08 July 2011, 05:30 am
Tibet Then and Now
An exhibition of rare photographs taken between the years 1914 to 2010 that looks at the history, culture and people of Tibet. The exhibition includes photographs taken in Amdo, Kham and U-Tsang provinces of Tibet between 1914 and 1958 by Alexandra David Neel, the well-known French traveler and explorer; and Dudul N. Tsarong, former Tibetan government official; photographs of Tibet taken in 1979 by Lobsang Taklha, elder brother of His Holiness the Dalai Lama during the visit of the First Delegation into Tibet; and contemporary photographs from 2000 to 2010 collected from all over the world presenting Tibet as it is now
Assembled by Namgyal Taklha and Jane Moore
Inauguration by Shri Raghu Rai on Thursday, 7th July at 18:30