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Documentary Stories

Curated narratives that bring photographs, place, context and firsthand observation together without duplicating the underlying archive records.

A man prays at a shrine through a weathered blue doorway in Varanasi, photographed in 2014

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Sacred and Ordinary

In Varanasi, religious imagery, prayer, contemplation and everyday activity often share the same public spaces.

Varanasi · Uttar Pradesh · India
A man transports heavy metal containers by cargo bicycle in Varanasi, photographed in 2014

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Work and Care on the Ghats

Transport, grooming and personal service reveal the riverfront as a working social environment as well as a sacred one.

Varanasi · Uttar Pradesh · India
A man kneels in a wooden rowboat on luminous morning water on the Ganges at Varanasi, photographed in 2014

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Quiet Moments by the Ganges

Three photographs use distance, stillness and negative space to slow the pace of the Varanasi archive.

Varanasi · Uttar Pradesh · India