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Head Bow, Bangkok, Thailand, 1994

Photo: Head Bow

Buddhist monks carry a photograph of the King of Thailand, Adulyadej Bhumibol, in celebration of his birthday.

(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Many Faces of Thailand," February 1996, National Geographic magazine)

Photograph by Jodi Cobb

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