Episode 3075: LOOKING BACK : KATHMANDU TO EVEREST, PHOTOGRAPHS FROM 1973 by Lloyd Johnson

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Looking Back Kathmandu to Everest Photographs from 1973 by Lloyd Johnson

Looking Back Kathmandu to Everest is a photo journey by photography Lloyd Johnson, not as a conqueror of mountains, but rather a photographic journey of the people, the culture, and the natural environment.

The year was 1973 when Lloyd traveled with his Nikon F cameras. He went beyond the confines of the city of Kathmandu and stepped back in time. After leaving the city, the entire trip was completely without electricity, indoor plumbing, telephone, guest houses or hotels. Out of respect for the people and their way of life, all photographs were taken spontaneously and never set up or posed.

Lloyd simply tried to capture the moments of life. Over the three-week period, he trekked from Kathmandu along the Lamosangu and the Khumbu region. All areas through which climbers or trekker passed on their way to the Everest summit. Lloyd’s journey led him through small villages, monasteries, market places, beautiful scenery, and into a life completely different than what we live today.

The book gives people an opportunity to look back and see what it was like to live as they did for thousands of years.

Lloyd Johnson’s interest in photography was inspired during the 1960’s while living among a community of artists in Sausalito, California. Lloyd was so captivated by this medium of expression that he opened a photographic studio in North Beach, San Francisco, specializing in interior design and fashion Still a free and creative spirit he now resides in Cloverdale, California where we enjoys photography, gardening, and wine making.

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