Tom Wool's In the Shadow of Everest

Tom Wool's photos of people living around Mount Everest, currently on display at the Rubin Museum, depict a world less glamorous than planting a flag atop the highest peak in the world. A man herds his sheep along a rocky, barren landscape, a woman stands pregnant in her open-air kitchen, two friends pose jauntily --- the wide-angle, black-and-white shots highlighting the bleakness and humanity, emphasizing that the real feat is making a life here.

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