Renate Graf - The Sacred and the Profane
Renate Graf - The Sacred and the Profane
| Author | Renate Graf |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Amag Publisher |
| ISBN | 9789893530450 |
| Idea Code | 23834 |
‘The Sacred and the Profane’ unravels the pungent beauties of Calcutta, combing through the remnants of the mystical, glimpsing the ancient rituals of Hinduism as they have been practiced for millennia. The photographs follow Renate Graf’s gaze as she moves through the dusty streets of the Bengali capital, at once mundane and holy. Her lens fixes on a bit of pottery, leading to the scene where a cremation took place hours earlier: a tangle of incense, beads, dust, ash, and cloth. Speaking about her own images, Graf says, “They do not define, they testify, and in the cultural diversity of a universe, they are a language in themselves, my language to describe what I see.”
| 188 p, ills colour & bw, 24 x 32 cm, pb, English |