Tibet. [Edizione Italiana e Inglese]

Tibet is no longer "the only mystery the 19th century left for the 20th century to explore," according to Fosco Maraini, but it remains a unique and surprising country. The images in this book portray the untamed beauty of the sights and narrate the customs of proud peoples, lovers of freedom. The fruit of extensive research, this reportage narrates how the Tibetan people, despite the persecution on the part of Chinese authorities, have maintained their Buddhist religion intact and how they are fighting to keep their cultural traditions alive.
Tibetan civilization, with its high level of spirituality, proposes itself as a stimulating antithesis to the consumerism of modern times. A people who on their flags write prayers so that the wind can recite them deserve quite a different destiny than the repression they have endured for over half a century. Giuseppe Ripa (Ragusa, 1962) has been a traveler and photographer since the eighties. His reportage works have a unique expressive power, and his images profoundly evoke themes such as memory, identity, and man's destiny.