The fourteenth Dalai Lama is one of the most famous personalities of our time. As the exiled principal spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism and one of the most distinguished scholars of his religion, he enjoys global recognition and admiration. No other photographer in the world is as close to His Holiness as Manuel Bauer, whose deep interest in Buddhism and Tibet dates back more than three decades. Since 1990, Bauer has visited and traveled with the Dalai Lama many times and has captured his public appearances and events as well as his private life in thousands of atmospheric photographs.