The Gift Book

Extraordinary photographic portraits, in concert with the words of medical volunteers and the children they treat in Peru and Vietnam, tell a very special story of giving --- offering a compelling and moving look at the sometimes surprising and unexpected ways that giving of ourselves to help others can touch and transform our own lives. ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
For over 25 years Phil Borges has been visiting and documenting indigenous and tribal cultures around the world. Through his projects, he strives to promote and preserve cultural diversity. His images tap deeply into the human spirit of his subjects, whose warm and honest faces peer out from colorless and spectacular landscapes.

Phil¹s exhibit and award-winning book, TIBETAN PORTRAIT: The Power of Compassion, focused on the endangered people of Tibet, marginalized by the Chinese occupation of their homeland. "With direct, uncompromising gazes, his subjects, old and young, stare back with a wisdom and strength that seems born of suffering," writes the Washington Post. In 1998 he joined Amnesty International to present ENDURING SPIRIT, an exhibit and book celebrating the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.