Geneva-born photographer Nicholas Vreeland brings to the city 20 snapshots of his experiences as a monk in a Tibetan monastery for over 25 years

Photos of Rato is a 10 day-long exhibition that comes to the city after being shown in France, Italy and USA. The photographer Nicholas Vreeland is a Tibetan monk, who was the Dalai Lama's official photographer during his trip to the US in 1979 and has edited a book by the Dalai Lama. The grandson of Diana Vreeland (former editor of Harper's Bazaar and Vogue in New York) and a student of photographers Irving Penn and Richard Avedon, Nicholas will donate the proceeds from the exhibition to maintain the monastery Rato Dratsang.


A monk reading from the scriptures.