Episode 073 - Jens Uwe Parkitny | Journalist, Photographer, Travel professional, & Author of Marked For Life
Description
Jens Uwe Parkitny is a portrait photographer, a travel trade journalist, and a travel industry professional. He's the author of two coffee table books - Bloodfaces, and Marked For Life, which celebrate facial tattoos of Chin people, documented over a decade.
Follow him for more such passion projects that will showcase tattooing traditions in the diverse cultural landscape of Myanmar.
Jens has also co-created Loikaw Lodge, a lakefront boutique accommodation in Myanmar's Kayah state.
Listen to his journey from growing up in Germany, and being a journalist for travel trade magazines, to capturing superb portraits, and building a lodge on a lake!
His labor of love features stunning images of various tribes of Chin women who take pride in their facial tattoos. Taking a closer look, you can appreciate the art and the craftsmanship.
Having spent years travelling to remote regions of Myanmar, and connecting with these ethnic groups, Jens has a wealth of knowledge about the dying tradition of Chin facial tattooing.
Through his work, Jens hopes to preserve such tribal cultural traditions, challenge perceptions of beauty, and also create sustainable livelihoods for ethnic communities.
Although authentic meanings of these facial tattoos are not established yet, the intricate patterns seem to relate to right of passage, identity, and spiritual connections.
Also, mentioned in this podcast
Accor Asia Pacific
Agra
Alice Cooper
Amazon
Andre Schnegass
Apatani
Arakan Hills
Bali
Bojyoke Aung San Market
Borneo
Chin
Community Based Tourism
Delhi
Diwali
Expedia
Facial tattoo
Falam
Faridabad
Goethe Institut, Yangon
Gurugram
Hakha
Hasselblad
Hla Day
Ian Hayes
Indawgyi Lake
Inle Lake
Inuit
Jaipur
Kachin
Kayah<
United States
