Diane Barker Photographer
Diane is a UK based photographer who has been documenting Tibetans since 1992. In 2006, with friends, she founded a small NGO, Heart of Asia, which works in remote communities in rural eastern Tibet.
Diane's Featured Stories
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A Day in Tashi Jong with Dancing Monks and Hillside Deities
In a small stone courtyard fronting the Khampagar monastery, monks in flowing maroon robes rehearsed for the annual Snow Lion dances while His Holiness the …
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India's Water Wars
The Narmada Valley Sardar Sarovar Big Dam Project is the largest of 30 planned large dams on the Narmada River and it has inspired twenty-two years and three …
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Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo
On the outskirts of Tashi Jong, three hours north of Dharamsala, sits the Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery where Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo lives and teaches a community of …
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Learning How to Give
Standing in the alleyway outside Goonj, an NGO working to provide clothing and basic resources to some of India’s impoverished millions, I am reminded of …
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Meeting the Karmapa
The Black Hat Lama and the Future of Tibet
We ascended the monastery steps leading to his private meeting quarters at a snail’s pace, waiting patiently as …
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Monks and Nuns
Dharamsala and the surrounding hill stations are home to many Tibetan monks and nuns, some whom are reincarnated exiled lamas who made the difficult crossing from …
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When the Iron Eagle Flies and Horses Run on Wheels
After almost a week in Delhi we made the journey north to Dharamsala, also known as “Little Lhasa” because it is home to the Tibetan government in exile. …
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Drokpa: The Nomadic Mountain People of Tibet
Photographer Diane Barker captures the changes taking place for the nomadic mountain people of Tibet.