Sale of photographs benefits American Himalayan Foundation ASPEN — While Aspen prepares to be inspired by this week’s appearance by the Dalai Lama, at least one local resident has long found inspiration in the exiled leader’s homeland. The proof is hanging in the Paepcke gallery at The Aspen Institute, the organization behind Saturday’s sold-out talk by Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet. French native Catherine Cussaguet, who has called Aspen home for nearly 16 years, periodically heads to the Himalaya during Aspen’s offseasons, where she seeks the roads less traveled. “I like to go to high and remote places. I like to go off the beaten path,” Cussaguet explained. There, she finds locals who have little, but invite strangers into their tent for a cup of tea nonetheless. Photographs from her 2006 trip to Tibet —...
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