Traveling into Tibet from Nepal in 2005 I was commissioned by the Tibetan government living in exile in India to document the awful treatment of their people by China. I was arrested and in imprisoned for 3 days, but freed and deported and told never return, but return I did over 3 years to film, photograph, and witness the receding Tibetan culture, swamped by China and tourists. To watch the film go to: https://www.bamcamera.com/
The Holy Potala Palace built in 1649, now surrounded by Chinese hoardings celebrating the arrival of trains full of Chinese tourists. Tibetans walk around the palace trying to maintain their spiritual activities amongst the horror.
The older Tibetans pray for Alms, and a return to those days of freedom. Each stare pleads for change, I can only offer the look of knowing that it’s going to get worse and she returns the grimace.
Tibetans from the country, now flock to Lhasa the capitol, their lands destroyed by the Chinese mining. They are reduced to watching their own slow destruction.