Buddhist Monks of Asia. Photography Books by Julian Bound

BUDDHIST MONKS OF ASIA a Photography Book by JULIAN BOUND A photographic collection of Buddhist monks of Tibet, India and Nepal, by National Geographic contributor and award winning documentary photographer Julian Bound. From the Tibetan monasteries of Tashi Lhunpo, Drepung and Sera, to India's Himalayan Tibetan communities of Gyuto monastery and McLeod Ganj, home of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, 'Buddhist Monks of Asia' also documents Buddhism within Nepal, with Kathmandu's Boudhanath Stupa, Pokhara's Pema Ts'al monastery, and Lumbini, the birth place of Buddha. Including portraiture of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, a beautiful and in depth photographic portrayal of Asia's Buddhist monks. With over 100 photographs in colour and black and white. All photographs taken by Julian Bound.©JulianBound2020 ABOUT THE AUTHORBorn in England, Julian is a documentary photographer, film maker and author.
With photographic work featured on the BBC news, his photographs have been published in National Geographic, New Scientist and the international press. His work focuses on the social documentary of world culture, religion and traditions, with time spent studying meditation with the Buddhist monks of Tibet and Northern Thailand and spiritual teachers of India's Himalaya region. Present for the Nepal earthquakes of 2015 he documented the disaster for eighteen months whilst working as an emergency deployment photographer for various NGO and international embassies in conjunction with the United Nations. The author of novels 'Of Futures Past', 'Subway of Light' and 'Life's Heart Eternal', when not on the road in Asia, Julian is based in the UK.