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The Pictorial Portrait Project is a comprehensive visual archive of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, whose non-violent engagement for Tibet and for peaceful cohabitation places him among the most outstanding personalities of our time. The project is the work of Swiss photographer Manuel Bauer, renowned for his work on Tibet and the Tibetan diaspora.

The archive aims to preserve a comprehensive body of photographic work of the 14th Dalai Lama, with the goal of strengthening and building the identity of the Tibetan people as well as of men around the world and future generations.

The Pictorial Portrait Project is under the patronage of The Private Office of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.