Sutherland, Patrick  <br/><br/>
Photographing Spiti 

 - Vol. 69 (4), 2018 
 - Mumbai  The Marg Foundation 
 - 68-87 Pages 
<br/><br/> For over two decades, Patrick Sutherland has been photographing the Tibetan community of Spiti valley, in particular a group of nomadic performers called the Buchen who enact religious plays and stone-breaking rituals. In this interview, he discusses the insider-outsider dynamics that come into play in ethnographic images, the archive of previous work done in the field that influenced him, his close interaction with the Buchen and how he has attempted to give them an active role in the project, allowing them control over how they are represented and the photos they choose to preserve and showcase. The oral and visual material collected is valuable for its documentation of a people and region undergoing rapid transformation.