Alchi in ladakh, no photography?

vistet

The real extreme I came across in Boudnath : walking against the current , around the stupa : being a part of it, walking with the others means giving up the face shots , a price some are not willing to pay..

I didn´t realise how much this had affected me , until I walked in Kinnaur and felt the difference : people were genuinely happy of the show of interest that turning on the camera was.

Going digital has also been liberating since I now can turn over the camera the moment I feel a raised eyebrow. Sharing is fun , and often lead to new situations : this group shot was taken at the fathers insistence , after we had browsed a full memory card together.

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zoossh

i always think a certain chemistry exists between the two. it is always easier if the travel photographer is curious about the subject and if the subject is curious about the foreigner. life is so much simpler in places where politics, terrorism, paedophilism, voyeurism and paparazzi dun really exist, or even a totally different feel about privacy and all those suspicions that arises from the urban social problems.

different places have different cultures and different photographic responses to visitors, and i'm glad my first visit to india had worked fine for me. and well, i'm looking forward for my 2nd.

larsomat

thanks, your blog entry is right down my alley. and yes, i hope that digital, and being able to show the result will bring some fun to all parties involved.

after all, ladakhi people are not "subjects", but people, and i have to add: some of the most amazing people i've ever met!

if i ever want to take photos of them, i want to be bloody sure that's ok with them, and even better if it'd be some real fun and source of laughter for all of us.

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zoossh

guess it is a different use of language and its implications. it is not a term for object, nor representative of alienation or lack of respect, at least in our cultural context.

larsomat

btw visted: there are some nice photos in your album. especially the goats and even more the pool-table!

Khak

Hi
you can buy set of very good quality picture postcard of Alchi paintings inside the monastry ...... last yr august set of 14 postcards costed around Rs. 160.......

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Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover

larsomat

@Khak: Thanks, but I guess, that's just not the same for a photographer...