Sonam Zoksang, Photographer

Sonam Zoksang was born in Kyirong, Tibet and grew up in Kollegal settlement, India. After attending schools in Shimla and Varanasi, he emigrated to the US in 1985. Zoksang taught himself photography with the aim of telling the story of his homeland and Tibetans in exile, and has travelled extensively in Tibet over the decades. He shows his photographs at schools and cultural centers across the US, and has photographed almost every trip to the US by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Zoksang’s work has been widely published and exhibited, and he tells VOA that he wants to capture the changes that Tibetans are undergoing today for posterity.