17/09/2026
READING THE SIGNS | Chin State, Myanmar
Not every important photograph is a beautiful “calendar picture.”
In a remote Chin community, a traditional divination ceremony is performed by sacrificing a rooster and later interpreting signs from its legs. Nearby, two eggs placed on bamboo poles are offered to the guardian spirit.
The ritual may last only for a moment.
The photograph can carry its story for generations.
Documentary photography is not simply about showing what we saw.
It is about preserving what it meant.
Some photographs decorate walls.
Others preserve memories before they disappear.