors that closed airports in Thailand in 2008.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 NOVEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Former Deputy Prime Minister SUTHEP THAUGSUBAN, leader of the anti-government protests rocking Bangkok, at a press conference in the Ministry of Finance building. The Thai government issued as warrant for Suthep as the protests spread but he has not been arrested. Protestors opposed to the government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra spread out through Bangkok this week. Protestors have taken over the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Sports and Tourism, Ministry of the Interior and other smaller ministries. The protestors are demanding the Prime Minister resign, the Prime Minister said she will not step down. This is the worst political turmoil in Thailand since 2010 when 90 civilians were killed in an army crackdown against Red Shirt protestors. The Pheu Thai party, supported by the Red Shirts, won the 2011 election and now govern. The protestors demanding the Prime Minister step down are related to the Yellow Shirt protestors that closed airports in Thailand in 2008.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 NOVEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thai anti-government protestors gather in the courtyard of the Ministry of Finance in Bangkok. Protestors opposed to the government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra spread out through Bangkok this week. Protestors have taken over the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Sports and Tourism, Ministry of the Interior and other smaller ministries. The protestors are demanding the Prime Minister resign, the Prime Minister said she will not step down. This is the worst political turmoil in Thailand since 2010 when 90 civilians were killed in an army crackdown against Red Shirt protestors. The Pheu Thai party, supported by the Red Shirts, won the 2011 election and now govern. The protestors demanding the Prime Minister step down are related to the Yellow Shirt protestors that closed airports in Thailand in 2008.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 NOVEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A Thai anti-government protestor cheers an opposition speaker during a rally at the Ministry of Finance in Bangkok. Protestors opposed to the government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra spread out through Bangkok this week. Protestors have taken over the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Sports and Tourism, Ministry of the Interior and other smaller ministries. The protestors are demanding the Prime Minister resign, the Prime Minister said she will not step down. This is the worst political turmoil in Thailand since 2010 when 90 civilians were killed in an army crackdown against Red Shirt protestors. The Pheu Thai party, supported by the Red Shirts, won the 2011 election and now govern. The protestors demanding the Prime Minister step down are related to the Yellow Shirt protestors that closed airports in Thailand in 2008.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 NOVEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A Thai anti-government protestor relaxes in the lobby of the Ministry of FInance.  Protestors opposed to the government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra spread out through Bangkok this week. Protestors have taken over the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Sports and Tourism, Ministry of the Interior and other smaller ministries. The protestors are demanding the Prime Minister resign, the Prime Minister said she will not step down. This is the worst political turmoil in Thailand since 2010 when 90 civilians were killed in an army crackdown against Red Shirt protestors. The Pheu Thai party, supported by the Red Shirts, won the 2011 election and now govern. The protestors demanding the Prime Minister step down are related to the Yellow Shirt protestors that closed airports in Thailand in 2008.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • A Thai anti-government protestor cheers an opposition speaker during a rally at the Ministry of Finance in Bangkok. Protestors opposed to the government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra spread out through Bangkok this week. Protestors have taken over the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Sports and Tourism, Ministry of the Interior and other smaller ministries. The protestors are demanding the Prime Minister resign, the Prime Minister said she will not step down. This is the worst political turmoil in Thailand since 2010 when 90 civilians were killed in an army crackdown against Red Shirt protestors. The Pheu Thai party, supported by the Red Shirts, won the 2011 election and now govern. The protestors demanding the Prime Minister step down are related to the Yellow Shirt protestors that closed airports in Thailand in 2008.
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  • 23 DECEMBER 2012 - SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE:  Interior view of Sim Lim Square in Singapore. Sim Lim Square, commonly referred to as SLS, is a large retail complex that offers a wide variety of electronic goods and services ranging from DVDs, cameras, phones, video cameras, and computer parts and servicing. SLS is opposite the historic  Little India district and close to one of the earliest HDB (Singapore housing agency) developments. SLS is accessible via MRT at Bugis or Little India.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Graffiti on interior wall in an abandoned building on Phetchaburi Rd in central Bangkok, Thailand. The building used to be an optician's shop with residences above the ground floor shop. The global economic slowdown had little visible effect in Bangkok. Construction projects dot the city of 12 million and development continues unabated.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 AUGUST 2003 -- GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, AZ: Looking into the interior of the Grand Canyon from the north rim of the Grand Canyon National Park in northern Arizona.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MAY 2008 -- MARICOPA, AZ: Hindu holy men pray during the dedication of the new Hindu temple in Maricopa, AZ, Sunday. More than 3,000 Hindus from Arizona, southern California and New Mexico came to Maricopa, AZ, a small town in the desert about 50 miles south of Phoenix, for the dedication of the Maha Ganapati Temple of Arizona. It is the first Hindu temple in Arizona designed according to ancient South Indian Hindu architectural guides. Craftsmen from India came to Maricopa to complete the interior details of the temple. The dedication ceremonies lasted three days.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 11 JANUARY 2007 - LEON, NICARAGUA: Interior of the cathedral in Leon, Nicaragua, took over 113 years to build. Construction started in 1747. Ruben Dario, Nicaragua's most famous poet, is buried beneath the cathedral. Leon was established in 1524 and was the capitol of what is now Nicaragua for more than 200 years. It was heavily damaged during the Sandanista war against the Somoza regime and it still one of the most liberal cities in Nicaragua.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 09 JULY 2017 - SINGAPORE: Interior of Saint Andrew's Cathedral, an Anglican cathedral in Singapore. It is the country's largest cathedral. It's the Cathedral church of the Anglican Diocese of Singapore and the mother church of her 27 parishes and more than 55 congregations. A church existed on the site since 1836, the current church however was built in 1856–1861.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 APRIL 2015 - TAMPA, FLORIDA, USA: The facade to a Mexican restaurant on 7th Ave in the heart of Tampa's historic Ybor City neighborhood. The building is a preserved historic structure. The facade is the original style but the interior has been gutted and now is essentially a courtyard or outdoor space. Ybor is a historically Cuban immigrant community that has been redeveloped and gentrified into a popular tourist destination lined with cigar factories, boutiques and cafes.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 APRIL 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Interior of Masjid Ton Son, the first mosque in Bangkok, founded in 1688 during the reign of King Narai, of the Ayutthaya era. Muslims are about 5 percent of Thailand, but make up a bigger proportion of Bangkok. Thailand's deep south provinces are Muslim majority.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A hand drawn Thai flag hanging on interior hallway in the old Customs House in Bangkok. The old Customs House was once the financial gateway to Thailand (before 1932 called Siam). It was designed by an Italian architect in the 1880s. In the 1950s, customs moved to new, more modern building and the Customs House became the headquarters for the Marine firefighters. The firefighters now live in the decrepit buildings with their families.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A portrait of Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand, and his wife, Queen Sirikit, hanging on an interior doorway in the old Customs House in Bangkok. The old Customs House was once the financial gateway to Thailand (before 1932 called Siam). It was designed by an Italian architect in the 1880s. In the 1950s, customs moved to new, more modern building and the Customs House became the headquarters for the Marine firefighters. The firefighters now live in the decrepit buildings with their families.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: An interior hallways in the old Customs House in Bangkok. The old Customs House was once the financial gateway to Thailand (before 1932 called Siam). It was designed by an Italian architect in the 1880s. In the 1950s, customs moved to new, more modern building and the Customs House became the headquarters for the Marine firefighters. The firefighters now live in the decrepit buildings with their families.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 DECEMBER 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: The interior of Santa Cruz Catholic Church in Bangkok. There has been a Catholic church on the site since 1770. The current church was finished in 1916. It is one of the oldest Catholic churches in Thailand. Now the neighborhood around the church is known for the Thai adaptation of Portuguese cakes baked in the neighborhood. Several hundred Siamese (Thai) Buddhists converted to Catholicism in the 1770s. Some of the families started baking the cakes. When the Siamese Empire in Ayutthaya was sacked by the Burmese, the Portuguese and Thai Catholics fled to Thonburi, in what is now Bangkok. The Portuguese established a Catholic church near the new Siamese capital. There are still a large number of Thai Catholics living in the neighborhood around the church.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 JANUARY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Interior of the Chaomae Thapthim Shrine, a Chinese shrine in a working class neighborhood of Bangkok near the Chulalongkorn University campus. The Sai Yong Hong Opera Troupe's nine night performance at the shrine is an annual tradition and is the start of the Lunar New Year celebrations in the neighborhood. The performance is the shrine's way of thanking the Gods for making the year that is ending a successful one. Lunar New Year, also called Chinese New Year, is officially February 19 this year. Teochew opera is a form of Chinese opera that is popular in Thailand and Malaysia.             PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JANUARY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Interior of the Chaomae Thapthim Shrine, a Chinese shrine in a working class neighborhood of Bangkok near the Chulalongkorn University campus. The Sai Yong Hong troupe has a nine night performance at the shrine in an annual tradition and is the start of the Lunar New Year celebrations in the neighborhood. Lunar New Year, also called Chinese New Year, is officially February 19 this year. Teochew opera is a form of Chinese opera that is popular in Thailand and Malaysia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2014 - LOPBURI, LOPBURI, THAILAND: A Buddhist monk wanders through the interior Phra Prang Sam Yot, a historic temple in the Khmer style, during the annual monkey buffet party in Lopburi. Lopburi is the capital of Lopburi province and is about 180 kilometers from Bangkok. Lopburi is home to thousands of Long Tailed Macaque monkeys. A regular sized adult is 38 to 55cm long and its tail is typically 40 to 65cm. Male macaques weigh around 5 to 9 kilos, females weigh approximately 3 to 6 kg. The Monkey Buffet was started in the 1980s by a local business man who owned a hotel and wanted to attract visitors to the provincial town. The annual event draws thousands of tourists to the town.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 NOVEMBER 2014 - SITTWE, MYANMAR: The interior of Lokananda Paya, the main Buddhist pagoda (paya) in Sittwe, Myanmar. Sittwe is a small town in the Myanmar state of Rakhine, on the Bay of Bengal.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Interior of the Gong Wu Shrine in Bangkok. Gong Wu is an ancient shrine dating back over 270 years and is located on the Thonburi side of the Chao Praya River in Somdet Ya (Princess Mother Community), Khlong San area of Bangkok. The first of the 3 Gong Wu statues was brought to Thailand around 1736 by Hokkien Chinese traders. On site there are 3 primary temple buildings of various ages.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 AUGUST 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Interior of Holy Rosary Church in the Talat Noi section of Bangkok. Holy Rosary Church, Wat Mae Phra Luk Prakham, is also known as Kalawar Church. The church was built with a land grant from King Rama I in 1786, about four years after Bangkok was established as Siam's capital. Many Catholic Vietnamese and Cambodians fled to Bangkok during the wars in Indochina and adopted this church as their main house of worship. It has been rebuilt twice. The present church was built in the late 1890s. The cream-colored church has a towering spire and European style stained-glass windows.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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