[i]Olivier Föllmi willingly describes himself as a “world photographer”.

Profoundly impressed by the Himalayan world, he and his wife, Danielle, founded their family by adopting four Tibetan children. They have also created an educational aid association in the Himalayas : HOPE. This love story has become world renown and has received some of the most prestigious awards.

It was in developing a passion for other lands that Olivier Föllmi has become a great “travelling photographer”. This is the price in which “to have something to share, to say and to show. A perfect photo, but devoid of sense, will never equal a blurr...

Olivier Föllmi willingly describes himself as a “world photographer”.

Profoundly impressed by the Himalayan world, he and his wife, Danielle, founded their family by adopting four Tibetan children. They have also created an educational aid association in the Himalayas : HOPE. This love story has become world renown and has received some of the most prestigious awards.

It was in developing a passion for other lands that Olivier Föllmi has become a great “travelling photographer”. This is the price in which “to have something to share, to say and to show. A perfect photo, but devoid of sense, will never equal a blurry photo with a touching message".

Each of their travels gave birth to a book with photos and texts that are a veritable ode to life and the means to share the emotion with the greatest number of people.

[i]Homage to the Himalayas.
Photographs by Olivier Föllmi. Preface by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Harry N. Abrams, New York, 2006. 216 pp., 175 full-color illustrations, 11½x9½".

Publisher's Description Those who believe an unfathomable experiential chasm exists between the West and the East would do well to consult Olivier Föllmi's photographs. In this remarkable collection, Föllmi demonstrates that the distance between cultures, no matter how great physically, is one of perception only.

Once the official photographer of the Dalai Lama, Föllmi has been training his lens on the Himalayas for more than 25 years. Here he captures the essence of the region and its people as no one els...

Homage to the Himalayas.
Photographs by Olivier Föllmi. Preface by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Harry N. Abrams, New York, 2006. 216 pp., 175 full-color illustrations, 11½x9½".

Publisher's Description Those who believe an unfathomable experiential chasm exists between the West and the East would do well to consult Olivier Föllmi's photographs. In this remarkable collection, Föllmi demonstrates that the distance between cultures, no matter how great physically, is one of perception only.

Once the official photographer of the Dalai Lama, Föllmi has been training his lens on the Himalayas for more than 25 years. Here he captures the essence of the region and its people as no one else could-its dizzying peaks, treacherous climate, and spiritual serenity. Images of Buddhist holy places are counterposed with portraits of ordinary people, their ruddy faces worn to leather by snow and wind.

This is a breathtaking collection by a great artist whose subject is nothing less than our shared humanity.