Young monk on the roof of Key Monastery, with solar panel. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
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'A young monk on the roof of Key Monastery. Solar power is an ideal technology in this high altitude desert and is subsidised by the Himachal Pradesh state government. Many houses have solar powered lamps and some schools have solar powered cookers' (Patrick Sutherland).
The upper Spiti Valley above Key Monastery. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
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Genre: Landscape Photography View from the hillside above, looking down onto the monastery and along the Spiti Valley: 'The upper Spiti Valley above Key Monastery. Spiti is a remote high altitude desert region on the border of Tibet, and on the western fringe of the Tibetan world. Over the last...
Khiu Tsering carrying paraffin and provisions home to Gede. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
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View from a similar viewpoint to print 5, looking down onto Key Monastery, but with the figure of Khiu Tsering, climbing the path in the foreground: 'The late Khiu Tsering carrying paraffin and provisions home to Gede. He has spent the day turning the giant prayer wheel at Key monastery. The eld...
Monks preparing food in the kitchen of Key Monastery, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
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'Monks in the kitchen of Key Monastery preparing food for the monastic community. A large cauldron of cricket ball-sized lumps of pak, a mixture of tsampa (roast barley flour), black tea and butter will be distributed along with rations of Tibetan tea' (Patrick Sutherland).
Young monks wearing ancient wooden masks during the dance festival at Key Monastery. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
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Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of two monks wearing masks, with monastery buildings in the background: 'Young monks wearing ancient wooden masks during the dance festival at Key Monastery. These Bakhtuk act as jokers during the performances, teasing the older monks by mimicking them and ...
Young monks studying religious texts at Key Monastery, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
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Genre: Portrait Photography 'Young monks studying religious texts at Key Monastery. Traditionally monasteries were the only centres of formal education in Spiti. Now there are also nunneries and many secular schools' (Patrick Sutherland).
Buddha images on the wall of Tabo Monastery, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
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'Hundreds of images of the Buddha cover a wall in Tabo Monastery. Some of these exquisite murals date back to 996 A.D. when the monastery was founded. Tabo is one of 108 religious sites spread from Mustang to Ladakh associated with Rinchen Zangpo, the 'great translator' of many Buddhist sutras f...