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February 2012 Desktop Calendar

Tweet Another month has rolled around and it’s once again time for a new desktop calendar. This month’s comes from Nepal and what was somewhat of an aborted morning of photography. We’d headed up to Nagarkot on the ridge above the Kathmandu Valley in order to get up and photograph the sunrise over the Himalayas. [...]

Kathmandu Street Portraits

Tweet The streets of Kathmandu and its surrounding towns abound with opportunities for street portrait photography. Faces with character can be seen everywhere, the lines and expression suggesting a million different stories to be told. Life is open and direct with daily activities taking place in public in a completely non self-conscious way. There’s no [...]

Butter Lamps

Tweet Head along some of the access roads to the Bodhnath Stupa, particularly on the north-eastern side, and you’ll come across tables full of butter lamps. Traditionally made with clarified yak butter, these lamps represent the illumination of wisdom and help to calm the mind and aid meditation. While on pilgrimage or when visiting temples, [...]

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