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DAITERLENS


Film photographer, camera engineer, human renderer

Modeling

01/23

THE ELIZA PROJECT

OUTDOOR / FASHION

A fashion shoot around London

01/23

STUDIO WORK

Experimental portrait studio shoot

Weddings + Event Photography

05/23

EVENT

Tokyo Sumo Ceremonies on film
Photograping my two friends of a decade getting married

10/22

WEDDING

A man with a $50 suit goes to a palace wedding in the Middle East

Travel Series

SOUTHEAST ASIA

11/22

TRAVEL

A week around Bhutan with a laymonk and a Buddhist scholar
Street shots around Malaysia
Saigon -> a fishing village on the coast -> the Chinese border -> Con Dao
HOW LIGHT SHINES THROUGH THE CAUCASUS
Understanding soft power’s role and direction in Azerbaijan and Armenia

04/22

TRAVEL

Understanding protest's role and direction in Azerbaijan and Armenia
An overview of Azerbaijan and Armenia

04/22

TRAVEL

An intro Azerbaijan and Armenia

DAITERLENS


Film photographer, camera engineer, human renderer.

BHUTAN

Category: Photography
Subcategory: Travel
Country: Bhutan




Gear used:
Camera: Leica M6 TTL
Lenses: Voigtlander 50mm f/1.2 Nokton ASPH + Voigtlander 28mm f/2 Ultron Vintage VM
Film: Cinestill 800T, Cinestill 250 BWXX
These shots were from Bhutan over the course of a week. Major sites visited were Paro, Thimpu, Phobjikha Valley and a few temples on the way. Enjoy!


Tiger's nest. Kodak Ektachrome 100

Coming into Paro (with an occasional “oh shit” scream as you nose dive and twist to land) contextualizes you to how walled off Bhutan has been.

On the flight in to Paro. One of the most dangerous airports in the world Symbolic poles scattered throughout Bhutan

Pool halls around Thimphu Night markets in Thimphu

Hiking, drinking butter tea and hanging out with the occasional cow outside a monestary compromised most of this trip’s activities. And driving. Lots -- lots -- of driving.

Monestary children outside of a Buddhist temple My guide, having an occasional break after driving through mountian passes for three hours Rows of Bhutanese prayer flags dot the mountainside

Three hours of driving to see a sight might sound like a lot, but you immediately understand when you can pull over and play a game of archery, or visit a monument perched on a Himalayan side:

Competing at archery using a composite bow. A controversy exists where the youth are becoming acclamated to having composite bows over normal bows, and the artform of traditional bow archery is gradually becoming lost A child runs alongside a monument A teenager hanging out in a local village as the sun sets

I was lucky to have had such a knowledgable and well-connected guide. Sonam brought me to places I’d never have seen if I had gone solo (which is banned under Bhutanese law for non-Indian or non-Bhutanese citizens).

Visiting Dompola Lhakhang Manning a tractor along a rice terrace

Hiking in Phobjikha Valley

Hiking along Punakha Suspension Bridge A quick stroll through some paddies

Once we hit Phobjikha Valley, this trip really took off:

Gangtey Monastery


Monks spin prayer bells alongside Gangtey Monastery An older monk spins prayer bells

A kind dairy farming family let us have lunch while strolling through:

Bhutanese dairy farmers near Phobjikha Valley. Kindly and proudly gifted us (so much) butter tea and chicken This cat really wanted some chicken Just a girl and her cat :)

It will never be lost on me as to how intricate of architecture was built in such remote places:

Monks in prayer near Wangdue Phodrang


Prayer flags, also serving as an entrance to Phobjikha Valley Farmers managing crops in remote villages A Phobjikha Valley cow!

Cows! Sunsets! Trees!

Overall: fantastic trip :)

A farmer separates rice from petals using a foot-powered turnstile Prayer flags artfully decorate the landscape