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Yang Yankang “Buddhism in Tibet”
Zen Foto Gallery
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Yang Yankang
Zen-Foto Gallery is pleased to announce its second exhibition. Yang Yankang has been involved in a 10 year project to document Buddhist communities in Tibet. To mark the first five years, he published the book "Buddhism in Tibet" last year.
Yang documents the daily life of religious communities under the threat of change. His previous work was an eight-year project to photograph villages in northern Shanxi province, where Catholicism survived for centuries in secret.
In China, cultures and communities with thousands of years of history are under threat by changes brought by economic "progress". The stunning images remind us of the fragility of a Tibetan Buddhist way of life under pressure from modernization and conformity.
"I use photography to express my soul" -Yang Yankang
Yang documents the daily life of religious communities under the threat of change. His previous work was an eight-year project to photograph villages in northern Shanxi province, where Catholicism survived for centuries in secret.
In China, cultures and communities with thousands of years of history are under threat by changes brought by economic "progress". The stunning images remind us of the fragility of a Tibetan Buddhist way of life under pressure from modernization and conformity.
"I use photography to express my soul" -Yang Yankang
Schedule | Nov 20 (Fri) 2009-Dec 15 (Tue) 2009 Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception Nov 20 (Fri) 2009 18:00 - 20:00 | ||||||
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| Fee | Free | ||||||
| Venue | Zen Foto Gallery http://www.zen-foto.jp/  | ||||||
| Location | 2F Piramide Bldg., 6-6-9 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032 | ||||||
| Access | 1 minute walk from exit 1a or 1b at Roppongi Station on the Hibiya or Toei Oedo line. | ||||||
| Phone | 03-6804-1708 | ||||||
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