Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]To the LUG, Opening Reception at the Leica Gallery Thursday, April 21, 6-8PM NICHOLAS VREELAND Return to the Roof of the World Curated by Elizabeth Avedon This exhibition follows the journey of photographer and Buddhist monk, Nicholas Vreeland, as he accompanied his teacher, Tibetan incarnate Lama Khyongla Rato Rinpoche, on his return to Tibet after 50 years. Rinpoche, author of "My Life and Lives," fled Tibet in 1959. In 2003, he visited his birthplace, in Dagyab, Eastern Tibet, and Vreeland photographed the journey. These black and white photographs were taken as they rode horseback many hours each day towards "The Roof of the World" where Rinpoche was welcomed by devotees, many of whom had never before seen their Lama. Nicholas Vreeland, Director of The Tibet Center, New York, and editor of "An Open Heart, Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life," by The Dalai Lama, lives part time at Rato Monastery, reestablished Karnataka, India. "Photos for Rato," an exhibition of Vreeland's photographs to raise funds for the reconstruction of Rato Monastery, was held at the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson in Paris, and has since toured Europe, India, and the United States.