Docuteller is a resource-sharing platform and online magazine for visual storytellers from Myanmar (Burma). It aims to provide to provide essential visual storytelling education, feature interviews with artists to inspire one another, and offer crisis response support for visual storytellers in Burma amid ongoing conflict, censorship, and the military junta’s suppression of free expression.
Founded in 2024 by three visual storytellers, Docuteller is a self-funded, independently run non-profit organization. Through this platform, we aim to rebuild our shattered community by connecting visual storytellers, artists, photographers, filmmakers, and curators. We hope it will serve as a virtual space where artists can freely express their voices.
Write for us
Docuteller is always looking for new contributors, writers, and researchers to join us in building this community. We also welcome visual storytellers who would like to share their work with our readers. If you’re interested, please send your pitches to editors@docuteller.orgTeam
Jim
Co-founder, editor & author
Jim is a Myanmar-based photographer, documentary filmmaker, and photo editor whose work explores the environment and the human stories that shape society.
He first picked up a camera during the 2007 Saffron Revolution in Yangon, capturing historic moments that sparked his passion for visual storytelling. Since 2010, he has worked with local and international newspapers and organizations, building a body of work recognized internationally for its focus on nature, environmental issues, and the social and political landscape of Myanmar.
Jim began blogging in 2006 and has recently renewed this practice, sharing reflections, knowledge, and field experiences with a wider audience. He also leads trainings in photojournalism and media literacy, both online and in person, passing on his expertise to the next generation of storytellers.
Shwe Wutt Hmon
Co-founder, editor & author
Shwe Wutt Hmon is a photographer and mixed media artist from Myanmar, currently based in Thailand. Shwe’s work focuses on collective histories, familial ties, the knots and threads of human relationships, and exploring the inner psyche through intimate storytelling about people and places dear to her heart. She tells personal stories to connect with and examine broader social aspects; conversely, she works on social documentaries reflecting and drawing from her own position within the issue. Shwe uses photography as her main medium and incorporates archives, videos, texts, poems, paintings, and drawings of her own or in collaboration with others.
Shwe is the recipient of respected art and photography awards including the Objectifs Documentary Award 2020 (Open Category) and the inaugural Julius Baer Next Generation Art Prize in 2021. Her works have been exhibited internationally in art festivals and spaces such as Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2020, Aichi Triennale 2022, Thailand Biennale, Chiang Rai 2023 with ‘Zomia Pavilion’, Singapore International Photography Festival 2020, Photo Australia International Festival of Photography 2022, ArtScience Museum Singapore, Bangkok Art & Culture Centre, Photoforum Pasquart, Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam and Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation.
Htoo Tay Zar
Co-founder, editor & author
Htoo Tay Zar is a photographer and documentary filmmaker based in Yangon, Myanmar (Burma). He was one of the pioneer bloggers in Myanmar and later pursued his passion, becoming a full-time photographer in 2010. He is also the founder of 25 Degrees Studio, a documentary film production studio based in Yangon, established in 2015.
He has worked for local newspapers and the European Pressphoto Agency, and some of his photography projects have been featured in the International Herald Tribune, The Guardian, and the Bangkok Post. He regularly takes on assignments for UNODC, USAID, and the European Union. His work focuses on social issues, political issues, and human rights, and he is currently developing several personal projects.
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