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Tibet suffered extreme political turmoil during the latter 20th century. Occupied in 1950, Red Guards destroyed thousands of official buildings and holy places during the Cultural Revolution and religious freedom and traditional education is still severely under threat. Due to the strength of the Tibetan's faith in Buddha and the Dalai Lama and against the odds many buildings have been reconstructed and their devotion and belief have remained extraordinarily strong. Buddhism permeates every part of a Tibetan's life, whether they are the Tibetans living in Tibet or the hundreds of thousands that live away from their homeland, in Nepal, India or the United States. This text is divided into five parts, with two main chapters devoted to the religious and lay Buddhists on their pilgrimages to holy sites. We see the monks in animated discussion, meditation and prayer and follow the devout believers on their arduous journeys to prayer. These two main chapters are interspersed with sections of portraits of this proud and dignified people who have their own innate sense of style and fashion demonstrated in the way they dress and adorn themselves. Known for his beautiful and uplifting imagery and soulful, but intimate, portraits, Steve McCurry's book offers an intimate insight into a unique and dignified culture.
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Steve McCurry is recognized internationally for his classic reportage. He has covered many areas of international and civil conflict, including the Iran-Iraq war, Beirut, Cambodia, the Philippines, the Gulf War, and the disintegration of the former Yugoslavia and Afghanistan, where his focus has been on the human consequences of war. He joined Magnum photos in 1986 and frequently photographs for National Geographic. McCurry is the recipient of many awards including Magazine Photographer of the Year and an unprecedented four first prizes in the World Press Photo contest. Author's Residence: New York City
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A Beautiful Chronicle of an Endangered Culture,
By Deborah (San Antonio, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Path to Buddha: A Tibetan Pilgrimage (Hardcover)
I had the opportunity to see some of Steve McCurry's haunting Tibetan photographs at the George Eastman House in Rochester over the summer. The impact of his flawless oversized gallery prints cannot be compared to that of this smaller format book, but it is still an incredibly beautiful edition, full of emotion. McCurry's portraits are his claim to fame, and their depth and intensity are faithfully represented by Phaidon. I am even more impressed by his candid shots. To give this book a cursory look-through would not do it justice. Studying the photographs, however, renders them a sort of meditative quality, evocative of the culture that they illustrate. The book also contains a moving and informative introduction by Robert Thurman.
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