The picture galleries are dedicated to Jaroslav Poncar and to his photographic skills and generosity.

Documentation

Much of my research is based on extensive field work and documentation done in situ. Since 1990 I have assembled a huge corpus of photographic documentation. Of this documentation, I have contributed about 25000 photographs to the Western Himalaya Archive Vienna (WHAV). Unfortunately my access to that material is unresolved.

The documentation assembled in the gallery pages of this website presents works of art from a range of sites, partly unpublished so far and partly complementing already published works. The galleries now also include the documentation previously published on my Indian and Tibetan Buddhist Art (ITBA) website.

Photography

When young, I was of the opinion that photography destroys the memory of a travel, therefore I first traveled without camera, including a six months journey through Asia in 1988. Only once I became interested in art, I started photography for the purpose of documentation, but soon realized that I have a good eye for framing a picture. Still, I usually only photograph when I travel, and I have a hard time photographing people unless I am specifically asked to do so. This is, of course, also reflected in the galleries on this site.

Galleries

I originally used Gallery3 for all picture galleries, but more recently moved all documentation to a Piwigo gallery. Each of these has its advantages and disadvantages, but I have not yet found a good way of integrating the galleries into my main site. Until I am able to resolve this, the gallery pages open in a separate page or tab.