Celebrating Old Age at the Burning Ghats in Benares

Celebrating Old Age at the Burning Ghats in Benares

Benares, also known as Varanasi, is the holiest city in India and one of the oldest living cities of the world.  It is built on the banks of the sacred river Ganges – a place of pilgrimage and home to Shiva, the volatile and compassionate god who is known as the...
An Unexpected Religious Festival in India

An Unexpected Religious Festival in India

There are moments in travel when the mundane turns magical. This happens a lot in India, a country rich with ritual, mysticism and prayer where I was searching for new images of aging in the Fall of 2011. Unexpectedly at dawn I stumbled into a Hindu festival known as...
Blessing of the Dawn on the Gangese River

Blessing of the Dawn on the Gangese River

In November 2011 I traveled to India to photograph and spent nearly two weeks there.  My highlight was a city called Benares. Each day at dawn I went to the riverbanks, also called Ghats, and returned with hours of video.  I edited the best clips together to recreate...