Dhakpa Lhari, Eastern Tibet

During the public rehearsal of an annual festival of sacred dances at Shechen Monastery in Nepal, the dancers do not wear masks or costumes but add multicolored scarves to their monastic dress. Here, they practice a dance in honor of sixteen spiritual ‘heroes' called 'gings' in the monastery courtyard. (2012)

The summit of summits, pinnacle of the Roof of the World, known to the West as Mount Everest. Those who live close to it have for centuries called it Sagarmatha ("the ocean's brow") in Nepalese, or Jomolangma ("goddess of the glaciers") in Tibetan, and know it as the palace of the Five Sisters of Long Life. It rises to 8,848 meters (29,021 f...

Riwo Kangkar, the highest mountain in Eastern Tibet (July 2013)

Iceland, April 2014

Woman from Eastern Tibet Old Tibetan woman in a home built by Karuna-Shechen

Schoolboys in a school built by Karuna-Shechen, Tibet

A young schoolboy in a school built by Karuna-Shechen, Tibet

A young schoolgirl in a school built by Karuna-Shechen, Tibet