The Tibetan people going about their daily buddhist practice in the Barkhor Square in central Lhasa, Tibet. The shot was taken from the top of the Jokhang temple, the spiritual centre of Tibetan Buddhism. Tibetan practice is to only circle the temple clockwise so it is not uncommon to see people circumnavigate the entire temple rather than go 10m in the opposite direction.
As a visual artist my creative practice is rooted in my love of photography, capturing images that evoke a reaction in the viewer. It started with my first camera – a Kodak 110 instamatic – progressing through 35mm to Polaroids and 120mm film; ‘going digital’ while lecturing at university in the 1990s using Apple’s QuickTake and the Kodak/Nikon DCS. My creative practice uses a bewildering combination of film cameras, instant cameras and digital equipment to capture my images then I experiment with different printing, media, mounting and framing techniques to create my pieces.
