Woman prying at the feet of a 32.5m, standing Buddha referred to as Luang Pho To or Phrasiariyametri. It took over 60 years to complete and is decorated in glass mosaics and 24-carat gold. Wat Intharawihan, Bangkok, Thailand, 2010.

Farmer packing wool into sacks ready to be taken to the local consortium. Northern Thailand, 2010.

Usually, a mahout starts as a boy in the 'family business' when he is assigned an elephant early in its life and they would be attached to each other throughout the elephant's life.