Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/02

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Subject: [Leica] OPENING RECEPTION @ THE LEICA GALLERY
From: r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard Taylor)
Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 22:00:49 -0400
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John - Trust you're well.  Seeing this reminded me that I missed your 
birthday, so, about a week late:  HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! 

The next time I'll be in NY is Friday the 22nd.  Hope we can get the group 
together for dinner then.  It's been a while.  

Best, 

Dick



On Apr 02, 2011, at 7:41 PM, John Lee wrote:

> To the LUG,
> 
> Opening Reception at the Leica Gallery
> Thursday, April 21, 6-8PM
> 
> NICHOLAS VREELAND
> Return to the Roof of the World
> Curated by Elizabeth Avedon
> 
> This exhibition follows the journey of photographer and Buddhist monk,
> Nicholas Vreeland,
> as he accompanied his teacher, Tibetan incarnate Lama Khyongla Rato
> Rinpoche, on his return
> to Tibet after 50 years. Rinpoche, author of "My Life and Lives," fled
> Tibet in 1959. In 2003, he
> visited his birthplace, in Dagyab, Eastern Tibet, and Vreeland
> photographed the journey. These
> black and white photographs were taken as they rode horseback many
> hours each day towards
> "The Roof of the World" where Rinpoche was welcomed by devotees, many
> of whom had never
> before seen their Lama.
> 
> Nicholas Vreeland, Director of The Tibet Center, New York, and editor
> of "An Open Heart, Practicing
> Compassion in Everyday Life," by The Dalai Lama, lives part time at
> Rato Monastery, reestablished
> Karnataka, India. "Photos for Rato," an exhibition of Vreeland's
> photographs to raise funds for the
> reconstruction of Rato Monastery, was held at the Fondation Henri
> Cartier-Bresson in Paris, and has
> since toured Europe, India, and the United States.
> 
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