Immediately parallel to the River Ganges within the city of Varanasi is a stretch of road lined with buildings of final grandeur and disrepair, a mine of material for street photography. I walked down this street on several occasions, looking out for interesting scenes to evolve. These two photos I got on the penultimate day […]
no cure here
Broken boat, broken limb, broken river. And there is much broken about the Ganges, with seemingly little official will to fix it, in contrast to people’s belief in its curative powers. Struts mirror crutch, work suspended, no cure to be had here. February 2013, Varanasi, on the banks of the River Ganges.
close shave by the ganges
In February 2013 I went to Varanasi in India. I saw this scene as I was walking along the banks of the River Ganges. It was an interesting snippet of life, of a baby having its head shaved by one of the many barbers working this section of the river. The two women accompanying the […]