Tibetan Polaroids

I travelled in Tibet with a vintage Polaroid camera, interested in the image as a physical artefact that degrades over time — in a Buddhist land defined by impermanence.

I made:

2 pictures of my guides Tasha and Kinga

8 pictures of Tibetan Children and their teacher in a classroom

9 pictures of monks in monasteries

1 picture of a deer wandering through a monastery

7 pictures of mothers and their daughters at a ceremony in a nunnery

1 picture of a high lama

1 picture of two men in a cafe

1 picture of a waitress in a cafe

6 pictures of nomad families standing by their black tents in a summer pasture

1 picture of a man selling watermelons

1 picture of a hotel receptionist

1 picture of a monk in a cave

3 pictures of men we gave lifts to on the road

1 picture of a man on his motorbike by a Stupa

1 picture of a cook preparing a meal

I gave all of these pictures to Tibetans.

These few that remain are some of my most treasured photographs.