Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Tibet Series - A Thangka Artist at Work

































This is one of my favorite photo moments. I was walking in an alley and saw this Thangka artist working on his Thangka on the floor with his full concentration. It's very interesting to watch him because that full concentration was very beautiful, and the energy's attractive. While I was watching how this artist was fully into his art, his kid was watching me watching them with a playful hide and seek look. He was very cute and very well-behaved. He's playing quietly in between piled up furnitures and behind the Thangka canvas without disturbing the artist in any way with any sound. I wondered what was so fun behind there.

Monday, April 02, 2012

Tibet Series - She's a Professional

































This older Tibetan lady was a professional, she's cleaning miles long (I might be exaggerating) prayer wheels under harsh sunshine in July Tibet. The partial row of sparkling clean prayer wheels caught my eyes from afar, and so I approached closer to see if she missed any spot...


After the inspection with my critical eyes, I was amazed with her dedication on offering her services because she's so focused that she didn't miss any spot under that kind of heat. And when I asked her if I can take pictures of her, she turned in a model in a snap. She immediately opened her beautiful smile with perfect white teeth, leaned her upper body just slightly enough to give a bit of nice turn-around movement kind of angle, she knew her pose, she's a professional.