Kashgar Offbeat Tours

29/04/2024

Check out Mick Stetson's latest submission to LensCulture's Critic Choice 2024 competition.
"Brothers In Arms" — The Shwedagon Temple, more than 2500 years old, is the most sacred Buddhist site in all of Myanmar. In 2007, it became the site of violent clashes between military forces and protesting monks. Defying the junta's ban on public assembly, hundreds of Buddhist monks marched in downtown Yangon, linking arms in a human chain, demanding their religious and civil rights to enter the temple to worship.

12/01/2024

Again...thank you all for your support and encouragement. Wishing you all the best in this year of the dragon! Cheers. Mick

Anyone can enter their best series into this free online photography competition. You could win: $25k cash, digital imaging equipment and flights to London. Enter the Professional competition of the Sony World Photography Awards to take your work to the next level.

11/04/2023

Are you ready to make room for your Passion?

Photography tours in Myanmar, Nepal, Japan and more. For serious photographers who want off-the-beaten path adventures for capturing portfolio-quality images.

19/03/2022

I'm honored that this photograph was selected by the LensCulture editors to be featured in the Critics' Choice 2022 Competition Gallery (https://www.lensculture.com/photo-competitions/critics-choice-2022). Hope you check it out! Mick

Check out Mick’s entry to the LensCulture Critics' Choice 2022! Share this post and help discover the best photography from all over the world!

18/03/2022

Reveries of Giverny: The roots for this series began a few years ago by experimenting with a new technique involving motion...At that moment, I thought of the Impressionists and wondered if I could make images of these koi as if they were being painted and not photographed. The challenge I had set for myself was to make these images “in-camera” without the wizardry of computer technology.

Check out Mick’s entry to the LensCulture Critics' Choice 2022! Share this post and help discover the best photography from all over the world!

03/03/2022

Some of the most influential photographers worldwide - https://mailchi.mp/4e4bb9727716/some-of-the-most-influential-photographers-worldwide-5128061 In this month's SUPER exciting issue, dedicated to 'COLORS' in all fields, we are delighted to feature some of the most influential photographers worldwide, including an exclusive interview with Magnum photographer Steve McCurry!!! Along with articles featuring work by Mark Edward Harris, Michelle Valberg, Thomas Dellert, Eric Kaltenmark, Jason Fenmore, Joseph Rossbach, Mick Stetson, Hussam Sleiby, Léu Britto, and Holger Hoffmann.

24/02/2022

Wish me luck....Mick

Check out Mick’s entry to the LensCulture Portrait Awards 2022! Share this post and help discover the best photography from all over the world!

16/12/2021

Experimenting with motion in a still camera, thinking of my camera as a painter’s brush moving over a canvas. Cheers. Mick

Check out Mick’s entry to the LensCulture Art Photography Awards 2022! Share this post and help discover the best photography from all over the world!

04/06/2021

I was surprised and elated to learn that one of my photographs that I entered into Lensculture's Critics' Choice 2021 competition was selected to be featured in their on-line curated gallery. Great news! Also, a great opportunity for you folks who know me and my work to give me some uncensored, unbiased, straight-no-chaser feedback. If could you do this for me, maybe I can honed down my submission so that it can make into the finalist category. Just maybe...What do you say? Looking forward to hearing from you! Cheers, Mick

Check out Mick’s entry to the LensCulture Critics' Choice 2021! Share this post and help discover the best photography from all over the world!

19/04/2021

Very surprised and thankful for this opportunity! Never expected it....

Check out Mick’s entry to the LensCulture HOME '21 International Photo Prize! Share this post and help discover the best photography from all over the world!

25/02/2021

Quarantined, Yet Still No Peace...
Mad as Hell! Stay safe, stay Healthy, stay Positive; and stay away from governments that don't take care of their people!

Check out Mick’s entry to the LensCulture Portrait Awards 2021! Share this post and help discover the best photography from all over the world!

07/05/2020

Stay Safe, Stay Healthy, Stay Positive! Mick

Digital advertisement created by Dentsu, Malaysia for Coca-Cola, within the categories: Non-Alcoholic Drinks, Public Interest, NGO.

05/03/2020

Looking for a free desktop image? It's yours for the asking! Cheers...Mick

20/02/2020

"Face to Face" is a product of the journey I began in 1997 when I first arrived in Asia. Each portrait represents a part of a more complete story that focuses on some of the most critical issues in our modern world. Take a look... Mick

Check out Mick’s entry to the LensCulture Portrait Awards 2020! Share this post and help discover the best photography from all over the world!

20/08/2019

Into the Mystics — Over the years on my peregrinations through India and Nepal, into the mystics of Asian religions, I had the good fortune (occasionally, misfortune) to encounter some of the holy men of this region, wandering on their own spiritual journeys.

Check out Mick’s entry to the LensCulture Emerging Talent Awards 2019! Share this post and help discover the best photography from all over the world!

19/06/2019

As Carl Jung has asserted, not only have our physical beings evolved through thousands of years of existence, but also our human psyche. The key aspects of this evolution are directly related to the ancient practice of rituals. For all societies, rituals have provided a way for discovering a kind of order and meaning for our existence out of the unfathomable chaos that surrounds us.

Check out Mick’s entry to the LensCulture Art Photography Awards 2019! Share this post and help discover the best photography from all over the world!

19/10/2018

Here we go again...hope something materializes this time.

Check out Mick’s entry to the LensCulture Black & White Photography Awards 2018! Share this post and help discover the best photography from all over the world!

16/10/2018

Awards for 2018 - Another amazing year! Thank you all for your support & continued interest in my work. Cheers. Mickhttps://mailchi.mp/bf8edcaad560/awards-for-2018

04/09/2018

Still emerging...probably will continue to do that.... Ah...like Nature and its endless flow of continuous creation. Cheers, Mick.

Check out Mick’s entry to the LensCulture Emerging Talent Awards 2018! Share this post and help discover the best photography from all over the world!

01/05/2018

LensCulture is a great place for emerging photographers to get support & encouragement. They've been helping me for 3 years now. Check it out. Mick

Check out this entry to the LensCulture Street Photography Awards 2018! Share this post and help discover the best photography from all over the world!

04/04/2018

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02/04/2018

Photo Tour Discount - Save $300 when you reserve a tour by April 7, 2018!https://mailchi.mp/ce71b9eec9a7/photo-tour-discount-save-300-when-you-reserve-a-tour-by-april-7-2018

25/10/2017

I'm surprised & honored to have my latest photography project featured on the LensCulture Network Gallery!

This series investigates the rituals of one Newar festival, Dasain, witnessing it as an ancient choreography, unfolding in sacred spaces with timeless replications of rituals that Newars, both young and old, ardently breathe fresh life into — a vibrant testimony & poetic journey of living Hinduism.…

20/09/2017

Zeke Magazine, featuring the Best of Global contemporary Photojournalism. Check out "Vietnam Reconsidered," Fall 2017 Issue.

Coconut Grove is no longer an immense swamp as it was during the Vietnam War; much of it was destroyed during the war and later when a bridge was constructed. However, local people still forage food from the canals that run through it, as their ancestors have done for centuries. Photograph by Mick S...

03/09/2017

We're a month away from my "Inside Nepal" workshop/tour & it's just about full! Don't miss out on this exciting life-changing opportunity to take your photography to the next level!

Discover the magic of Nepal & learn professional photography skills! Tours that benefit both the travelers & the local people of the host country. Join me on an adventure of a lifetime! Mick

14/08/2017

With the very ludicrous, yet serious threats from the Trumpet & King Kim, I would like to remind everyone of some of the possible aftermaths that could evolve if this behavior is not checked! This ancient drama of victim & victor persists, regardless of how sophisticated & intellectually informed our modern world thinks it is, but should we let it? This is our choice! ...Mick

Check out this entry to the LensCulture POWER! Share this post and help discover the best photography from all over the world!

02/08/2017

Win an amazing discount for the "Inside Nepal Photography Tour"

23/07/2017

Invite Friends & win $1,000 discount off "Inside Nepal 2017" photography tour! Visit http://mickstetson.com/ for more details.

Discover the magic of Nepal & learn professional photography skills! Tours that benefit both the travelers & the local people of the host country. Join me on an adventure of a lifetime! Mick

16/04/2017

Presenting another Life-changing Photography Tour — "Inside Nepal 2017," by Offbeat Photography Workshops & Tours. Join us for an amazing adventure of a lifetime.

Discover the magic of Nepal & learn professional photography skills! Tours that benefit both the travelers & the local people of the host country. Join me on an adventure of a lifetime! Mick

30/01/2017

Yes, YES...Yesssss! Remember George W. !