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.

Exhibits on SocialDocumentary.net Country No. of Visits Year(s)

Burma: From the Inside, Looking Out

More than 160 ethnic groups live within the political borders of modern Myanmar. Since the British c...

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Myanmar 1235 2012 - 2022

Portrait of an Enemy

Who is your enemy? By which conditions or circumstances is this determined and by whose decree, spok...

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Viet Nam 2914 2016 - Same

Minamata’s Living Legacy

A visual record of the devastating results of the Chisso-Minamata Disease, as it continues to be liv...

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Japan 5337 2012 - 2024

Ghost Villages

Priya Gurung knows ten people who left her village to work overseas. Today, the young are no longer ...

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Nepal 3243 2015 - 2017