Marieke ten Wolde’s Photos of a Changing Tibet

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Capturing the Accelerating Change in Tibet

The Dutch photographer Marieke ten Wolde has made frequent trips to Tibet, in search not of vistas and costumes but of a society that is changing so fast she has had to consult her diary to remember if she had been there or not.

via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/11/capturing-the-accelerating-change-in-tibet/

Like many photographers who visit Tibet, Marieke ten Wolde has thousands of photographs of beautiful mountains, picturesque villages and nomads in colorful costume. But as she immersed herself in Tibetan life, she began to shift her attention from the icons of an ancient culture to the effects of China’s rule.