CHAD INGRAHAM

CASE STUDY — 2008–2016

TIBET & THE HIMALAYA

Pilgrims, passes and prayer wheels — a decade of stills from the high plateau.

CLIENT
PERSONAL / TRAVEL
YEAR
2008–2016
ROLE
PHOTOGRAPHER
CATEGORY
STILLS

CONTEXT

Personal work gathered across a decade of expeditions through Tibet, Nepal and the Himalaya — Kailash, Manassarovar, Lhasa.

CHALLENGE

Photograph faith and altitude without turning either into a postcard.

APPROACH

Walk, wait, and shoot film when it counts. Portraits made at arm's length, landscapes made at 5,000 metres.

PILGRIMS PROSTRATING AROUND MT. KAILASH.

TIBET, FIELD NOTES

Outcome

  • PERSONAL ARCHIVE
  • SELECTED FRAMES PUBLISHED

Credits

  • PHOTOGRAPHER — CHAD INGRAHAM

All projects · Chad Ingraham, cinematographer and photographer, Fredericton NB