Rod Harbinson Photography

12/08/2026

Watched the solar eclipse in South Park, Oxford. The spectacle took place on one of the hottest days of the year. To view the eclipse people used special glasses, cooking colanders and pin hole cameras made of cardboard boxes. Serious viewers took telescopes fitted with special solar filters.

04/08/2026

Back covering WOMAD Festival at its new venue in Wiltshire. Here are some highlights. www.rodharbinson.com

23/06/2026

A few days after the EU referendum on 23 June 2016, I went to join others in central London protesting the outcome. It was a largely young crowd, exuding youthful energy in the overcast drizzle of Trafalgar Square. People expressed, sadness, bitterness at this right-wing stitch-up, and anger that the outcome was the result of the lies of ‘Leave’ leaning politicians.
All the ‘Remain’ predictions of the devastating impact of this great, ‘Act of Self Harm’ have come to pass, leaving our economy and social fabric in tatters. Meanwhile the claims of the ‘Leave’ campaign have all been shown up for the crooked and corrupt lies that they were and still are.
Six Prime Ministers have come and gone, each too weak to overturn this historic injustice and return the UK to its rightful place inside the EU. Until our leadership speaks for the majority it represents, and stops pandering to the extreme-right, this country will continue its downward slide. Whoever takes over the baton of leadership now, urgently needs to address our return to Europe. More photos and original article at: www.rodharbinson.com/britons-protest-to-remain-eu ,

04/05/2026

The Karen hilltribe has long contested its right to self-governance with central government’s, be it Burma or Thailand. I freshly present here, archival photos shot on Kodachrome in the nineties. They explore what it is to inhabit the upland margins in Asia. , , , , ,

Here I draw on my own experiences with the hill tribes of mainland Southeast Asia to review James C. Scott’s 2009 book: ‘The Art of Not Being Governed.'

02/01/2026

Good to get my photo used in Spanish newspaper, La Region. #2026

Bangkok devuelve 18 soldados a Nom Pen al cumplirse 72 horas del cese de hostilidades

01/01/2026

Photos of my Year in Review. 2025 kicked off in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi, where the streets erupted with ecstatic football supporters when Vietnam beat Thailand for the first time since 2019.

Boys crossed a railway track in coastal Cambodia, where efforts to clean up the plastic waste that blight every corner of this urban community are having an impact.

Time sometimes seems to have forgotten Northern England, where lean economic times have seen people slide nostalgically into a glorious era when Great Britain ruled the waves. Perhaps re-enacting this bygone era gave locals a sense of community pride as their pubs and highstreets shuttered. ‘A Splendid Day Out’ saw Steam Punk fans flocking to Morecambe and the Royal Air Force Red Devils dropped in for a cup of tea. Anniversary events gave people an excuse to dust off their 1940’s outfits, and just for a day, escape the cost-of-living grind.

The rapidly rising skyline of Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh is testament to economic boom times. It has yet to be seen whether it turns to a bust as the impact of conflict which erupted in July on the border with Thailand is felt. Following an uneasy truce in October, fighting re-erupted more seriously in December. A ceasefire held through New Year but Phnom Penh is still in mourning and the sky remained dark on NYE, devoid of fireworks. Perhaps too many bangs have been heard in recent weeks and nerves are still on edge. People were quick to rally around the impromptu aid centres set up to receive donations and send them to the many displaced people’s camps in provincial evacuation zones. A March for Peace gave people of every faith the chance to express what everyone wants: Peace. Here’s praying the ceasefire holds.

#2026