PHIL BORGES
For over twenty-five years Phil Borges, world-famous reporter and one of the greatest contemporary photographers, has been passionately documenting habits and lives of tribal people around the world, using the vehicle of the “environmental portrait”.
Through his books and exhibitions, Phil attempts to create a relationship between the audience and his subjects: “I want the viewer to see these people as individuals, to know their names and a bit of their history, not just to view them as anonymous part of some remote ethnic”. In his book Tibetan Portrait: The Power of Compassion introduces individuals from a deeply spiritual culture who have been marginalized and displaced by the occupation of their homeland.
In 1998 he joined Amnesty International presenting Enduring Spirit, ah exhibition and a volume to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Humans Right. Worldwide acclaimed and prizewinner for his humanitarian engagement, his photographs are collected and exhibited in many museums all over the world and his award-winning books have been published in four languages. In 1998 he was given the “Photoperson of the year” award.
Tibetan Portrait
Yama 8, 1994
gelatin silver print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
Dolkar 5, Tashi 6, 1994
gelatin silver print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
Samdi 3, 1994
gelatin silver print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
Dechi 8, Tsering 8, 1994
gelatin silver print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
Chamdu 11, 1994
gelatin silver print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
Telang 10, Tenzing 12, 1994
chromogenic print
cm 61 x 68 ca.
Kelsang 25, Ngawang 22, Dechen 21, 1994
gelatin silver print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
Pemba 4, 1994
gelatin silver print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
Ahida 10 months, Sonam 21 months, 1994
gelatin silver print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
Jigme 8, Sonam 18 months, 1994
chromogenic print
cm 61 x 68 ca.
Sisi 8, Norsum 8, 1994
gelatin silver print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
Enduring Spirit
Alan Slickpoo III 18 months, 1993
chromogenic print
cm 61 x 68 ca.
Mimi 8, 1991
gelatin silver print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
Silvia 9, 1996
chromogenic print
cm 88 x 40 ca.
Lourdes 9, Benigno 18 months, 1996
gelatin silver print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
Kinesi 6, 1997
gelatin silver print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
Vicentina 15 months, 1999
gelatin silver print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
Leonarda 4, 1998
gelatin silver print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
Kalime 22, Algo 3, 1999
gelatin silver print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
Buzayan 6, 1997
gelatin silver print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
Sini 5, 1997
gelatin silver print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
Irma 9, 1996
gelatin silver print
cm 88 x 40 ca.
Rudi 7, 1996
gelatin silver print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
Lena 9, 1996
gelatin silver print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
Howa 8 from the series “Enduring Spirit”
gelatin silver print
cm 50 x 60 ca. / inches 20 x 24 ca.
Roy Pete, 1995
gelatin silver print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
Dimichia 68, Sinchi 14 months, 1990
gelatin silver print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
Aldo 10, Erpi 7, Rosie 7, 1997
gelatin silver print
cm 88 x 40 ca.
Sukulen 37, 1997
gelatin silver print
cm 88 x 40 ca.
Echuka 24, Eragai 21, 1997
gelatin silver print
cm 88 x 40 ca.
Spirit of Place
Abi Gul 7, 2001
chromogenic print
cm 61 x 68 ca.
Batdalai 3, 1999
chromogenic print
cm 61 x 68 ca.
Shasha 9, 1999
gelatin silver print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
Bequim 8, 2001
gelatin silver print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
Merring 8, 2000
gelatin silver print
cm 82 x 48 ca.
Tibet: Culture on the Edge
Lake Yihum Lhatso
chromogenic print
cm. 130 x 60 ca.
Yeshi 13, 2008-2009
chromogenic print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
Lamo Tso 26, 2008-2009
chromogenic print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
Tenzing Kelsang 15, 2008-2009
chromogenic print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
Pasa Zoma 21, 2008-2009
chromogenic print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
Tsekhi Lamo 10, Tsering Lamo 11, 2008-2009
chromogenic print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
Pute 26, Tenba 8 months, 2008-2009
chromogenic print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
Tashilhunpo Monastery, 2008-2009
chromogenic print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
Drigung Til Monastery, 2008-2009
chromogenic print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
Desertification, 2008-2009
chromogenic print
cm 88 x 40 ca.
Yaks crossing swollen river, 2008-2009
chromogenic print
cm 88 x 40 ca.
Princess Wencheng temple Kora, 2008-2009
chromogenic print
cm 88 x 40 ca.
Herup Jamsu 10, 2008-2009
chromogenic print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
Amu 52, Yelong Droma 2, 2008-2009
chromogenic print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
Choqhua 19, 2008-2009
chromogenic print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
Pelkor Chode Monastery, 2008-2009
chromogenic print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
Digit 21, 2008-2009
chromogenic print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
Tendron 26, 2008-2009
chromogenic print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
Xinghai Monastery, 2008-2009
chromogenic print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
Tsering Zhorma 6, 2008-2009
chromogenic print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
Pemba 7, 2008-2009
chromogenic print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
Lake Namtso, 2008-2009
chromogenic print
cm 101 x 34,5 ca.
Trinkley Dolkar, 7, 2008-2009
chromogenic print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
Tasang Dolma 31, 2008-2009
chromogenic print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
Choqhua 19, 2008-2009
chromogenic print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
Droca Lhamo 4, 2008-2009
chromogenic print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
3 Monks, Ta Prohm Temple (Chop 33, Sour 60, Some 30) 2008-2009
chromogenic print
cm 137 x 56 ca.
Attah and the baby
chromogenic print
cm 60 x 60 ca. / inches 24 x 24 ca.
PHIL BORGES, Tibet, culture on the edge.
“Spectacular stories and photographs end up forming a fascinating portrait of the Tibetan people and its suggestive landscape. A volume, the result of 4-years documentary work, published by Rizzoli”.
PHIL BORGES, 2021
