Kris Snibbe

Tibet 1997

These photographs explore the socio-political intersection of Tibetan, Chinese and Western cultures on a personal and photojournalistic level.

Tibetan girl, Potala Palace gift shop.
   
Drepung Monastery cook.
   
Prayer flages and Mani stones.
     
  
Mother and Child.
   
Norbulinka was the summer residence of the 14th Dalai Lama.
   
A Tibetan monk waits for the Yarlung Festival parade to begin.
     
  
A Tibetan girl waits for the Yarlung Festival parade to begin.
   
Tibetans enter into the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet after climbing thousands of steps. Potala is the name of the heavenly abode of “Chenrezi,” the Buddha of Compassion.
  
Potala Palace window.
     
  
Drepung Monastery Gompa.
   
At the Los Angeles Sports Arena, the 14th Dalai Lama gives his commentary about Atisha's Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment, an 11th century text by Lama Atisha.