Traditional family life for the hill tribes has recently been dislocated. Since more than 3.5 million young Nepali men and women have left their villages to work abroad, there are few people remaining. Today, the young are no longer happy living traditional lifestyles, instead they dream of the success the modern world promises.

Mick Stetson

mstetson@gmail.com 8108070034753 Japan

Biography

MICK STETSON is a photojournalist and freelance photographer who specilizes in documenting cultures and people from remote regions within Asia. Mick focuses mainly on diminishing cultures and cultures that are transitioning or transforming as a result of the encroachment of modernity. He is especially interested in the effect that the pressures of globalization are having on the traditional lifestyles of various ethnic groups and how it affects their individual and cultural freedom.