哈里森·福曼是美国著名的旅行作家和战地记者，1930—1950年间多次来华。1932年起，福曼三次赴青海、甘南藏区，考察当地的宗教活动和民俗风情，1935年出版的《穿越藏区禁地》一书，就是根据其1932—1933年的藏区考察成文的。这次考察中，福曼拍摄了许多有关藏传佛教的宗教活动、祭神风俗、寺庙、喇嘛、藏族服饰以及藏民生活的照片，为西方社会认识和研究安多藏区的佛教文化、风土人情等，提供了丰富的资料。尤其是1936年第二次安多藏区之行拍摄的九世班禅的影像资料，为后世研究安多藏区提供了弥足珍贵的影视资料，也对西方藏学研究的发展，起到了非常重要的作用。

As a famous American travel writer and a war correspondent, Harrison Forman had come to China for several times from 1930 to 1950. Forman had been to Tibetan villages in Qinghai Province and Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture for three times since 1932, investigating local religious activities and folk customs. Through Forbidden Tibet(1935) was based on his journeys to Tibetan villages from 1932 to 1933. Forman took a lot of photos of religious activities of Tibetan Buddhism, customs of worship, temples, lamas, Tibetan costumes and life during the expedition. He provided abundant resources for Western society to know and study Tibetan Buddhist culture, local customs and so on in Amduo Tibetan Area. Especially in 1936, Forman took his second trip to Amduo Tibetan Area and made a movie of the 9^th Panchen Lama, which offered precious video material for the study of Amduo Tibetan Areas, and played a very important role in the development of Western Tibetan study.