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It's all About Context

6/26/2015

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I was going through my files looking for an image from the 2013 Maha Kumbh Mela when I came across this one. I liked the chaos of the hands and arms, as well as the bold colors, but what was it all about? What was going on? Does the image work on its own as a graphic treatment of a moment in time? I don't think so.

Recalling that moment during the first of 8 days that we spent in Allahabad, while there to witness the world's largest gathering of humanity during the Maha Kumbh Mela, I went back and looked at the set of images I had taken. They showed a group of women, one who seemed to be the center of attention in her role as a "seer", performing a ritual puja on the banks of the Ganges. From time to time the woman in the red sari would go into a trance state and start shaking her head while the others attended to her. Seen in the context of the story, this image makes more sense.

I spent 15 minutes watching and photographing this whole session. I had gained their approval before taking one picture so was able to move in fairly close and record the whole event with a wide angle lens. After a minute or so I was invisible to them.  From the 80 images that I shot I have narrowed the results down to 16.
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Louise Porter link
6/26/2015 08:17:11 am

So hard to find the one image. Actually the first does a good job, I think. I like the woman behind her about to embrace her. It gives an ongoing rhythm with the trance.

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Rosemary Sheel link
4/9/2016 11:27:55 am

#12. But I'd crop it...or use a dark vignette. Highlight all the arms and hands plus the woman's face..reminds me of Kali.

Maybe I'd try a high contrast black and white.

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