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    Buddhist Monks of Asia: Photography Books by Julian Bound
    Buddhist Monks of Asia: Photography Books by Julian Bound
    Buddhist Monks of Asia: Photography Books by Julian Bound
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    BUDDHIST MONKS OF ASIA a Photography Book by JULIAN BOUND

     

    A photographic collection of Buddhist monks of Tibet, India and Nepal, by National Geographic contributor and award winning documentary photographer Julian Bound.

     

    From the Tibetan monasteries of Tashi Lhunpo, Drepung and Sera, to India's Himalayan Tibetan communities of Gyuto monastery and McLeod Ganj, home of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, 'Buddhist Monks of Asia' also documents Buddhism within Nepal, with Kathmandu's Boudhanath Stupa, Pokhara's Pema Ts'al monastery, and Lumbini, the birth place of Buddha.

     

    Including portraiture of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, a beautiful and in depth photographic portrayal of Asia's Buddhist monks.

     

    With over 100 photographs in colour and black and white.

     

    All photographs taken by Julian Bound.

    ©JulianBound2020

     

    ABOUT THE AUTHOR

    Born in England, Julian is a documentary photographer, film maker and author. With photographic work featured on the BBC news, his photographs have been published in National Geographic, New Scientist and the international press. His work focuses on the social documentary of world culture, religion and traditions, with time spent studying meditation with the Buddhist monks of Tibet and Northern Thailand and spiritual teachers of India's Himalaya region.

     

    Present for the Nepal earthquakes of 2015 he documented the disaster for eighteen months whilst working as an emergency deployment photographer for various NGO and international embassies in conjunction with the United Nations.

     

    The author of novels 'Of Futures Past', 'Subway of Light' and 'Life's Heart Eternal', when not on the road in Asia, Julian is based in the UK.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJulian Bound
    Release dateApr 4, 2020
    ISBN9781393448709
    Buddhist Monks of Asia: 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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