Online Exhibition
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使用中文参观展览 - zôh-Ç+h-fôG-mÅ-ºIï¤Å-Çeôm-ºhÛ-G¸ÛGÅü (to view Tibetan script, the relevant character set should be installed on your computer)
Railway on the Roof of the World
The Lhasa Railway is an engineering feat of staggering proportions. The railway climbs 5,000 metre high mountains, passes through the world’s highest plateau, and crosses vast expanses of frozen ground. Stretches of the Lhasa Railway are higher than Mont Blanc, and of all the railway’s breathtaking achievements it is the line’s extreme altitude that captures the imagination and earns it the name ‘Railway on the Roof of the World’
Charlie Stewart
In 2007 Charlie Stewart, a London-based photographer, made the journey from Beijing to Lhasa. Along the way he documented the experiences of those working and travelling on the line, as well as those who live beside the tracks. This is his travelogue.
In recent months the world’s media has focussed its attention on China, and particularly its policies in Tibet. The Lhasa Railway continues to spark debate on all sides, and it may be some time before its full effects are known.
Railway on the Roof of the World will be online from 1 August 2008 to 5 January 2009.
Prints
Prints of these photographs can be ordered from the Science & Society Picture Library