Spitu Gompa, Lhadak, India 1995

Tibet

Travelogue 2 - Tibet

A series of photographs which document extensive travels in Tibet and the Tibetan Buddhist world between 1997 and 1987. They include images taken in West Tibet (Mount Kailas), central and East Tibet, Mongolia (in mid winter), the Tibetan exile community in north and south India, and Ladakh. The photographs were taken on a Nikon F3 using 35mm Fujichrome/Ektachrome film.

An introduction written for the 1997 Sarjeant Gallery (New Zealand) exhibition of these photographs can be found on this link - “Tibet - a Living Culture”

 Spitu Gompa, Lhadak, India 1995

Spitu Gompa, Lhadak, India 1995

 Hemis Gompa, Lhadak, India 1995

Hemis Gompa, Lhadak, India 1995

 Thiksey Gompa, Leh, Lhadak, India 1995

Thiksey Gompa, Leh, Lhadak, India 1995

 Thiksey Gompa, Leh, Lhadak, India 1995

Thiksey Gompa, Leh, Lhadak, India 1995

 Thiksey Gompa, Leh, Lhadak, India 1995

Thiksey Gompa, Leh, Lhadak, India 1995

 Thiksey Gompa, Leh, Lhadak, India 1995

Thiksey Gompa, Leh, Lhadak, India 1995

 Cham dancer, Tashi Lhunpo Gompa, Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India, 1997

Cham dancer, Tashi Lhunpo Gompa, Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India, 1997

 Gyudmed Tantric College, Hunsur, Karnataka, India, 1994

Gyudmed Tantric College, Hunsur, Karnataka, India, 1994

 Sakya Centre, Rajpur, Uttarakhund, India, 1995

Sakya Centre, Rajpur, Uttarakhund, India, 1995

 Gyudmed Tantric College, Hunsur, Karnataka, India, 1994

Gyudmed Tantric College, Hunsur, Karnataka, India, 1994

 Gyudmed Tantric College, Hunsur, Karnataka, India, 1994

Gyudmed Tantric College, Hunsur, Karnataka, India, 1994

 Drepung Loseling Monastery, Mungod, Karnataka, India, 1994

Drepung Loseling Monastery, Mungod, Karnataka, India, 1994

 Drepung Loseling Monastery, Mungod, Karnataka, India, 1994

Drepung Loseling Monastery, Mungod, Karnataka, India, 1994

 Gandantegchinlen Monastery, Ulan Batoor, Mongolia 1992

Gandantegchinlen Monastery, Ulan Batoor, Mongolia 1992

 Gandantegchinlen Monastery, Ulan Batoor, Mongolia, 1992

Gandantegchinlen Monastery, Ulan Batoor, Mongolia, 1992

 Gandantegchinlen Monastery, Ulan Batoor, Mongolia, 1992

Gandantegchinlen Monastery, Ulan Batoor, Mongolia, 1992

 Herdsmen, Gobi Altai, Mongolia, 1992

Herdsmen, Gobi Altai, Mongolia, 1992

 Wrestling tournament, Ulan Batoor, Mongolia, 1992

Wrestling tournament, Ulan Batoor, Mongolia, 1992

 Young shepherd, Gobi Altai, Mongolia, 1992

Young shepherd, Gobi Altai, Mongolia, 1992

 Young shepherd, Gobi Altai, Mongolia, 1992

Young shepherd, Gobi Altai, Mongolia, 1992

 West Tibet Highway, Kunlun Mts, West Tibet 1990

West Tibet Highway, Kunlun Mts, West Tibet 1990

 Yarkand River, Kunlun Mts, West Tibet, 1990

Yarkand River, Kunlun Mts, West Tibet, 1990

 West Tibet Highway, Kunlun Mts, West Tibet, 1990

West Tibet Highway, Kunlun Mts, West Tibet, 1990

 West Tibet Highway, Kunlun Mts, West Tibet, 1990

West Tibet Highway, Kunlun Mts, West Tibet, 1990

 Salt lake, Aksai Chun, West Tibet, 1990

Salt lake, Aksai Chun, West Tibet, 1990

 Guge, West Tibet, 1990

Guge, West Tibet, 1990

 Guge, West Tibet, 1990

Guge, West Tibet, 1990

 Guge, West Tibet, 1990

Guge, West Tibet, 1990

 Pilgrims path, Mt Kailas, West Tibet, 1990

Pilgrims path, Mt Kailas, West Tibet, 1990

 Lake Manasarovar, West Tibet, 1990

Lake Manasarovar, West Tibet, 1990

 Lake Manasarovar, West Tibet, 1990

Lake Manasarovar, West Tibet, 1990

 Nanfor Shan, North East Tibet (Amdo), 1990

Nanfor Shan, North East Tibet (Amdo), 1990

 Prayer flags, Honguan, North East Tibet (Amdo), 1990

Prayer flags, Honguan, North East Tibet (Amdo), 1990

 Labrang Gompa, North East Tibet (Amdo), 1990

Labrang Gompa, North East Tibet (Amdo), 1990

 Gata Gompa, Taining, East Tibet (Kham), 1990

Gata Gompa, Taining, East Tibet (Kham), 1990

 Taining, East Tibet (Kham), 1990

Taining, East Tibet (Kham), 1990

 Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet, 1987

Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet, 1987

 Rock paintings, Drepung Monastery, Lhasa, Tibet, 1987

Rock paintings, Drepung Monastery, Lhasa, Tibet, 1987

 Hermitage, Samye Monastery, Yarlung Valley, Central Tibet, 1987

Hermitage, Samye Monastery, Yarlung Valley, Central Tibet, 1987

 Kumbum Chorten, Pelkor Chode Monastery, Gyantse, Tibet, 1987

Kumbum Chorten, Pelkor Chode Monastery, Gyantse, Tibet, 1987

 Tingri, Central Tibet, 1987

Tingri, Central Tibet, 1987

 Shigatse to Tingri Road, Central Tibet, 1987

Shigatse to Tingri Road, Central Tibet, 1987