Tibetan Family - The Long Journey Home

• Prize
  Bronze in Portraiture/Family
• Photographer
  Sarah Jenkins, Australia
• Date of Photograph
  July 2018
• Studio
  Sarah Jenkins Photography
• Socials
• Website
  https://www.sarahajenkins.com

This Tibetan family is preparing for the long ride home after spending the day at the traditional horse racing festival, where nomadic Tibetan families gather high up on the Tibetan Plateau (4200 meters) to watch local Khampa horsemen compete in various horse races. Everyone is dressed in their best Tibetan outfits, with some modern accessories. I watched as the mother of this family helped her exhausted three young sons climb on the horse's back, while she and her older son held the reins and led the horse across the grasslands and the long walk home.

• Biography
  Sarah's wanderlust for travel has taken her to all corners of the globe; to 148 countries and all seven continents. Her interest in disappearing cultures takes her to some of the more remote parts of the world. Sarah's images have been awarded international photography awards.
• Awards
  MIFA - Gold Award professional 2021 Tokyo TIFA - Silver Award professional 2020, Tokyo TIFA 2018 - Gold and 1st Place Winner (professional People) Paris PX3 - Silver Award 2025 (professional), Bronze Award 2019, 2018 MIFA - Bronze Award professional 2015, 2017, 2019 TIFA - Bronze Award professional 2017, Honorable Mention: 2024, 2023 IPA - Jury Top 5 Selection 2025, Honorable Mention: 2025, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Eyes on Asia Travel Photography Awards 2013 - Bronze Award