Late sun falls on a mountain slope in the Nubra Valley by Affect Fotografie

In the far north of India, in the Nubra valley on the border with China, lies Lake Pangong. A wonderfully empty area with beautifully colored mountain slopes. Late in the afternoon the sun was shining between two mountain ridges and briefly illuminated one of the orange-brown slopes.

This artwork is offered by Affect Fotografie

Real encounters with people all over the world have attracted me from childhood. Traveling uninhibitedly unknown countries and continents and making contact with their residents. Those contacts with people in other parts of the world have taught me that the basic emotions of all people are the same. Unknown makes unloved? No, unknown makes me 'curious' about 'that other', the unknown. Establishing contact with people whose language I often do not speak has led to beautiful photos in which mutual respect is expressed and where barriers are eliminated by that contact. You will find some selected photos from my large collection on this site.

In my opinion, open, interpersonal contact is always possible, no matter how different the circumstances of those unknown people and their culture may be. My travels have also led to a special project: the collection of discarded glasses in the Netherlands and other Western countries and the distribution thereof to people in other places in the world who, due to circumstances, cannot get their glasses.
Just Google for 'brillen voor zanskar' and you will see how something as simple as that project brings people together.

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