• Zaw Min Yu was born in Yangon, Myanmar and bred within the nucleus of its film industry.
• Since 2001 he is again based in Yangon after working extensively in Asia, Australia and Europe as a commercial photographer.
• Zaw has also contributed to Asian Geographic, GEO Australasia, Sawasdee, and The Australian Way magazines, The Art of Burma - New Studies, Études Birmanes, and has been a Lonely Planet Images photographer since 1996.

Previous Books

• Discovery and Archaeological Excavation of a 16th Century Trading Vessel in the Philippines, World Wide First, Switzerland, 1987
• 18th Century Relics of the Griffin Shipwreck, World Wide First, Switzerland, 1988
• Myanmar - Land of the Spirit, Co & Bear Productions, Ltd, London, 1996
• Back to Mandalay, Abbaville Press, New York, 1997
• Burma’s Lost Kingdoms, with Pamela Gutman. Orchid Press, Bangkok, 2001
• A Journey Into Bagan, Southeastasianet Technologies, Kuala Lumpur, 2005
• Alingar, Avahouse Publishing, Kuala Lumpur, 2008

Photographic Exhibitions

• 1987 ‘Through The Eyes Of A Burmese Monk’, Ayala Museum, Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines.
• 1988 ‘18th Century Relics Of The Griffin Shipwreck’, National Museum, Manila, Philippines. Commissioned by World Wide First, Switzerland.
• 1993 ‘Living Treasure’, Sydney Town Hall, Sydney, Australia. Commissioned by the Government of New South Wales, Office on Aging, Sydney, Australia.
• 1994 ‘Myanmar The Golden Land’, Roar Art Gallery, Double Bay, Sydney, Australia.
• 1996 ‘A Journey Into Myanmar’, FMI Centre, Yangon, Myanmar.
• 2005 ‘Make Every Mother And Child Count’ Dusit Inya Lake Hotel, Yangon, Myanmar. Commisioned by WHO Myanmar on the occasion of World Health Day 2005
  
• 2008 Alingar - Zaw Min Yu Photo Art Gallery, Yangon, Myanmar