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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Interviewportraits 1
“What do you like especially in Zanskar and why?” This was the question the foto-class-students had to ask some adults to learn and practise interview. Here is the first bunch of results: “Was magst du besonders in Zanskar und warum?” … Continue reading
Stanzin Sandup
Stanzin Sandup is 13 years old and attends class 7. He is from Phey and has 4 older and 1 younger sister. About photography-class he says: „I like to take photos of everything like animals, living beings, mountains etc. I … Continue reading
1600 ISO
Stanzin Chosgyal, aged 15, and Stanzin Thai, aged 14, are brothers, who live in Karsha. The first goes into class 8 and got the camera from me one day. The next day I got it back from his brother, class … Continue reading
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All the Stanzins
When a baby is born, it takes some days until it get its name. On the contrary to the west, the parents don’t decide for a name, but a monk, especially a high lama or Rinpoche. The parents go to … Continue reading
Karsha Trip
I did 3 trips with the photo-class. The first took us to Karsha, half an hour away and the the biggest and richest monastery in Zanskar. The first parts of the gonpa were built in the 11th century, but Stot … Continue reading
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Lobzang Stobdan
This is Lobzang Stobdan, with 16 years the oldest in the photo-class. He is also the oldest of his 2 younger sisters and 4 younger brothers. The family lives in Pidmo from farming and his father is a horseman, too. … Continue reading
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Accident/Versehen
Sometimes cameras don’t do what they are expected to do (like flashing). And sometimes the results have more beauty than the intented photo. Like this one from Stanzin Kunzal, 15, class 8. Manchmal machen Kameras nicht das, was sie tun … Continue reading
Sheep/Schafe
The 14-year-old Stanzin Kunzal from class 8 had a way to photograph the sheep I liked a lot. Ich mochte, wie die 14jährige Stanzin Kunzal aus der 8. Klasse die Schafe fotografierte.
Lobzang Dolma
This is Lobzang Dolma, 15 years, 8th class, from Rantakcha and one member of the photoclass. She says: “ „I like very much the photography, it became very important in my life. I liked how we took the cameras and … Continue reading
header-photo/titelfoto
Here is one of the header-photos in full. On our first photo-walk, we went to Karsha. We saw this old lady sitting and watching us. I thought, that many tourists might have asked her to take a photo of her … Continue reading
