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Alice S. Kandell

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Alice S. Kandell in Sikkim, c. 1960s-1970s

Alice S. Kandell is an American child psychologist, author, photographer and art collector interested in Himalayan culture.[1] 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.[2]

Life and career

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Kandell graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1960. She intended on visiting Tibet after her friend Hope Cooke encouraged her but her parents declined.[3] 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.[4]

She is the author or co-author of two books,[5] (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,[6][7] 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.[8]

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Images taken by Alice S. Kandell

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Collection of Tibetan art

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References

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  1. ^ "Alice S. Kandell". Archived from the original on 2017-10-06. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  2. ^ "Sikkim Photos (Kandell Collection): Biography of the Photographer". Library of Congress. 1965. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  3. ^ https://www.sarahlawrence.edu/magazine/global-citizen/alumni/way-of-life.html
  4. ^ Dahlia Ambrose, American Photographer Takes You Through A Cultural Tour of the Lost Kingdom of Sikkim, December 28, 2016
  5. ^ http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/21182514?selectedversion=NBD13588912>Mountaintop Kingdom: Sikkim
  6. ^ "Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Receives Leading Collection of Tibetan Buddhist Art from Alice S. Kandell". Smithsonian Website. 20 July 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  7. ^ http://www.artsatl.com/tag/alice-s-kandell/>Doorway to an Enlightened World
  8. ^ "Leonard S. Kandell - Developer, 85". The New York Times. 1991-05-13. Retrieved 2015-05-21.