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The Sowers of Joy

by Caroline Riegel
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9782490952182
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Editions Hemeria
  • Publisher Imprint: Editions Hemeria
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 208
  • Original Price: GBP 59.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 1565 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Individual Photographers / General, Subjects & Themes / Regional, and Subjects & Themes / Lifestyles

As she travels alone across Asia, the path of a young French woman of 30 years old crosses by chance with that of a singular religious community, tiny and composed exclusively of women. These women live in Puntsokling: one of the ten Buddhist nunneries totally deprived of resources in Zanskar, a valley on the edge of the Himalayas, in the northwest of India, st ill isolated from the rest of the country by its inhosp itable geography. This encounter at the end of the world will change the course of her life and, without a doubt, that of the nuns. A revelation and a long journey, both huMayn and sp iritual. Through the st ory that Caroline Riegel tells us, we discover both the charm of a unique tribe with an ast onishing sist erhood (a journey into the intimate) and the mast erly beauty of their territory (a journey into the landscape). In this book, the photographer delivers a luminous tribute, in images and in words, to these women who share, in the heart of the mountains of Zanskar, far from the modern world, their balance of life. In the face of dest itution: joy. In the face of solitude: solidarity. In the face of autarky: authenticity. In the same way that Matthieu Ricard - the book's preface - speaks of wonder at the world, the Sowers of Joy offer a singular look at what surrounds them, at the meaning of exist ence. A rare travelogue where photography magnifi es the protagonists of an extraordinary st ory as much as their environment.

Ricard, Matthieu: - Matthieu Ricard is a French writer, photographer, and Buddhist monk who is known for his teachings on happiness, altruism, and meditation. He has authored several books on these subjects and is a prominent figure in the field of mindfulness and well-being. Matthieu Ricard is also a humanitarian who is involved in various charitable projects around the world.

Riegel, Caroline: - The photographer Caroline Riegel's act ions are multiple. She is at the same time a scientist, an artist, an explorer and a humanist . Engineer in hydraulic const ruct ions, humanitarian with the ICRC then founder of the association THIGSPA dedicated to the support of the nunnery, author of travelogues, direct or, lect urer, photographer, all these jobs are closely linked in the daily life of Caroline Riegel and are the facets of the same face. She is also a member of the French Explorers Society and of the Society of Large Dams in France.

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