A woman is performing her daily activity of yarn coloring under an old tree.

© Kyaw Zay Yar Lin

Submission Statement

A woman is coloring the yarns under the old tree. This is the daily activity of yarn coloring.

Author Background

I am a 27-year-old photographer from Mandalay and Sagaing, Myanmar, active in the field since 2018. I enjoy lifestyle, journalism, travel, landscape, street, and portrait photography. My first teacher was U Ye Aung Thu (AFP chief photographer). I also do commercial photography.
I won second prize in the UNESCO Silk Roads International Photo Contest 2021 and the bronze
prize in UNESCO;s International Martial Arts competition . I received the "Philippine Department of Education Secretary's Choice Award" in the 15th SEARCA photo contest 2021; third prize
from British Council MYANMAR in the Climate Connection; and second place in ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity 2021. I made it to the finalist stage of HIPA, Humanity 2020-2021 in Portfolio (Story-Telling) and my photo was presented in HIPA's publication book, HIPA humanity 2020-2021.
I received five Excellence Awards and three Honorable Mentions from World-Photography-Awards-2021 competition of the North America Photography Association and received certificates from the Asia Photo Festival in 2020 and 2021.
In 2022, I was shortlisted for the Sony World Photography Award, Documentary
Projects. And I was a Category winner in Environmental Champion of Picture people in the Mobile
competition and I received an Award of Excellence from Picture of The Year (POY) ASIA 2022
Awards. I received the Gold Medal Award from Ukraine LifePress Photo 2022 in the category “People in the news.”