Some Functions of the Tibet Album

This website features...

Thousands of previously unpublished or unseen photographs
Rare photographs documenting people and places that no longer exist in Tibet
Fully searchable records
Research-led entries for each photograph
Unique historic albums viewable page by page
Identification of previously unattributed or mis-attributed photographs - including those of the Sikkimese photographer Rabden Lepcha
Some of the first colour photographs produced in Tibet
Extracts from official reports, personal papers and handlists produced by the photographers and linked to relevant photographs
300 named people (mainly Tibetans) have been identified in the photographs so far...
80 biographical entries for those individuals derived from rare British Government documents
Multiple versions of original photographs in a variety of formats
Scans viewable at a glance and in comparison
Many photographs dated to the day they were taken
New ways of thinking about photographs as visual history

Interactive browsing in numerous ways - maps, biographies, photographers, collections
Search according to date in both Western and Tibetan calendars
High powered zoom function for close focus analysis of image content and techniques
Send feedback on the photographs to the project
Make your own "Tibet Album" and send it to friends
Word search