Prisoner begging at Shangtsi, 31-7-06 Photographer: Calvert, Hubert
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Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of a Tibetan youth, standing against a backdrop of mountains: 'On the 31st we wandered amidst sandhills nearly 15,000 feet above sea level and emerged at Shangtsi (a little over 14,000 feet), the residence of the Dzongpon of Tsaparang (Chabrang).' ('Progres...
Arrival at Palang Rabrol, 16775 ft, 2-8-06. Photographer: Calvert, Hubert
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Genre: Landscape Photography Camp scene, with baggage being unpacked and tents pitched: 'We left the river bed and ascended to an extensive plain, across which we marched for several miles; leaving the plain for a nullah we proceeded upstream to camp — a march of about 11 miles. This wild uninh...
Crest of Raoche La [?Laoche La], 17950 ft [corrected to 18509 ft], 3-8-06. Photographer: Calvert, Hubert
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Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the course of the nullah and up towards the head of the pass. Location given as Laoche La in Calvert's report: 'A steady ascent of about two miles brought us to the crest of the Laoche La. The pass is somewhat north of the Ayi La and considerably ...
Genre: Landscape Photography View of saltpetre collector's tent, pitched in front of the river, with the man himself standing beside his working equipment. A pencilled note identifies the 'little cloth pans into which the sand is put.' This is presumably located in the Gartok plain, onto which ...
Gartok, 15100 ft. Garpon's house [in distance]. Photographer: Calvert, Hubert
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Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across the flat plain of Gartok towards Calvert's camp, with the Garpon's house in the far distance on the right. 'This morning I took some photos of Gartok and then photographed the Garpon on horseback and seated — also in a group' (Diary of Hubert Cal...