Everyday Lives · Permanent photograph record
Washing Cloth by the Boats
Varanasi, India · 2014
Workers wash cloth beside large wooden boats on the Varanasi riverfront.
Photography by Brian Silver
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Work Along the Riverfront
Everyday labour is woven into the same riverfront environment used for travel, ritual, bathing and gathering. The boats and cloth keep this scene tied to work rather than treating the ghats only as ceremonial space.
Archive record
Brian Silver Documentary Archive
India Documentary Archive → Varanasi → 2014
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Workers wash cloth beside large wooden boats on the Varanasi riverfront. The photograph records labour, fabric, boats and the working edge of the river within a single environmental frame.
Identification
- Archive ID
- V-2014-621a
- Creator
- Brian Silver
- Collection
- Varanasi 2014
- Place and year
- Varanasi, India · 2014
Technical
- Medium
- Digital photograph
- Camera
- Nikon D90
Evidence status
- Photographer
- Brian Silver(verified)
- Collection
- Varanasi 2014(verified)
- City
- Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India(verified)
- Visible activity
- Washing cloth(visual)
Subjects
- Varanasi
- India
- Riverfront
- Labour
- Washing
- Cloth
- Boats
- Everyday life
- Documentary photography
Provenance
- Original documentary source retained in the archive.
- Controlled website presentation derivative maintained separately from the documentary source.
Verification still open
- Exact ghat/site
- Occupational terminology
- Exact capture date
- Original filename and EXIF
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Brian Silver Documentary Archive
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Citation
Silver, Brian. Washing Cloth by the Boats. 2014. V-2014-621a. Brian Silver Documentary Archive, Varanasi 2014.
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© Brian Silver. Publication, exhibition, educational, documentary and other reproduction uses require intended-use review.
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