LA LETTRE: The 14th Annual Friends of Friends Photography Auction

Photograph by Herb Ritts, Karen, Los Angeles 1989
Donated by the Herb Ritts Foundation, Sold for $4,600

Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with Yolanda 1962
Photograph by the late James Karales, Donated by Monica Karales

Photograph by Marc Riboud, Three Chinese Girls, Beijing 1957

About The The 14th Annual Friends of Friends Photography Auction

La Lettre de la Photographie

In his opening speech, Friends Without A Border Founder, Kenro Izu, told the Auction audience: “I asked the Dalai Lama what is the key to Peace? He said, ‘Think We, not Me or I’”.

The 14th Annual Friends of Friends Photography Auction began last Tuesday night with a cocktail reception, followed by the annual Live Auction. The audience was a broad mix of private collector’s, Gallery owners and director’s, curators and first timers. Many returning for their 14th year, know this auction is a great way to expand your Photography Collections with well known artists, while donating to the exceptional work being done at the Angkor Hospital for Children in Siem Reap, Cambodia...read more

Friends Without A Border Foundation and The 14th Annual Friends of Friends Photography Auction Results

12.10.2010

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RICHARD GERE: HH The Dalai Lama in NYC

His Holiness the Dalai Lama, West Bengal, 1996
Photograph (c) Richard Gere /All Rights Reserved

Ulan Bator (The Arrival of His Holiness), Mongolia, 1995
Photograph (c) Richard Gere /All Rights Reserved

Arms With Mala, 1996
Photograph (c) Richard Gere /All Rights Reserved

HH THE DALAI LAMA, NYC

Richard Gere's organization, Healing the Divide, and The Tibet Center, founded by Khyongla Rato Rinpoche, are hosting His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s teachings in New York City May 20th, 21st, and 22nd. HH will teach Nagarjuna’s Commentary on Bodhicitta (download text here in English, Mandarin and Tibetan), and A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life, by Shantideva. www.dalailamany.org. Purchase Tickets

PHOTOGRAPHS BY RICHARD GERE FAHEY/KLEIN GALLERY

H.H. THE DALAI LAMA: An Enlightening Experience May 20-22 Radio City Music Hall

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama

Photograph (c) Nicholas Vreeland/All Rights Reserved

In partnership for the fifth time, The Tibet Center and Healing the Divide are privileged to host His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s return to New York City. On May 20th, 21st, and 22nd, His Holiness will impart three days of Teachings on Nagarjuna’s Commentary on Bodhicitta (download text here in English, Mandarin and Tibetan), and A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life, by Shantideva. Read more: www.dalailamany.org

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His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama has received over eighty-four awards, medals, and honorary doctorates, including the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989, and the U.S. Congressional Gold Medal in 2007, in recognition of his message of compassion, peace, non-violence, interfaith understanding, and universal responsibility. His Holiness has also authored over seventy books, including An Open Heart, Ethics for the New Millennium, and The Universe in a Single Atom.

THE DALAI LAMA MEETS THE PRESIDENTS

His Holiness the Dalai Lama and President Barack Obama

Photograph (c) Sonam Zoksang /All Rights Reserved

President Barack Obama Meeting with His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Official White House photograph by Pete Souza 2.18.10

H.H. the Dalai Lama in Front of The Capitol
Photograph (c) Sonam Zoksang /All Rights Reserved

President George Bush and Nancy Pelosi meet with H.H. the Dalai Lama
Photograph (c) Sonam Zoksang /All Rights Reserved

H.H. the Dalai Lama with U.S. Secretary of State, Dr. Condoleezza Rice
Photograph (c) Sonam Zoksang /All Rights Reserved

President Obama met with H.H. Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, at the White House today. Every U.S. President has met with H.H. The Dalai Lama since he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989.

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