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		Pakistan Between 1978 and 2011 a couple of projects in Pakistan: it started with the Siachen Glacier Expedition (with nearly 80 kilometers the longest non-polar glacier); an expedition together with Wolfgang Kohl, Volker Stallbohm and Asad Raza resulted in a documentary for the German TV. In 1980 followed a documentary on the river Indus. In 1981 expedition to Chilas to document the petroglyphes at Chilas (together with prof. Karl Jettmar, university Heidelberg). In 2011 travel to Chitral to attend the polo festival on Shandur Pass.	›› show gallery

		Italian panoramas In October 2001 at the instigation of Joachim Blüher and on invitation by the community of Altidona, province the Marche, the first serial of panoramics on Italian subject was created. During a two months stay in Villa Massimo, the German Academy in Rome, I concentrated on landscapes outside of Rome, the province Lazio.The project ended in October 2016: the last exposed panorama on an Ekatchrome film happened in Rome...	›› show gallery

		Panoramas de France Beside Paris and Loire Valley I have started projects on Ile de France and South of France. I doubt they will ever be finished: the films, Ektachromes for colour and Kodak Plus X pan for black and white, seized to exist a few years ago. So I made a selection and self-published them in edition of 15 copies with the title "Panoramas de France").	›› show gallery

		Siachen Glacier The Siachen Glacier Expedition in 1978, together with Wolfgang Kohl, Volker Stallbohm and Asad Raza, resulted in a documentary for the German TV. In 1984 India stsarted a war with Pakistan for this glacier, most likely the longest outside polar regions. In 2003 a cease fire was agreed upon but both countries maintain permanent troops contingents in the ice-wild of Eastern Karakorum. Here presented photographs never were publlished.	›› show gallery

		Afghanistan Since October 2010 employed for one year in Afghanistan as GIZ-CIM (German International Cooperation) expert. The task was photographic documentation of cultural heritage.	›› show gallery

		Angkor Photographic work from the period of time between January 1993 and 2003. In 1995 documentation of the bas-reliefs in Angkor Vat and The Bayon with the slit-scan technique. All photographs are baryta paper prints made by myself. Price list on request.	›› show gallery

		India Panoramic photography between 1976 and 1996.	›› show gallery

		Burma Current photographic project which started in 1985 and continued until July 2019. Land and people and panoramic photography.	›› show gallery

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›› details ›› order signed copy	Yemen Revisited
	Photographs from five photographic journeys to Yemen: 1972, 1977, 1992, 1998 and 2009. 40 x 29 cm, 318 pages, printed 20 copies	Size: 40 x 29 cm Publishing company: self-published, Price: 120,00 €

›› details ›› order signed copy	Burma - the Land that Time Forgot
	65 panoramic photographs from the origin of the Irrawady river to Mergui in the south. The first panoramics were taken in 1985 but most of them during the period of time between 2002 and 2007.	Size: 50 x 23 cm ISBN: 978-3-89823-365-1 Publishing company: Edition Panorama, Mannheim, 2007 Price: 78,00 €

›› details ›› order signed copy	Tibet
	The final book with the selection of 78 best panoramics taken on my four trips through Tibet (1985, 1986, 1987 and 1993). The double page panoramics are 136 cm long - the size this unique landscapes deserve. Text by John Keay.	Size: 70 x 36 cm ISBN: 978-3-89823-398-9 Publishing company: Edition Panorama, Mannheim, 2008 Price: 348,00 €

›› details ›› order signed copy	Ladakh 1974-2008 - A Photographic Homage
	"Ladakh 1974-2008 - A Photographic Homage" is a tribute to Ladakh, the ´Land of Many Passes´ - my most beloved part of the Himalayas. I was among the first Westerners to travel to Ladakh when it was unexpectedly open for foreign visitors in July 1974. Countless journeys and numerous projects followed. Four times I have visited Ladakh in the winter time. This retrospective collections of photographs spans more than three decades - and it is not a purely panoramic book. Text by John Keay 304 pages, b/w and color photographs. Now available.	Size: 38 x 27 cm ISBN: 978-1-932476-49-1 Publishing company: Serindia Publications, 2010 Price: 75,00 €

›› details	Himalaya - 40 Years of travel on the Roof of the World
	Kashmir, Ladakh, Zanskar, Spiti, Tibet, Mustang and Bhutan were the objective of numerous travels and projects. The selection of photographs taken during a perion of almost 40 years are presented in this 352 pages book. Texts in English and German.	Size: 40 x 29 cm ISBN: 978-3-89823-453-5 Publishing company: Edition Panorama, Mannheim, 2012 Out of print.

›› details ›› order signed copy	Burma-Myanmar
	Until recently Burma was one of the most isolated countries on earth. When I started to discover this exciting back in 1985 the foreigners were given only one-week-visa. So I made two one-week-jumps from Bangkok to Rangoon. From 2002 onwards I resumed my Burma project and visited the country twice a year. Though I specialized in panoramic photography since 1976 I also was concerned with ordinary formats as this book shows. The texts were contributed by John Keay, Jana Marková and myself. (Available in German language only!)	Size: 40 x 30 cm ISBN: 978-3-89823-463-4 Publishing company: Edition Panorama, 2013 Price: 78,00 €

›› details	Angkor
	A completely new edition of my photographs taken in Angkor during the period of time between 1993 and 2004. Included are also photographs in colour of the bas-reliefs in Angkor Wat. For this section of the book Thomas S. Maxwell has adapted his text published in "Of Gods, Kings, and Men". Wibke Lobo wrote excellent texts to all temples. Included is also a chapter on Banteay Chhmar, a Bayon style temple near the Thai border. This book is in German lsold out. The version in English is going to be published in August 2024.	Size: 30,5 x 24 cm ISBN: 978-3-89823-459-7 Publishing company: Edition Panorama, Mannhein, 2013 Price: 49,00 € (Out of print.)

›› details ›› order signed copy	Tibet - Looking back
	My last journey to Tibet was in 1993. There was hardly a difference to my first three trips between 1985 and 1987. It was still a difficult journey to reach Tholing and Tsaparang in the former kingdom Guge at the extreme west of Tibet. Nowadays the southern road along the Tsangpo Vally is paved, the telephone lines, we were following for hundreds of kilometers, disappeared. The book is a memory of Tibet as it looked like before the great changes came. Many photographs were not published inm my previous books.I also took from my archive a number of b/w photographs.	Size: 28 x 38 cm ISBN: 978-3-89823-477-1 Publishing company: Edition Panorama, Mannheim, 2014 Price: 78,00 €

›› details ›› order signed copy	Klöster im Himalaja
	Art and festivals in the monasteries, called gompas in Tibetan, is the main subject of this publication. Christian Luczanits, David Snellgrove Chair owner at the School of Oriental and African Studies at University of London, is the author of texts on the wall paintings at Alchi, Tabo, Tholling, Lori and other temples. The presented photographs result from 40 years lasting activities in the Himalayas by Jaroslav Poncar. Available in German language only.	Size: 30,5 x 24 cm ISBN: 978-3-89823-512-9 Publishing company: Edition Panorama, Mannheim, 2015 Price: 49,80 €

›› details ›› order signed copy	BURMA / MYANMAR
	New and updated edition containing photographs from the period of time 1985 to 2015. The first edition with the same title was larger, the new one is covering the areas made accessible after 2013 so that almost one third of photographs are new. The texts are in German only.	Size: 24,5 x 30 cm ISBN: 978-3-89823-545-7 Publishing company: Edition Panorama Mannheim, 2016 Price: 49,80 €

›› details ›› order signed copy	Forty Years with FT-2 (Vierzig Jahre mit FT-2)
	On October 22, 2016, exactly 40 Years after I started panoramic photography with the antique Russian panoramic camera I exposed the last Ektachrome film in Rome. In this publication I present 60 selected panoramas I took both in close and in remote places. The format of the book is 43 x 19 cm. It is available in two versions: as a hardcover or with loose sheets in a cassette.	Size: 43 x 19 cm Publishing company: digital self publishing, 2017 Price: 100,00 € (Out of print.)

›› details ›› order signed copy	Episoden 1945 - 2015
	The book tells episodes from my life. (in German language)	Size: 17 x 24 cm ISBN: 978-3-8439-3127-4 Publishing company: Verlag Dr. Hut, 2017 Price: 39,00 €

›› details ›› order signed copy	Panoramas de France
	Beside Paris and Loire Valley I visited other regions of France and took panoramas: Ile de France, Dordogne and Haute Provence. The 15 copies self-published book contains a selction of my works. All panoramas were taken on film. 120 pages	Size: 40 x 22 cm Publishing company: self-published, 2019 Price: 100,00 € (Out of print.)

›› details	Siachen Expedition 1978
	In the summer of 1978, Wolfgang Kohl, Volker Stallbohm and I undertook an expedition to the Siachen Glacier in East Karakoram. At 78 km, it was considered the longest in the non-polar world. It was the third visit from the West, after Fanny and Hunter Workman (1911 and 1912) and the Italian geologist Giotto Daineli (1930). The expedition produced a 45-minute film for German television (Durch die Eiswildnis des Ost-Karakorum). The ceasefire line between India and Pakistan left it unclear until 1984 which of the two states owned the glacier. In the summer of 1984, India started a war with Pakistan to clarify who owned the ice wilderness. India still maintains several thousand troops in the Siachen area. Since our expedition played a role in this terrible story, I decided to write down our expedition story and have it self-published.Edition: 50 copies.	Size: 31x21 cm Publishing company: Self published, 2021 Price: 50,00 € (Out of print.)

›› details	Nepal 1980 - 2019
		Size: 305 x 240 mm Publishing company: Selfpubllished, 2023 Price: 40,00 € (Out of print.)

›› details ›› order signed copy	Jaro on Jaro
	Good pictures speak for themselves. Some of them are a part of a story and are recollected in this book, like the expedition to the source of the Indus in 1987	Size: 305 x 220 mm Publishing company: Selfpublished, 2024 Price: 45,00 €

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