As we were driving from Thimphu to Paro, Bhutan, we saw this older nun standing next to a small grocery stand by the side of the road. We stopped and asked if we could take her picture, to which she agreed. This vertical panoramic photograph was taken with a Hasselblad X-pan camera.

This young girl was part of a group of girls who were present during the second day of a local tsechu (religious festival) outside Jakar in Bumthang district in central Bhutan. This girl is wearing a toego, a short brocaded jacket over her kira, both of which are traditional Bhutanese forms of clothing worn in public. The vertical panoramic photograph was taken with a Hasselblad X-pan camera

Bhutanese schools teach most of their classes in English, so here, on the second day of the tsechu (religious festival) outside of Jakar, in the Bumthang district of central Bhutan, this girl, along with others, began to ask my wife many questions about her hair, make-up, etc. The second day of the festival was sparsely attended, so we could really talk with some of the Bhutanese. The vertical panoramic photograph was taken with a Hasselblad X-pan camera.

Three Bhutanese girls are attending the Thangbi Mani tsechu (religious festival) held in a temple near Jakar, in Bhumthang district in central Bhutan. This panoramic photograph was taken with a Hasselblad X-pan camera.

During the first day of this teschu (religious festival) near Jakar in the Bumthang district in central Bhutan, it was raining and I was standing under the overhang of the temple. I turned around and noticed all these people were wedged into this one window watching the festival. A classic case of setting up a photograph, and then turning around 180 degrees to find a photograph. This image was taken with a Hasselblad X-pan camera.

Many young boys join a the monastery in order to get an education without the expectation of becoming monks. This boy was in a monastery in Jakar, in the Bumthang district in central Bhutan. This vertical panoramic photograph was taken with a Hasselblad X-pan camera.

This older man was visiting the Jakar dzong in the Bumthang district in central Bhutan. The dzongs are both administrative and religious centers and each district has a dzong. All the dzongs are architecturally similar, almsot all having originally been built within the reign of one leader in the 17th century. This vertical panoramic photograph was made with a Hasselblad X-pan camera.

This Bhutanese man in clearly not wearing the traditional gho required of all men when outside of their house on business. This vertical panoramic photograph was taken with a Hasselblad X-pan camera.

These two boys are wearing the tradional gho required of all men and boys when not at home. The rules also require the high socks seen here, but trainers are allowed for school children, while men wear more formal shoes. This vertical panoramic photograph was taken outside of Jakar, in the Bumthang district in central Bhutan with a Hasselblad X-pan camera.

This woman is wearing a very simple kira in her home while carrying her child on her back. The vertical panoramic photograph was taken with a Hasselbad X-pan camera in Jakar, in the Bumthang district in central Bhutan.