VII 270 Lekir Monastrey, India 2012 by Jimmy Nelson
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VII 270 Lekir Monastrey, India 2012 2012

Jimmy Nelson

Archival pigment printPrintPhotographic print
 100 ⨯ 140 cm
€ 13.625

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  • About the artwork

    Fotografie in oplage
    Archival print
    Lekir-klooster, Ladakh | India, 2012
    Ingeklemd tussen Pakistan en Tibet, in het afgelegen noordwesten van India, ontleent het Ladakh-district zijn naam aan La-dvags, wat 'land van bergpassen' betekent in het Tibetaans.

    Het grootste deel van dit plateau, dat zich uitstrekt van de Himalaya tot aan het Kunlun-gebergte, ligt op een hoogte van meer dan 3.000 meter en veel van de passen liggen meer dan 5.000 meter boven de zeespiegel. In deze koude woestijn op grote hoogte is het klimaat ruw, met zeer beperkte waterbronnen.

    In de winter bereiken de temperaturen gemakkelijk -30 graden Celsius en door hevige sneeuwval is het grootste deel van Ladakh maandenlang onbereikbaar over de weg. Afbeelding uit boek: Before They Pass Away.

    € 13.625
  • About the artist

    Jimmy Nelson was born in Sevenoaks, Kent. He spent his childhood living in Africa, Asia and South America. At the age of eight he was sent to Stonyhurst College in Lancashire. At the age of sixteen he was diagnosed with Alopecia Totalis: the condition with the symptom of major visible hair loss from all over the body. At nineteen he left his boarding school for a journey on foot throughout Tibet. He took a small camera with him for documentation. Upon his return Nelson started a carreer in photograpy as a professional photojournalist. In 1992 Nelson was commissioned to produce the book Literary Portraits of China, for which he traveled through the mentioned country for a period of three years. In 1997 Nelson started working in the advertising industry. Today Nelson is married and lives with his wife and three children in Amsterdam and Ibiza.

     

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