Who doesn’t like a good debate? Lhasa’s Sera Monastery is known for it’s debates. Before I even attempt to describe it to you, try to mentally block out all the “debates” you’ve been to and fallen asleep at in the past, because these debates deviate wildly from what you would imagine a good ol’ fashioned run-of-the-mill…
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“Not all those who wander are lost.” – J.R.R. Tolkien I have absolutely no apologies for using one of Tolkien’s most overused and bastardized lines. This quote couldn’t describe more accurately how I feel when I stepped foot into the alleyways of Lhasa. The advice I often give to people visiting for the first time:…
Very few things in the world compare to stepping off of an airplane onto the Tibetan plateau in Lhasa. Going from just above sea level to around 13,000 feet, coupled with landing in the famous Yarlung Valley surrounded by 20,000 foot peaks, literally takes ones breath away… mostly from lack of oxygen. Try to walk…
We are 6 days into Matt and I’s photo workshop – halfway to Mount Everest. Arguable the middle of nowhere (yet I’ve found internet). Tomorrow we get our first glimpse of Everest and the day after that we get to visit the mountain itself before we drop off the plateau onto the subcontinent. I have…
Five days into our Lhasa, Everest, Nepal Overland Workshop and and we are having great time. We’ve visited two monasteries, watched monk debates, spent time at a prayer festival, and cruised around the Barkhor region of downtown Lhasa. Unfortunately, the day before the tour started my iPad camera connector bit the bullet in a most…
Corny jokes aside, it’s good to get our 2011 Tibet, Everest, Nepal Overland tour started. It’s been a busy last few days for me getting tons of stuff ready for the trip that kicks off this evening. The good kind of busy. I’ve been able to enjoy a true spring in Chengdu over the last…
About 4 months ago I posted on my visit to Beijing and some shooting I did in the Beijing with my friend Jonah Kessel. See my images from that day of shooting here. My shooting was just for fun and to burn some time while I was waiting on some answers about visa issues –…
Today we wrap up our three part interview series on engaging cultures as photographers. Craig, Matt, and myself cover topics such as having patiences as aphotographer, engaging a culture short term, accurate story telling, and the dangers of assumption making. This is the last section of our interview series on engaging culture with Matt Brandon,…
“Engaging culture takes time, but see the problem is we don’t want to spend much time on this stuff. We want to get in, take our pictures, and then leave.” – Matt Brandon Today we continue with a three part interview series on engaging cultures as photographers. We jump into the meat of the conversation…
About a month ago I was sitting in a Hong Kong hotel room sick as a dog with Walking Pneumonia. I was watching television that afternoon when an interview with a European expat photographer living in Hong Kong was featured. The photographer had made his living selling portraits of Hong Kong street life. He began…