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Zhiwei Tu
A Modern Master



Eye Expression
from the Roof of the World
by Wenan Tu
China Photographic Publishing House, 2006
2 vols. - 330 pp.

I have a longstanding passion for Tibet.  For more than eight months from 2004 to 2006, I went to Tibet and covered more than 40,000 kilometers to explore and study the remote Tibetan regions of over 6,000 meters in altitude at the foot of Mount Everest. Altogether, I shot tens of thousands of photos trying to show the people there... . I was finally able to discover, from thousands of pairs of eye, the artistic language I was looking for –  the two eyes of the Tibetans.

Seen through these eyes are innocence of the children, the longing of the young girls, the determination of the grown-ups and the hardship of the old. Seen through these eyes, too, is the simple and pure life that has remained unchanged for a thousand years like a living historical fossil. Seen through these eyes are the strength and forthrightness, the dauntlessness and bravery of the Tibetans. Felt through these eyes are the crystal-clear minds of the Tibetans who take life as it is.

The eyes have endless stories, boundless emotions and a colorful world.

Terror, Tibet photo by Wenan Tu
Uncertainty - Tibet photo by Wenan Tu
Look to Heaven - Tibet photo by Wenan Tu
Panoply - Photo portrait of Tibet woman by Wenan Tu
Prayful Watching - Photo of Tibetan woman by Wenan Tu
Contented - Photo of Tibet Mother and Child by Wenan Tu
Sassat Eyes - Photo by Wenan Tu
Tibet woiman - photo by Wenan Tu


©Zhiwei Tu 2007
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