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Magazine layouts and colorful printed artwork arranged in a layered collage — International publication feature — Apr 1, 2015 — The Cover and More — photograph by Tokpa Korlo
Photograph from The Cover and More — International publication feature — April 2015 — photograph by Tokpa Korlo
Photograph from The Cover and More — International publication feature — April 2015 — photograph by Tokpa Korlo
Photograph from The Cover and More — International publication feature — April 2015 — photograph by Tokpa Korlo
Photograph from The Cover and More — International publication feature — April 2015 — photograph by Tokpa Korlo

Over the past few months I have begun to get emails and requests to use my photos for magazines, something that I really enjoy.

INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATION FEATURE · APRIL 1, 2015

The Cover and More

As they come from all over the world, I get a chance to share my work with people from all over the world, and it’s still quite new and exciting as I haven't ever done anything like this before. People are always startled when I tell them I give my work away for free - any Dharma use is good use as far as I'm concerned, and as the basis of my work and my dharma.imagery.project's mission statement - giving what I do away is not only imperative to me - it also has given me such freedom, and opened so many doors that might have otherwise been closed. I have had the pleasure of working with many different groups, centers and individuals already, and being able to simply say YES! to any and all of these requests is just wonderfully fulfilling - and things seem to be just heating up! Coming from the West where everyone is in a dog eat dog - out for oneself and oneself only type of existence, I have found great pleasure, fulfillment, and solace in being able to simply give things away without a second thought.

A couple different magazines have recently published issues dedicated to Shamar Rinpoche - and I have been very lucky to take part in whatever way I could - including an incredible cremation issue that came out a few months ago where quite a few pieces of my work were used inside. This month there have been two Diamond Way Buddhism magazines with my photo of Rinpoche on the cover - my favorite of Rinpoche no less - and not only that, but inside they have used quite a few other photos inside what is a beautiful and well thought out magazine. I am simply overjoyed to have been a part of this, and while I'm here in Spain preparing for my exhibition opening a copy of one of these magazines from Poland was presented to me and I got to take a peek and see for myself. I am absolutely thrilled to see this in person, and I wish to thank the people from Diamond Way's Buddhism Today magazine for including me in their projects, this and the others that I have taken part in have been more than a blessing for me, and to be able to offer these final photos of Rinpoche, in this case - from his final visit to Dhagpo, mean so very much to me. As these magazines are showing the final days of Rinpoche's life, his final journey - and my exhibition is telling this story through my photographs, it seems only fitting to have received this today.

If you have a chance to grab one for yourself please do! :)

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