Lives of elderly people in Southeast Asia
At the turn of the millennium, population ageing has replaced fertility control as a primary concern of South East Asia countries. Here are pictures on elderly people and their conditions in Indonesia, Timor Leste and Thailand.
Photographer:
Leya Cattleya, a development consultant for over 20 year, lives in a small village in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. She started to take photos in September 2011 for fun while traveling in Indonesia and abroad and since then has seen many of her pictures published in Kompas Daily Newspaper and National Geographic Indonesia Traveller.
An elderly woman laid down in SiamSquare, Bangkok, Thailand 2013
An elder vegetable seller sleeps awayin Bandungan, Indonesia, 2014
An elderly woman by a mural nearMalioboro, Yogyakarta, 2012
An old temple cleaner takes a rest,Ayuthaya, Thailand, 2013
An old man & its puppet mask,Kalimalang, East Jakarta, Indonesia, 2014
Arranging flowers for temple goers,Siam, Bangkok, Thailand, 2012
A seller of clay stoves, Bantul,Indonesia 2012 (published by Kompas)
An elderly woman on a fence, Dili, TimorLeste, 2012 (published by Kompas)
An old man and an old bike,East Jakarta, Indonesia, 2012