Printing house of Babang temple, a photo from Sichuan, Central

Photographer's Note

Lost in the mountains near the tibetan border, the famous monastery of Babang (Pelpung) hosts over 500 monks and one small printing house. Religious texts have been carved in wooden blocks for centuries. These blocks are kept preciously and are used as a support to print the religious texts by applying ink on them.

Perdu au milieu des montagnes à proximité de la frontière tibétaine, le monastère de Babang accueille 500 moines et une petite impremerie où un vieil homme, accroupi dans la pénombre, utilise de vieilles planches de bois gravées (parfois de plusieurs centaines d'années) des textes religieux et les enduit d'encre avant d'imprimer le texte en y appliquant une fine feuille de papier.

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Morac (27725) 2009-07-28 14:29

Bonsoir,
Outre la beauté du sujet, j'aime beaucoup la gestion de la lumière dans cette composition.
Marc

lacroux (4562) 2009-07-28 14:34

Bonsoir Warren
Une photo de reportage réussie.
J'aime bien l'éclairage venant de la fenêtre.
Bonne soirée.
Pierre.

kdialyna (3148) 2009-07-28 14:34

Excellent work!
I have the feeling I'm in there.
Very good use of the existing light, gave the right atmosphere to the all composition.
Congratulation!
Kostas

Hunkar (7440) 2009-07-28 14:41

An interesting impressive work scene,
Warm colors,
Good composition,

ewiczek (374) 2009-07-28 17:58

piekne ciekawe zdjecie, ladne cieple kolory jest to zdjecie z klimatem

Urs (14082) 2009-07-28 19:00

Dear Warren

Excellent moody shot using available light to perfection and well written note, congrats!!! Nowadays such printing methods cannot be seen very often. The letter shelves add DOF to your picture. Due to the tilted wide angle lens the looks even more attractive. Sharpness is adequate. Well done

Best regards
Urs

PeterDF (421) 2009-07-29 6:28

A great scene and photo here...really remarkable. It's as if you happened to wander into a moment from the past. The whole atmsosphere is quite something...with the carved, wooden blocks, the old monastery walls and window, and this lone man, encompassed by his work. The lighting coming through the window makes for a mood that is just amazng. Very nicely done.

mariandrea (979) 2009-07-29 13:21

Hi Warren, interesting place, thanxs for the note. Good descriptive picture too, just a bit overexpossed on the window, but difficult light to get the details you could get inside. Good work, chau chau,

Maria

williewhistler (16606) 2009-08-23 12:28

Hello,I think this is a very powerful and moving image with loads of atmosphere,well done.
Regards Les

BennyV (34780) 2011-01-24 4:29

Bonjour Karl,

Insightful shot. Technicalities aside, this shot has really valuable documentary feel to it. I also love the uniformity of the earth-like colours.

Benny