Monk with a Camera

• Movie

  Type

• 2014

  Year

• 1h 30m

  Runtime

• ★ 7.2

  Rating

• Documentary

  Genre

Nicholas Vreeland walked away from a worldly life of privilege to become a Tibetan Buddhist monk. Grandson of legendary Vogue editor Diana Vreeland and apprentice of photographer Irving Penn, Nicholas' life changed drastically upon meeting one of the Dalai Lama's teachers. Soon thereafter, he gave up his glamorous life to live in a monastery in India, ultimately returning to his roots in photography to help his fellow monks rebuild their monastery.

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Cast

Nicholas Vreeland

Self

Tenzin Gyatso

Self

Richard Gere

Self