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The Fighter
For the Love of God
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Mailee Osten-Tan
Films
Commissions
The Fighter
For the Love of God
Cheap Trans Surgery
Ram Thai Tiny Dancer
Stateless in Semporna
Monkey Malaria
Surgical Fistula
Portraits
Info
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The Fighter
For the Love of God
Cheap Trans Surgery
Ram Thai Tiny Dancer
Stateless in Semporna
Monkey Malaria
Surgical Fistula
Portraits
Info
British playwright and writer, Rebekah King.
Private commission
Private commission
Private commission
Suhaimah, a stateless teenager, gazes out of the window of her floating home, shot for UNDP. (Sabah, Malaysia)
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Transgender activist Penny Gold, shot for Longreads (New York, USA)
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Tattoo artist Sam Boucher in their studio, shot for the Salt Institute (Maine, USA)
Beebee, a trans cabaret dancer (Thailand, 2024)
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Bua and her neice Namfon, part of a community affected by unexploded ordnance, shot for UNDP (Kasi, Laos)
Thai and American fiction writer Mai Nardone, shot for Penguin Random House (Bangkok, Thailand)
Somni Das, a survivor of iatrogenic fistula, poses for a portrait in her home, shot for The Telegraph (Janakpur, Nepal)
Ela Lamasituju, an activist and peacebuilder poses for a portrait in a dilapidated building which was burned during the Poso Conflict and never rebuilt, shot for UN Women (Central Sulawesi, Indonesia)
Rukmini Paata Toheke, an indigenous Kulawi leader or "Tina Ngata", fixes her decorative headband in a mirror, shot for UN Women (Central Sulawesi, Indonesia)
Paricha Duangtaweesub, innovator and social entrepreneur, private commission. (Bangkok, Thailand)
Cha takes a break in the boxing ring at her local Muay Thai gym, shot for VICE World News (Bangkok, Thailand)
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Bruze Kawisara, a contestant in the 2024 Miss Tiffany Universe trans beauty pageant, gets ready for the auditions, shot for Getty Images (Bangkok, Thailand)
Associate Professor Kimberly Fornace who leads a monkey malaria research project poses for a portrait at dusk at the jetty house of the Danau Girange Research Centre, shot for The Telegraph (Sabah, Malaysian Borneo)
Lily Odekirk, Visual and Performance Artist, private commission (Portland, Maine)
Lilarag Kumal, 61, shows the facial scar sustained from a tiger attack, shot for The Telegraph (Chitwan, Nepal)
Leading fistula surgeon Dr Mohan Chandra Regmi poses for a portrait in his home, shot for UNFPA (Kathmandu, Nepal)
Joe (right) and Mate (left) pose for a portrait in Benchakitti Park, Bangkok, January 2025. The couple will be amongst the first in Thailand to get married under the new equal marriage law. Shot for The Telegraph.
Watana Sittirachot at the Ban Than Namchai Orphanage in Khao Sok, Thailand (2024).
Chris Glass, Soho House (Bangkok, 2024)
Momina Khatun, a survivor of iatrogenic fistula, poses for a portrait outside her home, shot for The Telegraph (Janakpur, Nepal)
Axel Kronholm poses for a portrait. The journalist won the Nils Horner Award for his work as a Southeast Asia correspondent for Swedish Radio. Shot for Journalisti Magazine. (Bangkok, Thailand)

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