Alice S. Kandell
Alice S. Kandell is an American child psychologist, author, photographer and art collector interested in Himalayan culture.[1] She worked extensively in the Indian state of Sikkim as a photographer, capturing approximately 15,000 color slides, as well as black-and-white photographs, between 1965 and 1979.[2]
Life and career
She initially visited Sikkim in 1965 to attend the coronation ceremony of Hope Cooke, an American woman who married Palden Thondup Namgyal, King of Sikkim. At his request, she started a photograph project to illustrate how he and his wife favoured education and local businesses in Sikkim to benefit its culture.[3]
She is the author or co-author of two books,[4] (with text by Charlotte Salisbury), and a book for children, called Sikkim: The Hidden Kingdom.
Her private collection of Tibetan art was covered in A Shrine for Tibet: The Alice S. Kandell Collection of Tibetan Sacred Art, by Marylin Rhie and Robert Thurman, with photographs by John Bigelow Taylor.
In 2011, she donated a collection of Tibetan art to the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery at the Smithsonian,[5][6] and about 300 pictures to the Library of Congress.
She is the daughter of Leonard S. Kandell, a developer and investor in Manhattan real estate.[7]
Gallery
Alice Kandell behind a Sikkimese soldier taking a photograph of a Chinese soldier along the Nathu La Pass, Sikkim
Images taken by Alice S. Kandell
The 16th Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, religious leader of Sikkim
Collection of Tibetan art
References
- ^ "Alice S. Kandell". Archived from the original on 2017-10-06. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
- ^ "Sikkim Photos (Kandell Collection): Biography of the Photographer". Library of Congress. 1965. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ Dahlia Ambrose, American Photographer Takes You Through A Cultural Tour of the Lost Kingdom of Sikkim, December 28, 2016
- ^ http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/21182514?selectedversion=NBD13588912>Mountaintop Kingdom: Sikkim
- ^ "Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Receives Leading Collection of Tibetan Buddhist Art from Alice S. Kandell". Smithsonian Website. 20 July 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
- ^ http://www.artsatl.com/tag/alice-s-kandell/>Doorway to an Enlightened World
- ^ "Leonard S. Kandell - Developer, 85". The New York Times. 1991-05-13. Retrieved 2015-05-21.
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