matthieu ricard

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Why photography?
I aspire to use photography as a source of hope, which restores confidence in human nature and revives our wonder at the splendours of nature. Images of violence and suffering are necessary to awaken ...

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About the artwork

Residing for over thirty years in the heart of the Himalayas, singular photographer Matthieu Ricard has a view of this region that is not that of a foreigner, but that of a Buddhist monk over his adoptive country. Like all of the photographs he has produced for many years now, this one, according to the photographer, is a real source of hope that restores confidence in human nature and revives our wonder in the splendours of nature. A hymn to the beauty that helps us to travel the world over, to the remotest of regions, to discover extraordinary peoples, cultures, landscapes, and rituals. "A monastery emerging from the fog in the early hours of the morning, horses galloping under a stormy sky in Tibet, or hills fading with the light, captured by flying over the Andes... I'm on the lookout for this magic so I can offer it to others."

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