photo of the Barkhor, Lhasa

photograph on paper,
Chicago, october 1950,
size: 18 x 22,5 cm.

Photo published by ACME Newspictures, Chicago, in relation to the invasion of Tibet by the Chinese Red Army. Photographer unknown.

Rare! There are not many photographs of Lhasa before the invasion of the Chinese Red Army: Norzunov/Tsybikov, Waddell, Bell, Harrer, Richardson, Schäfer, Jis/Vanis….