Saturday Spotlight: Photography and Tibet

Submitted by Louise Hancock on May 10, 2016 - 10:51

Venue, Timing and Cost

Venue: 
Pitt Rivers Museum
Date(s): 
Saturday, 21 May 2016
Timing: 
14.30-15.30
Cost: 
Free entry
Image of front cover of 'Photography and Tibet'

Clare Harris, Curator for Asian Collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum and Professor of Visual Anthropology will give an illustrated presentation on her forthcoming book on the history of photography of Tibet from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. The talk will feature many rare images created both by visitors to Tibet and by Tibetans themselves, including the 13th Dalai Lama.

Further Information

Contact Details: 

Please see our website https://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/node/3271 or call 01865 270927 for further details. Entry via the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.

Talk
Visual Arts