Ideas worth spreading

Photos of endangered cultures

1,085,625 views | Phil Borges • TED2006

Photographer Phil Borges shows rarely seen images of people from the mountains of Dharamsala, India, and the jungles of the Ecuadorean Amazon. In documenting these endangered cultures, he intends to help preserve them.

Photographer Phil Borges shows rarely seen images of people from the mountains of Dharamsala, India, and the jungles of the Ecuadorean Amazon. In documenting these endangered cultures, he intends to help preserve them.

This talk was presented at an official TED conference. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

About the speaker

See speaker profile

Dentist-turned-photographer Phil Borges documents the world's disappearing cultures, capturing portraits of exiled Tibetan monks and many of the world’s embattled tribal and indigenous cultures.

Learn more

This talk was presented at an official TED conference. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.