The Tibet Album (photography)
Mt. Chomolhari, by Frederick Spencer Chapman (1907-1971)
"Two ladies wearing Lhasa dress", by Rabden Lepcha
"Tibetan boy with kite", by Spencer Chapman
The Tibet Album presents more than 6000 photographs spanning 30 years of Tibet's history (1920-1950). These extraordinary photographs are a unique record of people long gone and places changed beyond all recognition. They also document the ways that British visitors encountered Tibet and Tibetans.
Featuring photographs taken by Charles Bell, Arthur Hopkinson, Evan Nepean, Hugh Richardson, Frederick Spencer Chapman, Harry Staunton and the previously unidentified photographs of Rabden Lepcha.
