A photobook by Himanshu KhagtaLife
Life
in Spiti.
A Winter in a Himalayan Desert
Photobook · 2014
In 2014 there were almost no photographs of Spiti in winter. So I stayed for one — six months, down to −30°C — and made a portrait of the valley when the roads close.
From a makeshift studio in Kaza I photographed around 400 people in traditional dress. Between sittings I followed the valley’s days: fetching water from frozen streams, monastery rituals, weddings, ice climbing and the long dark evenings indoors.
“Spiti has become a home away from home for me now.”
The book.
The physical edition
From the project
Inside the book.
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