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copyright (c) 2014 Kevin Bubriski
Rickshaw driver Mila Shresta and his daughter, Kathmandu, 1985
Object Number 2015.2.26.22
Display Title Rickshaw driver Mila Shresta and his daughter, Kathmandu, 1985
Descriptions
Object Description Rickshaw driver Mila Shresta and his daughter, Kathmandu, 1985, p. 108
Department Photographic
Date 1985
Artist Kevin Bubriski (1978)
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Nepal
Materials Digital
Quantity 1
Credit Line Robert Gardner Visiting Artist Fellow
Provenance
Seller Kevin Bubriski (1/7/2015)

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2015.2.26.23 A fruit seller displays fresh produce at her shop between Durbar Square and Dattatreya Square, Bhaktapur, Kathmandu Valley, 1985
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2015.2.26.21 A mother and daughter who live as squatters at the Pashupatinath temple. The mother holds a portrait of her son, who had left Nepal to work in India. Kathmandu
Nepal
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2015.2.26.8 A porter wrapped tightly in his shawl on a cold winter morning awaits work at Kathmandu's Durbar Square
Nepal
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2015.2.26.19 In one of the Licchavi settlements of the Kathmandu Valley, a Shiva Temple is swallowed by the roots of a peepal tree. Hadigaon, Kathmandu
Nepal
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2015.2.26.47 At Chabahil, a passenger warily eyes the photographer's camera while his daughter watches the stalled traffic ahead.
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2015.2.26.30 Blacksmith Gorde Vishwakarma, his wife Asoji, and their daughter at the front door of the sheep's stable that is their home in Limitang village. Landless, they trade their labor for these humble accomodations and for food barely sufficient to sustain them.
Nepal
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2015.2.26.16 The Garuda statue in front of Kastamandap early on a winter morning at the time of Newar New Year. Durbar Square, Kathmandu
Nepal
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2015.2.26.7 Men, women, and children stand in a monsoon rain anticipating the living goddess Kumari's chariot ride through Kathmandu
Nepal
copyright (c) 2014 Kevin Bubriski
2015.2.26.18 Dilgo Kyentse Rinpoche of Bhutan. Boudhanath, Kathmandu Valley, 1984
Nepal
copyright (c) 2014 Kevin Bubriski
2015.2.26.20 The sadhu Shyam Puri Naga Baba visits Pagalananda Baba's aghori dhuni (sacred fire) at the ghats, the place of funeral cremations. Aghori sadhus, followers of Shiva, live and practice rituals at these charnel houses. Pashupatinath, Kathmandu
Nepal
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2015.2.26.2 Buddhist shaman Tsamtan Chombel has unbound his turban to show his hair, more than seven feet long
Nepal
copyright (c) 2014 Kevin Bubriski
2015.2.26.1 A young monk at Sital Niwas awaits the historic visit of the Panchen Lama, Kathmandu, 1987
Nepal