The Photographer:

Born in Worcestershire, Diane was educated at the University of East Anglia where she studied History of Art, and later at Birmingham School of Art and Design, where she recieved an MA in visual Communication for a photographic project on landscape.

Diane has been exhibiting widely as a painter since 1986 in London and around the UK in both solo and group shows. She was inspired to begin documenting the Tibetan exile community in photographs after time spent with a small group of refugees in Sikkim in 1992. Her photographs were accepted and her work encouraged by "Tibet Images" and through them her pictures have appeared in many magazines and books, been used by numerous charities and campaigning organisations, and also featured in exhibitions, audio-visual presentations and a National Curriculum education pack.

Click the exhibitions link for a listing of exhibitions: Forthcoming, current and past.

Click the gallery link for a large selection of photographs from the "FREE SPIRITS" and the "DROKPA" exhibitions.

Other Credits:

Marie-Claire, The Independent, New Scientist, BBC World Wide Magazine, Manadsjournalen,Tibet News and Dharmalife and publishers Random House, Harper Collins, Quest, Time-life Books, The Bridgewater Book Co.amongst others.

"Free Spirits" has been featured on BBC Midlands Today.

Contact Diane

Diane is UK based and can be contacted for exhibitions, sale of prints etc at: