This is NOT Tibet
I am often asked, "What kind of photography do you do?". A simple question. However, I am at a lost most of the time for an answer. Perhaps a better question would be "Why am I so passionate about photography?".
For me, a photograph should breath with life. The act of capturing an image and transferring it onto a two dimensional piece of paper has no meaning if the image is devoid of life and emotion.
The idea behind this exhibition was to combine the obvious with the less obvious. The first thing that comes to mind when looking at these images would be "Tibet". Which they are not. Hence the title "This is -NOT- Tibet".
They are photographs from Dharamsala and Ladkah. Dhramsala is better known as the home of the exiled Dalai Lama's goverment and its' Tibetan refugees. Where else, "Ladakh" will likely draw a blank look from some people. We usually associate Buddhism with Tibet. What is not common knowledge is that Buddhism originated in India from a prince born in Nepal.
There is nothing grandiose about these images. No big colourful images to make you want to drop everything and buy a one-way plane ticket to get there. Instead, photography is used to invite the viewer to be one with me. Alone. To see through my eyes. To experience similar emotions. And perhaps to arrive with an alternate conclusion from what I had in mind when I first captured the image. When the project began, there was no "real" concept on how I would try to build up a series of photographs. In the beginning, there was only simplicity.
I avoid being driven to make images because I want to or I have to. The images called out to me as I travelled through these regions. It is my hope that you could almost feel that you were there with me.
For me, a photograph should breath with life. The act of capturing an image and transferring it onto a two dimensional piece of paper has no meaning if the image is devoid of life and emotion.
The idea behind this exhibition was to combine the obvious with the less obvious. The first thing that comes to mind when looking at these images would be "Tibet". Which they are not. Hence the title "This is -NOT- Tibet".
They are photographs from Dharamsala and Ladkah. Dhramsala is better known as the home of the exiled Dalai Lama's goverment and its' Tibetan refugees. Where else, "Ladakh" will likely draw a blank look from some people. We usually associate Buddhism with Tibet. What is not common knowledge is that Buddhism originated in India from a prince born in Nepal.
There is nothing grandiose about these images. No big colourful images to make you want to drop everything and buy a one-way plane ticket to get there. Instead, photography is used to invite the viewer to be one with me. Alone. To see through my eyes. To experience similar emotions. And perhaps to arrive with an alternate conclusion from what I had in mind when I first captured the image. When the project began, there was no "real" concept on how I would try to build up a series of photographs. In the beginning, there was only simplicity.
I avoid being driven to make images because I want to or I have to. The images called out to me as I travelled through these regions. It is my hope that you could almost feel that you were there with me.
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