Tom Wool "In the Shadow of Everest"
Rubin Museum of Art
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In the Shadow of Everest presents photographer Tom Wool's images of life in the villages of Tibet's Rongbuk Valley. Taken over the course of four weeks in May 2001, Wool's photographs capture the Valley's rugged terrain, which stretches roughly thirty miles from the base of Mount Everest on the north side. Home to some 3,000 Tibetans, the Rongbuk Valley area is of distinct importance to the indigenous population for its sacred geography and religious history. Believed to be the place where earth touches the heav ens, Mount Everest is called "Chomolungma" in Tibetan, meaning "Mother Goddess of the Earth." The valley is also home to the Rongbuk Monastery, the highest of any in the world at 17,000 feet above sea level.
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from February 26, 2010 to July 26, 2010