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The Street Market in Yangon | Myanmar

January 2, 2014 by Daniel Korzeniewski 4 Comments

In Yangon there are no chain stores, so where do locals turn for they daily needs? The street market…

Yes, locals go shopping everyday and they go to the street market where they can find everything you can imagine. Dead or alive, from fresh produce to, rice, meats, spices and beyond.

The market stretches for several blocks, and besides food you can also find textiles, hardware and tools, herbal medicines, tailors, and of course get a haircut.

People stroll the streets shopping around and bargaining, there is a sense of chaotic order here, merchants take every inch of the road they can, spreading the goods over the street in sacks, bamboo baskets, or fabrics, some others use stalls or small storefronts.

This was probably my favorite place to photograph in Yangon. I just wanted to immerse myself with the local activities and daily life, after all, that is all what traveling’s about, getting to know different cultures and traditions.

Some people asked me what cameras I brought for this tripod, well, used both the Nikon D4 and the Fuji X-E2, this one primarily with the kit 18-55 lens although I had some primes as well, but as stated before I think that moving forward I will just travel with the Fuji, I’ll probably get a second body, if you look at my first post for this trip, can you really see a quality difference from the different photos without looking the metadata?.

As far as this post, all the photos from the street market were done with the Fuji and kit lens, I used to pixel peep, not anymore, now I just enjoy myself and photography, being there and try to capture the uniqueness of the place and people, the Fuji gives me all I need and liberty to travel light.

YANGON, MYANMAR - CIRCA DECEMBER 2013: People walking and wandering around the street market of Yangon. (Daniel Korzeniewski)

YANGON, MYANMAR - CIRCA DECEMBER 2013: Merchant selling tea and juices in the street market of Yangon. (Daniel Korzeniewski)

YANGON, MYANMAR - CIRCA DECEMBER 2013: Merchant in the streets of Yangon webbing a fishing net in his storefront. (Daniel Korzeniewski)

YANGON, MYANMAR - CIRCA DECEMBER 2013: Variety of spices in the street market of Yangon. (Daniel Korzeniewski)

YANGON, MYANMAR - CIRCA DECEMBER 2013: Man looking at camera from a a hardware store in the streets of Yangon. (Daniel Korzeniewski)

YANGON, MYANMAR - CIRCA DECEMBER 2013: Merchants repairing and selling bags in street market of Yangon (Daniel Korzeniewski)

YANGON, MYANMAR - CIRCA DECEMBER 2013: Variety of green tomato in the street market of Yangon. (Daniel Korzeniewski)

YANGON, MYANMAR - CIRCA DECEMBER 2013: Woman selling crab in the Yangon street market. (Daniel Korzeniewski)

YANGON, MYANMAR - CIRCA DECEMBER 2013: Merchant in the streets of Yangon selling fishing supplies and nets. (Daniel Korzeniewski)

YANGON, MYANMAR - CIRCA DECEMBER 2013: Merchant in the streets of Yangon selling rice. (Daniel Korzeniewski)

YANGON, MYANMAR - CIRCA DECEMBER 2013: Merchant in the streets of Yangon selling chicken. (Daniel Korzeniewski)

YANGON, MYANMAR - CIRCA DECEMBER 2013: Variety of dried fish in the street market of Yangon. (Daniel Korzeniewski)

YANGON, MYANMAR - CIRCA DECEMBER 2013: Tailor offering alterations in the street market of Yangon (Daniel Korzeniewski)

YANGON, MYANMAR - CIRCA DECEMBER 2013: Barbershop in the streets of Yangon. (Daniel Korzeniewski)

That’s all for now, more coming soon…

For licensing information and prints, just click the photos.

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