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    BOUDHANATH, A PHOTOGRAPHIC GUIDE a Photography Book by JULIAN BOUND

    From National Geographic contributor and award winning documentary photographer Julian Bound, a photographic journey exploring the Boudhanath Stupa complex and its Tibetan community of Kathmandu, Nepal.

    Located on the ancient trade routes from the Tibetan capital of Lhasa to Nepal's Kathmandu Valley, the Boudhanath area of the Nepalese capital offers an insight into the beliefs and practices of Tibetan Buddhism.

    From its world famous huge whitewashed stupa topped with gold and Buddha's all seeing eyes to the temple monasteries that surround it, 'Boudhanath, A Photographic Guide' also provides a unique perspective on the Tibetan community living within Boudhanath's sacred grounds.

    Table of Contents:

    • The Great stupa
    • The Tamang Gompa
    • Boudhanath's Tibetan Community
    • The 2015 Earthquakes and Restorations
    • The Great Stupa Restoration Puja
    • Portraits of the Tibetan People of Boudhanath

    An intimate insight into Boudhanath's stupa, temples and Tibetan Buddhism.

    ABOUT THE AUTHOR


    Born in the UK, Julian is a documentary photographer, film maker and author. Featured on the BBC news, National Geographic and in the international press, his work focuses on the social documentary of world culture, religion and traditions, spending time studying meditation with the Buddhist monks of Tibet and Northern Thailand and with spiritual teachers of India's Himalaya region.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJulian Bound
    Release dateFeb 5, 2020
    ISBN9781393429005
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    Boudhanath, A Photographic Guide: Photography Books by Julian Bound
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    Julian Bound

    Born in the UK, Julian Bound is a documentary photographer, film maker and author. Featured on the BBC news, National Geographic and in the international press, his work focuses on the social documentary of world culture, religion and traditions, spending time studying meditation with the Buddhist monks of Tibet and Northern Thailand and with spiritual teachers of India’s Himalaya region. His photography work includes documenting the child soldiers of the Burmese Karen National Liberation Army, the Arab Spring of 2011, Cairo, Egypt, and the Thailand political uprisings of 2009 and 2014 in Bangkok. With portraiture of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Julian has photographed the Tibetan refugee camps of Nepal and India. His other projects include the road working gypsies of India, the Dharavi slums of Mumbai, the rail track slums of Jakarta and the sulphur miners at work in the active volcanoes of Eastern Java, Indonesia. Present for the Nepal earthquakes of 2015, he documented the disaster whilst working as an emergency deployment photographer for various NGO and international embassies in conjunction with the United Nations. Julian has published  photography books of settings across the world, including portraiture work, and city guides, and has also published several poetry books, including ‘Haiku, a Journey Through the Deepest Emotions’, Julian is also the author of  the novels ‘The Geisha and the Monk’, ‘Subway of Light’ and ‘Life’s Heart Eternal’.

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