Bathing Northern Laos

PhotographerAdri Berger
PrizeBronze in Portraiture / Culture
Entry Description

Although bathing in rivers is part of a social structure in most parts of Laos, people are mainly forced to use often unclean rivers for their daily bath and washing clothes due to a lack of proper sanitation.

About Photographer

Adri’s work has been exhibited in a variety of solo and group shows at institutions including: Thomas Kettle Gallery (London), National Portrait Gallery (London), the Association of Photographers Gallery (London) and Naarden Fotofestival, Netherlands. In the Neilsson Hays Library and the Dutch Embassy, both in Bangkok, the Howard Greenberg Gallery in New York and in other shows. Prints of his work are being held in the collection of the Arts Council in the UK. He directs and produces videos for a variety of NGO's and on occasion works for TV programs.