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Lesley Burvill-Holmes is a Seattle photographer specializing in black &
white and alternative Polaroid processes. She studied photography in
London, England, and Victoria, British Columbia, before moving to Seattle. These images were taken on
a 1998 trip to Sikkim with Sherpa Himalayan Treks.
"The mountain landscape and rhododendron forests of Sikkim were
breathtaking," said Burvill-Holmes, "but it was the people who inspired
love: our Sherpa porters, the native Lepcha people, and the many Tibetan
refugees we encountered. The focus of these photographs are their
faces: the children, the monks, the families, and workers who showed us
kindness and a love for life despite their poor material circumstances."
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