The main volume is an extensive photographic archive of Tibetan Buddhist murals, shot over a 10year period by Thomas Laird in all corners of the plateau and reproduced in color and lifesize resolution. The volume is accompanied by a modular bookstand designed by Shigeru Ban and an illustrated supplement (designated companion book by publisher) with the images in reduced format and texts by Thomas Laird, Robert A.F. Thurman, Heather Stoddard, Cameron Bailey, and Jakob Winkler.