To Build A Mountain | The Indian Himalaya In Film

Young boys | Nako, India

The Indian Himalaya (2006)

Building a mountain takes a long, long time. Gigantic movements of subterranean jigsaw-plates grind and push against one another to force the shell upward. ​Their constant plight is indifferent to time and set in a solitary mission. To exist is enough for a mountain. 

At some point the mass peaks and the timeline crests. A slow, laborious effort begins and the mountain allows itself to be withered away.

Wind.

Landslides.

Rain.  

So is the life of a mountain.

Mt. Kailash, Northern India

Young Boy | McLeod Ganj, India

Evergreen Forest | Kullu Valley

Modest Home | Sarahan

Gentleman | Dharamshala, India

Prayer Flags | Nako, India

Laundry | Vashist, India

Sad boy | McLeod Ganj, India

Saddhu | Northern India

Dog Days | Manali, India

Mani Stones | Himachal Pradesh

Petal

Female Montagnard | Himalaya

Aerial view of Kullu Valley

Doorway | Sangla, India

The Tailor | Sarahan, India

Mountain View | Shimla, India

Kids at play | McLeod Ganj

Concrete blocks | Vashist

Tibetan children playing

Buddhist painting on wall

Shy young girl

Giddy woman in Sarahan, India

High Altitude Farming

Lost shoe

Lepers of the North

Man runs to catch a bus

Lone Bird

Young child | Kalpa, India

Mountains | Sangla Valley

Human Alter | Sarahan, India

View from Rekong Peo

Terraces of Nako

Nako Village | Himalaya

Kings of the valley

Sleeping Man | Dharamshala, India

Mountain billboard

Gentleman | Kullu Valley

Buddha statues

Four young men | McLeod Ganj

Massive Himalayan cloud

All photographs were taken throughout the Indian Himalaya in 2006. The images were made with assorted Kodak, Fuji and Ilford films. 

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