Phil Borges's photographic projects focus on endangered
cultures and tribal people around the world. His subjects range from
Tibetans marginalized by the Chinese occupation of their homeland,
to drought stricken tribes people of East Africa.
Phil, a recent chapter president of The American
Society of Media Photographers (ASMP), received the Pacific Northwest
Media Inc. Photographer of the Year award in 1992. Tibetan Portrait
- The Power of Compassion, has been widely exhibited in museums
and galleries throughout North America and Europe.
Throughout 1994, Phil Borges traveled through
Tibet, as well as parts of Nepal and Northern India, where thousands
of Tibetan refugees now reside. He began photographing and interviewing
them in an effort to understand what had happened to their country
and their culture. He found a deeply spiritual people struggling
to survive and maintain compassion in the face of tremendous aggression.
