David Sassoon

I am the founder of LostLight. These are portfolios of my own work. In the Projects sections of the web site, you’ll find many photographs I’ve collected and preserved. If you want to read biographical details about me, and why I came to start this web site, please click here.


Mustang Panoramas

Upper Mustang, Nepal, 2008

These panoramic views provide record of the villages of Upper Mustang on the brink of unpredictable change. A road connecting China and India will soon pass through the region and amplify the force of outside influences upon this remote and sparsely populated area.


Muktinath Town 4 Kagbeni Rooftop Kagbeni Looking South Tangbe Tangbe_2 Chuksang_2 Bridge at Tsaile_2 Chuksang Ghyakar Samar Road to Samar Syangboche Chorten Near Ghiling Ghiling Near Ghiling Ghami Sign Ghami 3 Ghami 2 Dakmar 2 Juniper Near Dakmar Near Lo Gekar Lo Gekar Gompa Tsarang 3 Tsarang 4 Tsarang 2 Tsarang Road to Lomanthang Old Chorten on the Way to Chosser Gompa Garphu 3 Garphu 2 Garphu Chosser Gompa Chorten Near Chosser Lomonthong Lomanthang Palace Lomanthang 6 Lomanthang 3 Irrigation



Kali Gangaki Valley, Nepal, 1983

Kali Gandaki Valley, Nepal, 1983

These photographs were taken during the final weeks of the monsoon in September 1983 along the Kali Gandaki river and the ancient pilgrimage route to Muktinath. Much of this ancient track which passed through the heart of the Thakali homeland and continues north to the Kingdom of Mustang has now been overtaken by a road.


Near Larjung Near Larjung Street Light, Larjung Larjung Near Larjung Near Larjung Kaili Gandaki Near Kalopani Near Ghassa House & Ladder, Ghassa Bridge at Ghassa Near Tukuche Electric Light, Tukuche Near Tukuche Mother and Daughter, Tukuche Hermitage Near Tukuche New Construction, Tukuche Riders Near Marpha Gompa at Marpha Marpha Street Marpha Marpha Marpha Rooftops Marpha Children Near Muktinath Marpha River Crossing, Near Jomsom Path to Muktinath Shepherd Kagbeni, Looking to Upper Mustang Jarkhot Jharkot Jharkot Jharkot Jharkot Muktinath Muktinath Pilgrim Temple at Muktinath Near Jarkhot Above Kagbeni Above Kagbeni



Pangboche Kitchen

Khumbu District, Nepal, 1982

These photographs were taken in Khumbu region of Nepal in 1982. Khumbu is the Sherpa homeland, bordering Tibet, known to the outside world as the Everest region.


Pangboche Kitchen Pangboche Gompa Pangboche Gompa Nuptse Ama Dablam






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