Dalai Lama and Faces of Tibet (3 photos)

All Photos © Alison Wright. Above: Tibetan nomad girl in Degang Valley, Kham, eastern Tibet.

Alison Wright has spent her career of more than two decades photographing endangered cultures in the most remote regions of the world. Working as a social documentary photographer she was inspired to start the Faces of Hope Foundation. The foundation helps to provide medical care to children and communities around the world.

Wright will be an artist in residence this November at the Jumeirah Essex House ( South Gate Gallery) in New York City. The gallery will exhibit her photographs through December, 2010. To see more of Wright’s work click here.

The Dalai Lama at the Kalachakra teachings, Sarnath, India.