Since I seem to be in a book moment. Since it's time to start bundling up in style, and because words mostly fail me in this instance. I will let the brother of the photographer speak:
"2005,.....11,500 feet (3,500 m) towards Jumbum, Labrang and Xiahe.........
a world of nomads, holy men, desperados......
the region is intersected by a winding road....on the outskirts (of tiny villages) donkeys and dogs roam freely...the wind gusts constantly, blowing up clumps of snow in winter, or sand and dust in summer....
the overwhelming first impression for a traveler in these lands is still the space - a great emptiness where the elements dominate.....
lying on the Mongolian border 1,243 miles ( 2,000 km) north of Lhasa.
This is northern Tibert, the Tibet of noble brigands, and this book is dedicated to its nomadic beauty which is paraded defiantly, like an anthem to freedom." - Hippolyte Romain
Every page of this book is a revelation.
And the stunning beauty and originality of dress is hard to fathom, particularly when we are
considering these photos represent "the present day".
Who knows what changes the past 5 years have brought since these photos were taken? Find it here.
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