- This is the page with the picture of the DL!
Lonely Monks
I took this picture at the Drepung Monastary just outside Lhasa.
A bit of background makes the image all the more interesting..
In Tibet, photographic images of the Dalai Lama are prohibited. As a Tibetan - you can get into serious trouble by owning or distributing these images.
This can also get the unsuspecting traveller into some bother, and as a result, the 'Tibet' Lonely Planet guidebook has a line drawing of him near the beginning of the book (I assume that these are allowed). The 'India' Lonely Planet guide does have a photo of the DL therein - so watch out at the border!
Anyway ... we met these chatty and friendly monks at the wonderful Drepung Monastery. They had never seen an image, photographic, or otherwise - of the Dalai Lama, and we showed them the drawing in our book.
Look at the expression on that young monk's face. It was a wonderful moment to capture.
Comments and faves
followben, myjuditz ( on Hubble ), Ingiro, Blacksails, and 27 other people added this photo to their favorites.
followben (79 months ago | reply)
Bloody awesome.
stinalyngmark (79 months ago | reply)
yeah. that is awesome!
ˎ [deleted] (79 months ago | reply)
Great photo anyway but with the background you've added it becomes utterly fascinating. Great work
TWTME
ˎ [deleted] (79 months ago | reply)
Please consider adding to the African, Caribbean, Asian Daily Life group
jon-e (79 months ago | reply)
you're right; the story makes this a great image!
The World Through My Eyes
Shanragirl (79 months ago | reply)
Great picture, but the story really brings it to life.
Trevor Gregg Photography (79 months ago | reply)
Their expressions and your beautiful trianglar composition make it a real winner!
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Vincent0923 (79 months ago | reply)
feels a bit like those pics from National Geographic
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Peli Cans (79 months ago | reply)
Wonderful image and great story
myjuditz ( on Hubble ) (79 months ago | reply)
In The Face Pool you need an invitation from another member on each photo - to post it.
This is a wonderful shot, I will invite it myself - but please take into consideration, the photos without invitation are removed, according to the rules.
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violax (78 months ago | reply)
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I would love to see this image in the pool flickr.com/groups/ie2007_boundaries/
we're organizing an exposition about Boundaries and this...it's really an interesting boundarie for me! Thank you in advance!
kafogel78 (78 months ago | reply)
Lonely Planet Publications "On the Way" Challenge
_Tracey_ (78 months ago | reply)
Lonely Planet Publications "On the Way" Challenge
-ga (78 months ago | reply)
Lonely Planet Publications "On the Way" Challenge
Mel F (77 months ago | reply)
Lonely Planet Publications "On the Way" Challenge
moonrover (77 months ago | reply)
haha :) love it
I vote for this photo in the Lonely Planet Publications group's "My Best Travel Moment" challenge
Berserk Warrior (55 months ago | reply)
This is wonderful!
Well shot.
Tidalist (53 months ago | reply)
Excellent photo! I was in Tibet over twenty years ago and a photo of the Dalai Lama was the greatest gift one could give a local. Someone had given us about a dozen images of him and we gave them to people to show our appreciation and placed some in monasteries.
Lola Akinmade Åkerström (41 months ago | reply)
Your wonderful photo has been used in this article - matadorgoods.com/if-guidebooks-could-talk/
Cheers
Lola Akinmade
Editor, Matador Goods
travelagendanl (28 months ago | reply)
Hi,
We used this photo to an article at our Dutch travel-community www.travelagenda.nl.
Your photo and the article can be found at:
www.travelagenda.nl/nieuws/gadgets/lonely-pla net-applicatie
Of course a link back to your photo is included.
Thank you for sharing your great photo!
With Regards,
The Travelagenda editors
ledezign (23 months ago | reply)
Great shot! I've been to Tibet one year ago and experienced the chinese border regarding carrying lonely planet guides and Dalai Lama images into Tibet... Happy you took yours and captured this fantastic moment. Monks face expression talk by themselves and first thing came to my mind was 'they're reading DL epilogue!' :) Congrats!
LITMK (13 months ago | reply)
Thank you for this!