Mike Yamashita

Elusive Paradise: Michael Yamashita’s Shangri-La (along the tea road to Lhasa)

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Aired On: Dec 19, 2013

Mike Yamashita discusses his photographs that embody both the rich Tibetan culture and the rapidly changing face of the area since the Chinese invasion in 1950.

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Mike Yamashita
Mike Yamashita

Mike Yamashita’s photographs embody both the rich, Tibetan culture as well as the rapidly changing face of the area since the Chinese invasion in 1950. His photographs, taken over a period of fifteen years, may well be among the last images of Tibet to be captured by a foreigner, as Tibetan travel for…

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Organized in collaboration with National Geographic magazine, this exhibit celebrates the iconic publication’s 125-year anniversary.

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