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29-MAR-2008

Three in one, Varanasi, India, 2008

Three women share a rickshaw -- they carry balloons from a Hindu celebration. I liked the way the light illuminated them. It is almost as if they are glowing with spiritual satisfaction. They are young women, and as I made this image, they passed directly blow an advertising sign heralding a “new generation.” I took this coincidence to symbolize the continuity of faith, something that is passed from generation to generation.

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Phil Douglis20-Apr-2008 00:02
That judgement is easy to make -- not everyone in Varanasi, India's holiest city -- is religious. And so men on the motorbike roar past, out of the light, and as you note, perhaps out of the faith, as well.
Tim May19-Apr-2008 19:51
You are so right, the light (and the color) bring faith to the core here. I also note that the men on the motorcycle seem out of the faith, out of the light.
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