Ta Mwe is a Burmese photojournalist and documentary photographer with experience covering a wide range of political and social stories and events throughout Myanmar. After many years working for national and international publications and organizations as a photographer, videographer, and video editor, Ta Mwe’s recent work has focused on analog stills photography, covering first the COVID-19 crisis and then the country’s anti-coup protests on medium-format black and white film stock. Ta Mwe’s work can be seen in the stories Uprising and Myanmar’s COVID Crisis.
Due to the political situation in Myanmar, the name Ta Mwe is an alias, this bio has been heavily redacted to remove any identifying information, and the profile photo is an avatar.