HH the 14th DALAI LAMA, (quality print), Photo by John Smart

HH the 14th DALAI LAMA, (quality print)

Photo by John Smart

This is one of the most beautiful photographs of His Holiness that we have ever come across. It was taken by world-renowned photographer John Smart in 1974 when His Holiness was thirty-nine years of age and conducting the Kalachakra Initiation before an audience of three hundred and fifty thousand in Bodhgaya, India. There is remarkable presence in the photograph as the Dalai Lama's eyes meet the camera. The photographer used a Linhof large format 4 x 5" camera for incredible detail in creating this superb photograph. Then, in a supervised custom tri-tone printing, these poster-sized fine art prints were produced. The photographic image measures 12 x 16" on a 16 x 24" sturdy weight, acid free, high quality printing paper.