EditorialThe Tibetan filmmaker Pema Tseden, whose work tackled themes like the loss of Tibetan traditions and identity in the face of modernization, at his home in Beijing, on April 13, 2019. (Gilles Sabrié/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Tibetan filmmaker Pema Tseden, whose work tackled themes like the loss of Tibetan traditions and identity in the face of modernization, at his home in Beijing, on April 13, 2019. (Gilles Sabrié/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Tibetan filmmaker Pema Tseden, whose work tackled themes like the loss of Tibetan traditions and identity in the face of modernization, at his home in Beijing, on April 13, 2019. (Gilles Sabrié/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Tibetan filmmaker Pema Tseden, whose work tackled themes like the loss of Tibetan traditions and identity in the face of modernization, at his home in Beijing, on April 13, 2019. (Gilles Sabrié/The New York Times)
EditorialPainted Banner (Thangka) with the Medicine Buddha (Bhaishajyaguru). Tibet; Central Tibet. Date: 1201-1400. Dimensions: 104 x 82.7 cm (41 x 32 1/2 in.). Pigment and gold on cotton. Origin: Tibet.
EditorialYap Tenpe Nyima (1567-1619), the Shabdrung (king) Ngawan Namgyel's father, was from the family of Gya in Tibet. His father was the 17th Prince-abbot of the Drukpa Kagyupa school in Ralung. Bronze, painted, H: 28 cm.
EditorialThe Chinese Ambam, [Lhasa]. Portrait of the Chinese Resident at Lhasa on horseback. 'Tibet'. Curzon collection. 89 prints 295x190mm to 200x1825 Platinum prints. Source: Photo 430/53.(85).
EditorialSix-Armed Mahakala, early 18th century, Tibet, Distemper on cloth, 83 3/ 8 x 57 3/4 in. (211.8 x 146.7 cm), Paintings, The ferocious aspect of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, Mahakala is shown in a flaming aureole, his six hands holding his horrific r...
EditorialTibet. Lhasa. Potala Palace. It was the residence ot the Dalai Lama until 1959. Currently it is a Museum and World Heritage Site. Engraving."China Monumentis", by Atanasio Kirchen. Amsterdam, 1667.
EditorialThe Parung Pass. This is the traditional trade route between the peoples of Spiti, Ladakh and Tibet. It connects the Lahaul-Spiti region of Himachal Pradesh with Ladakh. The Para Chu river rises to the north of the pass and turns eastwards to enter Tib...
EditorialOn a laptop, e-mails sent by Christopher Massimine to his wife Maggie in 2018 in which he pretended to be in Tibet on Mount Everest, at home in Queens, Oct. 21, 2022. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times)