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Labrang Monastery, Xiahe

Last week I dropped off my film, all 81 rolls of it. I've spent the past week going through it, trying to make sense of the images I've captured and re-aligning them to the memories I have of their locations and emotions. As usual, I was disappointed.

It usually takes me a little bit of time and distance to be able to see the photos for what they are and to begin to assmble them into edits and stories. The photographs from this past trip seem to be falling into three sets. This past weekend, I tackled the first set, which can be found at the link below:

A series of photographs of the Labrang Monastery in Xiahe.

The Labrang Monastery is the most important monastery outside of the Tibetan Autonomous Region. Once home to 4000 monks, its ranks were decimated by the Cultural Revolution. Since then, the population has grown to ~500, the largest concentration of monks outside of Tibet.

Comments (10)

Stunning photograph. I'm enjoying your blog.

Posted by Don Prichard on 26 Oct 2009, 5.24 PM

I am a silent follower of your blog and have been for some time. I wanted to let you know that I love all your black and white photographs.

Posted by name on 26 Oct 2009, 6.18 PM

Don: Thanks! I ended up leaving this out of the final selection of images, even though I like it quite a bit. It just didn't quite seem to fit.

name: Thanks for taking the time to leave a note. It's always great to hear from the people who are looking in.

Posted by eugene on 27 Oct 2009, 12.30 AM

very good frame and a perfect b/w work! thx for links to the other photographers.

Posted by a.h.lex on 28 Oct 2009, 6.09 AM

Incredible scope and emotion!

Posted by Ken on 28 Oct 2009, 12.10 PM

thanks a.h.lex and ken!

Posted by eugene on 29 Oct 2009, 1.28 AM

I stumbled onto your website and have to say am marveled by your BWs. They are very evocative yet able to capture so sweepingly your environment. I particularly like your Moscow one, for I lived there for a summer. You have to kind of scrap through the layers of the city, and it grows on you. I look forward to coming back!

Posted by Sue Anne on 04 Nov 2009, 12.03 PM

Tthanks Sue Anne! I really enjoyed Moscow, thanks to a friend who showed me around. I took the Trans-Siberian/Mongolian from Moscow to Beijing last year. You can find the photos at http://www.fotokuo.com/projects/trans-siberian/

Posted by eugene on 04 Nov 2009, 3.14 PM

Very very nice. Exactly the kind of shot I love.

Posted by Christian Wagner on 09 Nov 2009, 9.30 PM

Thanks Christian!

Posted by eugene on 09 Nov 2009, 10.38 PM

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