Shaffer, Barry with Robert Thurman.
Los Angeles-based photographer Barry Shaffer presents his first major fine-art publication, “Echoes of Bhutan”, produced in Verona, Italy, by EBS Editoriale Bortolazzi Stei, and designed by David Chickey. The photographs are from Shaffer’s collection of visits to Bhutan during the years 2001, 2014 & 2015. Shaffer’s visits to Bhutan were as a private citizen, and as an engaged photographer for the Tribal Trust Foundation and later at the invitation of Bhutan’s government and travel Industry.

The stunning photography is accompanied by written contributions from Dr. Robert Thurman; Bhutan’s Queen Mother; the 4th King; the Honorable Prime Minister, Tshering Tobgay; Costas Christ, an on-going editor at National Geographic; and captions by Samten Wangchuk.