Htoo Tay Zar
documentary photographer / filmmaker
Htoo Tay Zar is a documentary photographer and filmmaker from Yangon, Myanmar (Burma). He was one of the pioneering bloggers in Myanmar and followed his passion to become a full-time photographer.
He has worked for local newspapers and the European Pressphoto Agency, and some of his photography projects have been featured in the International Herald Tribune, The Guardian, and the Bangkok Post. He has also contributed video reports for the BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera, France 24, and Global Witness. He regularly works on assignments for UNODC, USAID, and European Union organizations.
He is interested in social, political, and human rights issues, and is currently working on personal projects. Due to his reporting on the Myanmar Revolution, he has been exiled and is currently residing in Thailand, where he continues to document the revolution while living on the Thai-Myanmar border.
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