India, September 1976-
” Illegal hoard of 89 skins were seized by officials in a raid on a poacher’s den in New Delhi. Each tiger or leopard pelt could have brought the poacher $1000. One cat that got away- a magnificent leopard (below) roams free in the 125 square miles of Tiger Haven”
India, September 1976
March 1978- deities from Ladakh’s pagan past- mimed by masked celebrants- in a ritual dance. Every June villagers from miles around gather at Himis Gompa for Ladakh’s largest festival- the birthday celebration of Padma Sambhava, founder of Tibetan Buddhism, or Lamaism.
March 1978- the lamasery of Tikse climbs a high knoll in the Indus River Valley, east of Leh.
March 1978- Ladakh, India
National Geographic / December / 1973
August 1973- sea creatures beneath the arctic ice
Algeria, August 1973
Hands gleaming darkly with the indigo dye that colours her robe, a woman of the Tuareg- wandering Berbers of the Sahara- clasps her traditions close. The incised brass key marks her as guardian of the family’s saddlebags.
