June 2016
Beginner to intermediate
288 pages
6h 34m
English
I am drawn to expressions of human hunger for the divine, for absolution and connection. Walking up and down the Ganges at Varanasi, India, I spent the bulk of my time photographing the river-deep rituals that represented this, and the last time I was in Kathmandu I just never got around to shooting the religious life of the city in an intentional way. On my most recent trip to Kathmandu, I went specifically to photograph the expressions of faith of Tibetan Buddhists in exile in the small community of Boudha. In particular, I was looking to photograph the people, both in wider street scenes and through intimate portraiture. Nepalis are pretty relaxed people, and the Buddhists even more so. Still, the thought ...
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