AWARDS | RECOGNITION | TESTIMONIALS
AWARDS
PULITZER PRIZE | BEST SPOT NEWS 1992
Part of The Los Angeles Times staff that covered the 1992 Los Angeles civil unrest.
DESIGNATIONS
FELLOW - ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, LONDON
FELLOW - ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, ENGLAND
RECOGNITION
LUCIE AWARDS | INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY ASSOCIATION
Nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Documentary Photography, 2003
TESTIMONIALS
FOREWORD BY HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA
“INFINITE LIGHT: A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEDITATION ONTIBET”
October 5, 2012
It is more than fifty years since events in my homeland compelled me and many
other Tibetans to seek asylum in India. These years have been one of the most
difficult periods in our history for Tibetans both inside and outside Tibet.
Nevertheless, there is now a great sense of unity among us and our spirit remains strong.
We have also kept alive our culture and values, which are rooted in compassion and
non-violence.
Since travel to Tibet opened up again some thirty years or so ago, friends have
often asked me whether I advised their going there. My unequivocal response
has always been, “Certainly, if you can go to Tibet, please go there. See for
yourselves with your own eyes how things are there. Make up your own mind
about the situation Tibetans find themselves in and when you come home, tell
other people what you saw.”
Marissa Roth has done just that and in this book offers vivid photographs of
what she saw. These images are evocative of the atmosphere she found in Tibet,
where a rich and ancient culture, an unbowed people, and a pristine natural
environment struggle to survive. I am sure readers will find their appreciation of
Tibet enriched by what they find in these pages.
EXCERPT FROM LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION
Professor Darilyn Regina Rowan
Photography/Fine Arts Division | El Camino College | Torrance, California
Marissa Roth’s photography is profound and beautiful; capturing the mysterious
and transcendent quality of lighting that illuminates her subject with dignity and respect.
Her photographs are a graceful statement of the need for social change in the
circumstances she makes her images in; however the images also stand alone
or in series as profound works of art. Ms. Roth works in the venerable tradition
of documentary photography and her work is significant and important.