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See Their Faces, Hear Their Voices is a portrait of the Tibetan community in exile -- photographs and stories of Tibetans who fled Chinese-controlled Tibet are interwoven with beautiful photographs on Buddhist culture and practice as preserved in India. The book also includes the only "still life" portrait of Tenzin Gyatso, the XIV Dalai Lama of Tibet. It is a photo-collage of specially selected objects that the Dalai Lama felt were meaningfully connected to his life. 122 pages, includes over sixty mostly black and white fine photographs, printed high quality in Japan by Kikanshi Press. There is also a Japanese version of the book available.

"This amazing set of photographs by David Shever allows the Tibetans in Exile to speak to the heart in all of us as he shares their images and their compelling stories. While leading us to emotionally bond with this displaced people, Shever shares their stories with us in a way that holds each person responsible for standing up for the rights of others whenever brutal forces tear at the fabric of humanity. This book is an admonition for humanity as we consider not only the plight, strength, and abiding dignity of the Tibetans, but as we are faced with continued oppression, persecution, displacement, and the suffering of people around the world today." -- Erik L. Moore, President, Seeing Through Press; Founder, Conscious Art
 
 
About the Author:

David Shever is an American artist and active participant in the Conscious Art Movement. From 1990-1991, David volunteered as a photographer for the Tibetan Government in-Exile located in Dharamsala, India, where he also studied Tibetan Buddhist philosophy and began to build a body of photographic work for exhibiting internationally. His photographs featuring the Tibetans have been exhibited at various venues in the United States including in Washington, D.C. at the House of Representatives' Cannon Rotunda, the Tampa Museum of Art, and for Amnesty International in Philadelphia. David has held several exhibitions in Japan where he lived from 1993 to 2008. See Their Faces, Hear Their Voices is based on the content of this exhibition. David currently resides with his wife and two daughters in Palos Verdes, California.

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