\"Not only do I admire his profession - taking pictures. I also admire him as a human being. He is a very nice person, very sincere, very humble. I believe he possesses a very pure sort of mental attitude. This is my personal view, my personal feeling. I have known him for many years now, and he has demonstrated a profound affinity for me throughout the entire period. I consider him a true friend.

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He is more than simply a professional: he is a close friend of mine. He also knows a great deal about Tibet, about the Tibetan community, and he has spent years making himself familiar with our culture. He understands Tibet comprehensively, as he does the exile community; and he knows me very well too. It is this knowledge that allows his pictures to say so much about their subjects.\"

The Dalai Lama about the photographer Manuel Bauer in interview recorded in 2004 for Swiss national television corporation SRG SSR.