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Sacred Dance- Lo Monthang Monastery, Nepal
The Triptych Journey team made a ten-day foray into the magical landscape of Mustang, Nepal. We started in the gateway town of Jomson, and made a slow journey north to Lo Monthang, the ancient capital of the formerly Buddhist Kingdom. Our timing was auspicious- we were able to film the […]
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The old house where I live in Vermont comes alive with the slightest acknowledgement—animated, breathing. It’s deep winter; I don’t go out much. I spend my days in the company of animals, furniture and weather. Teapots. Soup pots. The long table in the kitchen with its scars and stories. The […]
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I’ve been sleeping in my clothes a lot since I got home. I don’t know why, it’s as if I need to be ready to go at any moment.
Read MoreA Bhutanese Festival
We landed in Paro, Bhutan, and drove a strenuous meandering 12 hours across the country to Bumthang – a broad Himalayan foothill valley filled with pines and oaks, rivers, high ridges and small villages recognizable by the iconic Bhutanese architecture.
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Being thus unmindful of what occurs is delusion; the very state of unawareness and the cause of going astray…
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I’m still in Tibet. Although I’m sitting on the stairs in front of Bodhanath Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal, when I meet Tibetans here it feels like saying hello to relatives. What I know about Tibetan people and culture is close to nothing, but Tibet still felt like home. In the […]
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Then she leans on his neck and whispers low…
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Tamin Totzke in the Gobi. Filmed and edited by Ronen Schechner.
Read MoreReluctant Exposure
Photographing in Mongolia was challenging on many levels – the harsh environment, the excitement of the whole project coming into fruition, the lack of time available for an authentic, intimate connection to the place. There’s a certain loneliness I felt under the expansive sky of the Gobi and the vast […]
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