The High Mountain People of the World
To photograph the high mountain people of the world, the ways in which they have adapted to living at high altitude, their culture, daily life, and to document the ways of life that are vanishing in the high mountains.
Living in high mountain regions presents difficult challenges. Indigenous people’s bodies have adapted to the physical challenges, but how do people make a living or provide for their families in such a harsh environment? Limited resources, little arable land, and fragile ecosystems make life difficult. Although mountain people represent about 12% of the world’s population, a disproportionately high number are continually hungry and malnourished. Globalization, modernization and tourism are also significantly affecting ways of life for indigenous high mountain people. Change can be a double-edged sword, sometimes bringing wealth and education but also taxing limited resources and resulting in loss of cultural identity.
I propose travel to 4 or 5 high mountain regions to document the people living there, their culture, daily life, and the ways in which they have adapted to living in extreme conditions. In those places where a traditional way of life is vanishing, my hope is to document this way of life to help preserve it for the future.
There are two great mountain ranges in the world, the Himalayas and the Andes. Countries within these regions I am considering visiting include Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan, India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Peru and Bolivia.
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I like this one! I live at 8000 ft ASL and things are a little bit different here than in the rest of the US. It would be rather hard if we had to grow all of our own food, the growing season is very short. Very interesting idea. I voted for ya. Check out mine and vote if you like it. Best of luck!
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This is a rad idea! Check mine out too and return the vote!
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Very nice. My dream is to live in the high alps. my other dream is my own photo project concerning marriage~
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Tibet Tibet!!!
i vote for you
please check mine too, there's something in common...
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Very cool! Wonderful dream & Best of luck! You have my "PIC" - please take a second to read about my cause - furthering peaceful coexistence between Arabs and Israelis in the Middle East and around the world! Thank you!
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I think I voted for you - I hope I did it right!
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I choose you!
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got you lucas. see mine!
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It is a great idea to document people who live in the high altitude areas of the world. They have learned to live under very difficult conditions and have adapted to the food supply and scarcities that go with the type of territory they live in. Best of luck!
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Good ideas like yours that are not in the Top 100 are nearly impossible to find. This is unfair as many great ideas are hidden. Those of us in the “Sub-100” should work together to promote the best projects of the Sub-100 so that they can be in the Top 100 and be seen. Please vote for best Sub-100s!
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good luck! Great idea for a project.
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Great idea!
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AWESOME! This is obviously the best choice! Who really cares about children?
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i voted for you as well. I hope you get it. Joey Beiss
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Looks awesome. Got my vote!
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Lucas,
You show a vast breadth of vision in your photos, and demonstrate that photography is truly an art form. Keep following your dream and sharing your visions with the world.
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Good luck man. I just saw your post on RC and I love your idea. It's long due and if done well (which afte looking at some of your photos I believe you can do a good job) it could be truly GREAT! Good luck again and think about including video in the project if you win.
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Good luck man. keep up the wonderful photos... : )
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thankx 4 the vote!I returned the fav....great idea...good luck!
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Good luck with this.
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good luck! I believe it is a worthy project :-)
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best of luck
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I've met some while visiting my country: Poland. Great idea!
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Nice idea, voted.
Check out my project on innovation and technology as change for the developing world and my portfolio here: http://maclellanimages.com/blog1/galleries/
Pushed you over 100!
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What a great quest! Thanks so much for your support!
This is an amazing idea.... Good Luck! You got my support!
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here's my vote... good luck mountain man
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have a great adventure making this happen:)
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Way to go Lucas! You got my vote... great idea.
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Any recommendation by Adam Cole gets my vote!
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An enlightening idea, with lofty aspirations, a great view and wonderful photographic opportunities! Lucas is a man with great vision and a strong soul! I command the powers that be to grant him this wish.
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!!!! am praying for us to rise to the top twenty,, xxx
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You got my vote...
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I like this some friends of mine are doing something similar in the Andes! Please check mine out let me know what you think!
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Interesting! You got it!
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Wonderful idea. I voted for you.
We ALL need to win. I can't believe how many great ideas there are on here.
Wow!
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This is such a great idea! I hope you can find a way do it, even if you don't win this... !
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Sounds great! Would be a nice expedition as well! Good luck! U got my [email protected]
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I give my vote to you with a lot of enthusiasm. My graduation present to myself was three months with a mountain group outside of machu pichu villiage in Peru. That area is very close to my heart aswell
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I did reciprocate. Good luck and thanks for your vote. Curt
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Great stuff I voted for you
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I voted for you. I don't know you but I hope you win.
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good luck - kathya
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Lucas, I think simple votes for votes has a way of being counterproductive in a contest like this (except for those at the very top) but I do think your project sounds worthy, so I voted for it. Best of luck with this!
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Hi Lucas, I was an anthropology Major and I can vouch for the importance of documenting cultures, especially the ones that are most affected by globalization. Your project idea rocks, and even if you don't win, I still think you could find funding to carry it out. Good luck!
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Love this idea! Thanks for the vote, you have mine. =)
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A very well thought out concept. I appreciate the social justice component, as well as the artistic possibilities.
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I want to do this one. Really great idea! Good luck for sure!
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If you want to go to the Bhutan,be sure to read Shirley MacLaine's "Don't Fall Off The Mountain. Spiritual strenght is important for surviving the high elevations too.
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Thanks Lucas for your encouragement. I like you idea as well and have put my vote in!
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That sounds good;voted.
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I like and strongly support the proposal.
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good luck. we should collaborate.
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Go get em Lucas
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You have my vote, If you get the chance, check out my dream "From Australia With Love" and PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE vote for it!
Thanks.
-Adam
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thanks for your vote. i love your idea and i'm returning the favor...pic'd!
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Hope your project wins.I dont know you but have voted for this brilliant idea
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I also hope your project wins.
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I voted for you. Good luck.
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voted for you! consider photographing the people of the high atlas mountains surrounding Jebel Toubkal in Morocco. it's the highest mountain in North Africa. it's amazing!
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lucasbarth.com = "Bandwidth Limit Exceeded" We must be transformed on the inside by experiencing our place in the web of life through the hearts and sensibilities of indigenous peoples in high places. Your efforts can help us save ourselves and the earth. We share the journey.
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God luck! I just voted for you.
Regards from the Himalayan Education Foundation (http://www.himalayaneducation.org)
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GOOD luck, that is :-)
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Ready to win? Get in there. 
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I voted for you. Good luck. Don't forget to vote for your own dream.
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