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The Lost World of Ladakh: Photographic journeys through Indian Himalaya 1931-1934 (AHP:31)

Rupert Wilmot, Roger Bates, Nicky Harman

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Description:THE LOST WORLD OF LADAKHRupert Wilmot, Roger Bates, Nicky HarmanWith a Foreword by Khenpo K. Rangdol, President of Tserkarmo Monastery, Ladakh, IndiaA superb collection of 150 black-and-white photographs of 1930s Ladakh, capturing its final days as a hub of trade routes between Tibet and Kashmir, India and Yarkand. These portraits of people, landscapes and Buddhist ceremonies taken by amateur photographer Rupert Wilmot, are notable for their careful composition, fine detail and engaging informality. They have been meticulously researched and captioned by Nicky Harman and Roger Bates, respectively, niece and nephew of Rupert Wilmot, and include maps, an introduction and a bibliography. Of considerable historical and ethnographic interest.Claude Rupert Trench Wilmot (1897-1961) was a British army officer stationed in India during the 1930s, and a talented amateur photographer. Nicky Harman translates Chinese literature, and was formerly a lecturer at Imperial College London.Roger Bates digitized the photographs. A retired engineer, he has many years of experience working in digital photography.What other writers have said about The Lost World of Ladakh:“A wonderfully elegaic set of photographs recording a lost world: an almost mediaeval Ladakh untouched by modernity and still living at the hub of the old trans-Himalayan trade routes, a timeless Central Asia where soot writing boards, itinerant monks, arcane astrologers, masked dancers and elaborate turquoise headdresses were ‎still common. ‎These skillfully restored photographs make me ache to cross again the snowy heights of the Zoji-la and to re-visit this most fascinating region to see what is left.”William Dalrymple, author of Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42“Rupert Wilmot’s pictures are a delight. The monastery images include a spectacular set of the religious dance-drama at Hemis. There is also a visual record of the trades that lifted so many of Ladakh's villagers above the poverty level: the bustle in Leh Bazaar, the interior of a serai, and caravans of sheep, donkeys and ponies. Perhaps the book’s most outstanding feature is the series of portraits of Wilmot’s fellow-travellers and other Ladakhis, most of them in relaxed and cheerful mode, rather than posing stiffly.” Dr Janet Rizvi, writer and historian of Ladakh, Kashmir and the western Himalaya “These illustrations, superb as photographs in their own right, capture in visual form the essence of Ladakhi life as it was in the 1930s. While the Ladakh pictured here is in many ways gone, its legacy lives on in the distinctive culture of present-day Ladakh, which cannot be fully appreciated without a knowledge of its history. In this book we have a unique and vital contribution to that history.”Dr Philip Denwood, Emeritus Reader in Tibetan Studies, SOAS, University of LondonPrice for printed book: $28.00/£24.74. Published by Asian Highlands Perspectives, print copies available here: ¬http://www.lulu.com/shop/roger-bates-...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Lost World of Ladakh: Photographic journeys through Indian Himalaya 1931-1934 (AHP:31). To get started finding The Lost World of Ladakh: Photographic journeys through Indian Himalaya 1931-1934 (AHP:31), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Publisher: Asian Highlands Perspectives

Release: 2014

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Description: THE LOST WORLD OF LADAKHRupert Wilmot, Roger Bates, Nicky HarmanWith a Foreword by Khenpo K. Rangdol, President of Tserkarmo Monastery, Ladakh, IndiaA superb collection of 150 black-and-white photographs of 1930s Ladakh, capturing its final days as a hub of trade routes between Tibet and Kashmir, India and Yarkand. These portraits of people, landscapes and Buddhist ceremonies taken by amateur photographer Rupert Wilmot, are notable for their careful composition, fine detail and engaging informality. They have been meticulously researched and captioned by Nicky Harman and Roger Bates, respectively, niece and nephew of Rupert Wilmot, and include maps, an introduction and a bibliography. Of considerable historical and ethnographic interest.Claude Rupert Trench Wilmot (1897-1961) was a British army officer stationed in India during the 1930s, and a talented amateur photographer. Nicky Harman translates Chinese literature, and was formerly a lecturer at Imperial College London.Roger Bates digitized the photographs. A retired engineer, he has many years of experience working in digital photography.What other writers have said about The Lost World of Ladakh:“A wonderfully elegaic set of photographs recording a lost world: an almost mediaeval Ladakh untouched by modernity and still living at the hub of the old trans-Himalayan trade routes, a timeless Central Asia where soot writing boards, itinerant monks, arcane astrologers, masked dancers and elaborate turquoise headdresses were ‎still common. ‎These skillfully restored photographs make me ache to cross again the snowy heights of the Zoji-la and to re-visit this most fascinating region to see what is left.”William Dalrymple, author of Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42“Rupert Wilmot’s pictures are a delight. The monastery images include a spectacular set of the religious dance-drama at Hemis. There is also a visual record of the trades that lifted so many of Ladakh's villagers above the poverty level: the bustle in Leh Bazaar, the interior of a serai, and caravans of sheep, donkeys and ponies. Perhaps the book’s most outstanding feature is the series of portraits of Wilmot’s fellow-travellers and other Ladakhis, most of them in relaxed and cheerful mode, rather than posing stiffly.” Dr Janet Rizvi, writer and historian of Ladakh, Kashmir and the western Himalaya “These illustrations, superb as photographs in their own right, capture in visual form the essence of Ladakhi life as it was in the 1930s. While the Ladakh pictured here is in many ways gone, its legacy lives on in the distinctive culture of present-day Ladakh, which cannot be fully appreciated without a knowledge of its history. In this book we have a unique and vital contribution to that history.”Dr Philip Denwood, Emeritus Reader in Tibetan Studies, SOAS, University of LondonPrice for printed book: $28.00/£24.74. Published by Asian Highlands Perspectives, print copies available here: ¬http://www.lulu.com/shop/roger-bates-...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Lost World of Ladakh: Photographic journeys through Indian Himalaya 1931-1934 (AHP:31). To get started finding The Lost World of Ladakh: Photographic journeys through Indian Himalaya 1931-1934 (AHP:31), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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