Alice S. Kandell

Alice S. Kandell is an American child psychologist, author, photographer and art collector interested in Himalayan culture. She worked extensively in the Indian state of Sikkim as a photographer, capturing approximately 15,000 color slides, as well as black-and-white photographs, between 1965 and 1979.

Life and career

She initially visited Sikkim in 1965 to attend the coronation ceremony of Hope Cooke, an American woman who married Palden Thondup Namgyal, King of Sikkim. At his request, she started a photograph project to illustrate how he and his wife favoured education and local businesses in Sikkim to benefit its culture.

She is the author or co-author of two books, (with text by Charlotte Salisbury), and a book for children, called ''Sikkim: The Hidden Kingdom''.

Her private collection of Tibetan art was covered in ''A Shrine for Tibet: The Alice S. Kandell Collection of Tibetan Sacred Art'', by Marylin Rhie and Robert Thurman, with photographs by John Bigelow Taylor.

In 2011, she donated a collection of Tibetan art to the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery at the Smithsonian, and about 300 pictures to the Library of Congress.

She is the daughter of Leonard S. Kandell, a developer and investor in Manhattan real estate.

Gallery

File:Alice Kandell hiding behind a Sikkimese soldier to take a photograph of a Chinese soldier along the Nathu La pass, Sikkim.jpg, alt=Alice Kandell hiding behind a Sikkimese soldier to take a photograph of a Chinese soldier along the Nathu La Pass, Sikkim, Alice Kandell behind a Sikkimese soldier taking a photograph of a Chinese soldier along the Nathu La Pass, Sikkim
File:Alice Kandell with villager and horse, Sikkim 30122v.jpg, Alice Kandell with villager and horse, Sikkim

Images taken by Alice S. Kandell

File:Hope Cooke, Queen of Sikkim (LOC ppmsca.30180).jpg, Hope Cooke, Queen of Sikkim
File:Palden Thondup Namgyal.jpg, Palden Thondup Namgyal, King of Sikkim
File:Selling rice on Gangtok market, Sikkim, 30135u.jpg, Woman selling rice in Gangtok market, Sikkim
File:Karmapa, religious leader of Sikkim.jpg, The 16th Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, religious leader of Sikkim
File:Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, the 16th Karmapa with Gelongma Karma Kechog Palmo (Freda Bedi) at Rumtek Monastery, Sikkim in 1971.jpg, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, the 16th Karmapa, seated, with a monk, at Rumtek Monastery, Sikkim in 1965.
File:Nepali girls, coronation time, 30852u.tif, Coronation of King in April 1965. Three Nepalese women standing in front of Tse Ten Tashi's photograph studio, Gangtok, Sikkim.
File:Sister of the King of Sikkim in traditional royal dress, 30214u.tif, Coronation of King in April 1965. Princess, sister of the King of Sikkim, standing on right, in traditional royal dress, during coronation of King, Gangtok, Sikkim.
File:(Young girl, Kimu, carrying a birthday cake through the Lachung Monastery, Sikkim) (LOC) (8385171986).jpg, Young girl, Kimu, carrying a birthday cake through the Lachung Monastery, Sikkim February 1969.

Collection of Tibetan art

File:Amitabha in Sukhavati Pure Land FS-7620 15.jpg, Amitabha in Sukhavati Pure Land
File:Hva Shang, and Lokapalas Virudhaka and Dhrtarashta, FS-7620 07.jpg, Hva Shang, and Lokapalas Virudhaka and Dhrtarashta
File:Bhaishajya Guru FS-7620 13.jpg, Bhaishajya Guru
File:Dharmatala, and Lokapalas Virupaksha and Vaishravana.jpg, Dharmatala, and Lokapalas Virupaksha and Vaishravana
File:Shakyamuni Descending from the Heaven of the 33 Gods.jpg, Shakyamuni Descending from the Heaven of the 33 Gods
File:Padma Sambhava FS-7619 10.jpg, Padma Sambhava
File:Shadakshari Avalokiteshvara FS-7620 17.jpg, Shadakshari Avalokiteshvara

References

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Photographers from New York (state)
Living people
American women photographers
American women psychologists
American art collectors
Women art collectors
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American women
American child psychologists