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Tibet 1980s: A Photographer’s Journey brings together Pierre Toutain-Dorbec’s photographs and recollections from extensive travels through Tibet during the 1980s.
For centuries, Tibet—the “Roof of the World”—held an almost mythical place in the Western imagination. When Toutain-Dorbec traveled there in the 1980s, he encountered a society in which spiritual practice remained profoundly intertwined with the rhythms of everyday life.
Through black-and-white photographs and personal recollections, the book documents Tibetan daily life, religious traditions, monasteries, landscapes, and the people Toutain-Dorbec encountered during a period of extraordinary cultural and political change.
Having traveled extensively in Tibet and later published works in collaboration with the Dalai Lama, Toutain-Dorbec offers a personal record of a culture whose spiritual traditions and identity have faced immense pressures.
More than a travel document, Tibet 1980s is a photographic testimony to the spiritual and cultural life of the Tibetan people and a record of a world witnessed during a pivotal period in its history.
Paperback — 216 pages
Black-and-white photography, printed in color
5.5 × 8.5 in. (14 × 21.6 cm), portrait format
Perfect bound
ISBN 979-8-9890143-4-7
Tibet 1980s: A Photographer’s Journey brings together Pierre Toutain-Dorbec’s photographs and recollections from extensive travels through Tibet during the 1980s.
For centuries, Tibet—the “Roof of the World”—held an almost mythical place in the Western imagination. When Toutain-Dorbec traveled there in the 1980s, he encountered a society in which spiritual practice remained profoundly intertwined with the rhythms of everyday life.
Through black-and-white photographs and personal recollections, the book documents Tibetan daily life, religious traditions, monasteries, landscapes, and the people Toutain-Dorbec encountered during a period of extraordinary cultural and political change.
Having traveled extensively in Tibet and later published works in collaboration with the Dalai Lama, Toutain-Dorbec offers a personal record of a culture whose spiritual traditions and identity have faced immense pressures.
More than a travel document, Tibet 1980s is a photographic testimony to the spiritual and cultural life of the Tibetan people and a record of a world witnessed during a pivotal period in its history.
Paperback — 216 pages
Black-and-white photography, printed in color
5.5 × 8.5 in. (14 × 21.6 cm), portrait format
Perfect bound
ISBN 979-8-9890143-4-7