Yu Yu Myint Than

Mittwoch, 18. Januar 1984

Yu Yu Myint Than is a documentary photographer from Myanmar. She is the manager of the non-profit organization Myanmar Deitta, a gallery that promotes local artistic and documentary photographers, filmmakers and multimedia producers. Over the course of her career she has won scholarships and awards from Bali, South Korea, Malaysia, Yangon, Bangkok, New York and Cambodia. In 2018 Yu Yu co-founded the Thuma Collective, an organization that seeks to expand the ability of female visual artists from Myanmar to express themselves and develop professionally. Much of her work explores religious and women's issues.