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Tenzin Tosam Rinpoche with his tutorfront

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Tenzin Tosam Rinpoche with his tutor

  • Description

    The Tibetan boy Tulku (or ‘Lama Reincarnation’) Tenzin Tosam Rinpoche faces the viewer and his tutor Gen Pagdo stands behind. The photograph was taken at Rato Dratsang Monastery in Karnataka, India, one of a series of studies of Tulkus by Martine Franck (1938-2012). A member of the Magnum group of photographers, she was married to Henri Cartier-Bresson.

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › India (possible place of creation)
    Europe › France (possible place of creation)
    Asia › India › south India › Karnataka (Rato Dratsang Monastery) (subject)
    Date
    1996
    Artist/maker
    Martine Franck (1938 - 2012) (photographer)
    Associated people
    Tulku Tenzin Tosam Rinpoche (active c. 1996) (subject)
    Gen Pagdo (active c. 1996) (subject)
    Material and technique
    silver bromide print on matt paper
    Dimensions
    frame 54.5 x 42 x 3 cm (height x width x depth)
    photograph 35.2 x 23.7 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › paper
    Technique index
    photograph › photographic print,
    printed › photographic print
    Object type index
    visual representation › photograph
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Purchased, 2000.
    Accession no.
    EA2000.185

Location

    • First floor | Room 32 | India from 600

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