Pulitzer Center grantee Ryan Libre received the Eugene Smith, Howard Chapnick Grant to open Documentary Arts Asia (DAA) center and library in Chiangmai, Thailand.
Myanmar: The Kachin Struggle For Freedom
Ryan Libre receives the 2010 Nikon Inspiration Award for photographs on the Kachin struggle for independence in Myanmar.
The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand April Photography Exhibition
The Oct. 31 deadline for the ethnic cease-fire groups in Burma to disarm has passed quietly in the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) capital of Laiza.
Observers are focused now on the ongoing KIO-junta negotiations.
After the junta rejected all nine negotiation proposals submitted by the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), the KIO has changed its negotiation tactics.
The car came to an abrupt stop. "Get out," the driver said.
The car came to an abrupt stop. "Get out," the driver said.
Tim Patterson, for the Pulitzer Center (Photo by Ryan Libre)
In the north of Myanmar the Kachin people have been struggling for autonomy for generations.
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Ryan Libre is a photojournalist based in a small village near Chiang Mai, Thailand who tells stories of places and people that fall below the radar screen of mainstream media. Past projects include...
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Tim Patterson is a travel journalist based in Vermont whose work has appeared in The San Francisco Chronicle, Worldhum.com and the Common Language Project. Tim is also a contributing editor...