Where Heaven and Mountains Meet

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Published by Thames & Hudson, London, 1999, 1st UK Edition, D/w, Fine.   Olivier Follmi is a renowned photographer and prolific author of Swiss, Italian and French origin.  He specialises in the high mountains of the Himalaya and has a particular affinity with the ancient kingdom of Zanskar and with Tibetan Buddhist culture.  He has made numerous trips to Zanskar over the past twenty years, journeying across the freezing, and sometimes life threatening, terrain; but his fascination for the region has led him to return time and again.  This large format volume of 180 breathtaking colour photographs portrays not only the extraordinary landscape of Zanskar, but also how its people and culture are adapting to increasing contact with the modern world. Complementing the photographs, delicate watercolours by Rapkar Wangchuk re-create the quintessential images of Tibetan Buddhism.