honorable mention
JON Lanbroa spain
title
Mama Yak
A mama Yak suckles its baby Yak while a Tibetan mother cares for her baby daughter.
“Yak” may be the only Tibetan word you know but the Yak is also one of the most valuable resources for the Tibetan people. It has been revered as an iconic symbol of Tibetan culture for centuries and provide the basic guarantee for people's survival in traditional Tibetan society.
The Yak is the treasure of which make great contribution to Tibetan people and to the of the so-called "roof of the world", the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.
Its gifts benefit the people on Tibetan Plateau in terms of clothing, food, shelter, transportation, as well as burning, farming, medical treatment, recreation, and so on. It can be said that yaks contributed to everything from birth to death. As the intimate companions of the Tibetans, the herders call the yak “Noor”, which means “wealth” or “treasure”.
Their milk and meat are crucial food sources. The milk of yaks is highly nutritive compared to dairy cow milk, particularly in protein and fat contents. Their flexible and smooth hair is used to make warm textiles such as Tibetan wool.
Tibetan yak is a symbol of the traditional Tibetan lifestyle. As a mother accompanies her children throughout their lives, the Tibetan people's existence revolves around the yak. Mama Yak.
Life-long learners, curious, nature lovers, eclectics, story tellers, critics, moment witness, imperfects.
From the Basque Country, a couple of nonconformist detail seekers with different points of view having an analogue Photography spirit in this digital age and travelling in the slow lane around the world.
Jon Z. and Ixa "Lanbroa", a biologist and a journalist attracted to closeness and simple visual languages with no tricks or digital retouching.
After Uni in the Basque Country, Madrid and Scotland, further training, workshops, seminars, professional and expert's courses around the World, their life has been filled with trips, Art, wildlife and obviously Photography.
Breaking the rules with several ways to create, extrapolating techniques and artistic subjects, walking on the edge of painting, drawing, sculpture and photography.
Visual poems where nature does not go unnoticed is the force and source of inspiration. The detail, minimalist, the essence.
"They believe in Art's possibility to create metaphors, diverse visions of the world and new ways of preserving our Mother Earth and fighting for human dignity".
http://www.jonlanbroa.com
https://ixadissident.wixsite.com/jonlanbroa
http://photographer.jonlanbroa.com
http://www.instagram.com/jonlanbroa/
https://ello.co/jonlanbroa
http://www.lensculture.com/jon-lanbroa
http://www.instagram.com/jonlanbroa/
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entry description
From Tibetan Plateau of the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) in China, everyday scenes appear that move us.A mama Yak suckles its baby Yak while a Tibetan mother cares for her baby daughter.
“Yak” may be the only Tibetan word you know but the Yak is also one of the most valuable resources for the Tibetan people. It has been revered as an iconic symbol of Tibetan culture for centuries and provide the basic guarantee for people's survival in traditional Tibetan society.
The Yak is the treasure of which make great contribution to Tibetan people and to the of the so-called "roof of the world", the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.
Its gifts benefit the people on Tibetan Plateau in terms of clothing, food, shelter, transportation, as well as burning, farming, medical treatment, recreation, and so on. It can be said that yaks contributed to everything from birth to death. As the intimate companions of the Tibetans, the herders call the yak “Noor”, which means “wealth” or “treasure”.
Their milk and meat are crucial food sources. The milk of yaks is highly nutritive compared to dairy cow milk, particularly in protein and fat contents. Their flexible and smooth hair is used to make warm textiles such as Tibetan wool.
Tibetan yak is a symbol of the traditional Tibetan lifestyle. As a mother accompanies her children throughout their lives, the Tibetan people's existence revolves around the yak. Mama Yak.
about the photographer
Four eyes, too much cameras, two artists, one name: JON Lanbroa.Life-long learners, curious, nature lovers, eclectics, story tellers, critics, moment witness, imperfects.
From the Basque Country, a couple of nonconformist detail seekers with different points of view having an analogue Photography spirit in this digital age and travelling in the slow lane around the world.
Jon Z. and Ixa "Lanbroa", a biologist and a journalist attracted to closeness and simple visual languages with no tricks or digital retouching.
After Uni in the Basque Country, Madrid and Scotland, further training, workshops, seminars, professional and expert's courses around the World, their life has been filled with trips, Art, wildlife and obviously Photography.
Breaking the rules with several ways to create, extrapolating techniques and artistic subjects, walking on the edge of painting, drawing, sculpture and photography.
Visual poems where nature does not go unnoticed is the force and source of inspiration. The detail, minimalist, the essence.
"They believe in Art's possibility to create metaphors, diverse visions of the world and new ways of preserving our Mother Earth and fighting for human dignity".
http://www.jonlanbroa.com
https://ixadissident.wixsite.com/jonlanbroa
http://photographer.jonlanbroa.com
http://www.instagram.com/jonlanbroa/
https://ello.co/jonlanbroa
http://www.lensculture.com/jon-lanbroa
http://www.instagram.com/jonlanbroa/
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