Not far from Godwalia, a compound, the back of which a courtyard lined with sparse rooms homing Sannyasin. When we visited most were in Allahabad, attending the Kumbh Mela. The few remaining were too old or ill to go. Sannyasin (for male, the female is Sannyasini) are renouncers, leaving behind their former lives and their families, stepping […]
morning ritual
Not far from Godwalia in Varanasi sits the Mukti Bhavan. This photo shows a ceremony I witnessed one morning, conducted by the resident ritual priests. The woman was a participant in the ceremony. Later on in the proceedings she would also bring in her baby. I was not sure exactly what the ceremony was for. […]
visual record of seeing in the process of seeing
The two pictures in this post were, again, taken on the trip to Varanasi, India. Both are scenes from along the banks of the River Ganges. Although the trip was actually part of a journalism project, for which the photos needed to be content driven, the two photos here are of a different kind, taken […]
bicycle repair
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 […]
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 […]
temple door
I’m finding these temple festivals increasingly difficult to find the enthusiasm to go to. The interest nowadays is purely photographic, and I don’t even lift the camera to my eye anymore unless the idea is new or, if it is similar to something I have already captured, an improvement on what I already have, or […]
crathes
I have several friends make excellent travelling companions. Not interested in photography themselves, they understand there are places, chanced upon, that require time spent. Places which, for some indeterminant reason, have about them potential as settings. You recognise them as you arrive. In Aberdeenshire there is a stately home with a garden, open to the […]
new/ old
Both of these pictures were taken over two years before I actually got around to printing them. This was a deliberate delay, useful because of the changing relationship you have with photos over time. After a certain amount of time you lose the enthusiasm to print because of any lingering associations you have at the […]
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