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Author: Sheila Rock ,
Robert Thurman
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 22.20cm
, Height: 1.00cm
, Length: 27.90cm
Weight: 0.694kg
ISBN: 9780231128919
ISBN 10: 0231128916
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 23 November 2005
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Language: English
Reviews
An absolutely stunning collection of black-and-white photographs that document the lives of the Sera Jey monks of Tibet. -- Asian Week Sera is a moving collection of black-and-white photographs by Sheila Rock showing the monks of Sera Jey Monastery near Mysore, India... She has made an eloquent statement with her photographs of the monks at work, worship, and play... The simplicity of Sera is intimate and very appealing. -- R. K. Dickson, The Bloombsbury Review Sera: The Way of the Monk is an exceptional union of words and images... Together Thurman and Rock communicate the rich, vibrant life of a Tibetan Buddhist monastery -- a learning community where everyone is a seeker. -- Shambhala Sun Sheila Rock, a profesional photographer[,] presents moving portraits of the monks and their community that carries on the legacy of the original Sera Monastery. -- Tibet Foundation Newsletter The book features a series of portraits done in the same spirit as the horse photos, looking beyond the physical characteristics of the subjects in order to penetrate and record their essential spirit. -- B& W In more than 100 dramatic duotone photographs, Sheila Rock tells the story of Tibetan Buddhist life at Sera Jay Monastery in Mysore, India. Readers will find this 10-by-11-inch book about Buddhist monastic life enlightening and stereotype-shattering. Rock's perceptive eye yields vivid images... Sera will intrigue and delight. -- New Age Retailer An expertly written forward by Robert Thurman is a captivating introduction to the book... [and] these carefully composed images have the power to illuminate, explore and question the controversial relationship between the Tibetan people and the West, and strengthen the view that photography is a powerful medium with which to stir opinion. -- Rupert Cornford, Free Tibet ...these illustrations of their simple life, offers a powerful testament to the strength and resilence of a persecuted people. -- Louise Wilde, Light, The College of Psychic Studies Rock discovers beauty in the simple...Her lens seems to capture another kind of light--the luminous glow from within. -- Black & White Magazine These remarkable photographs by Sheila Rock... will entrance every lover of the religious world in all its vigor and diversity. -- Robert Ellwood, Nova Religio
Author Information
Sheila Rock is a professional photographer living in London. Her work has appeared in numerous magazines and has been accepted into the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London. She began photographing the Sera Jey monks in 1998.
