In Varanasi, the ancient city on the banks of the Ganges, the river is an intrinsic part of spiritual life for Hindus – she is Ganga, the mother goddess. Bathing in the Mother allows one to wash away the sins of lifetimes....
Congratulations to Andrew Boyer and Sandra Royer for winning the two 8x12" framed fine art prints on offer during the Sons of Ganga exhibition at The Cracked Gallery in Behind the Monkey! Andrew wins Puja - a tranquil scene of an old Hindu conducting morning prayer...
It appears that a visitor with a very casual regard for ownership, property and propriety has absconded with one of the framed prints from Sons of Ganga. For those of you who will miss the photograph, it's here reproduced for your reference. It's entitled "Maintenance" and...
Sons of Ganga officially launched at The Cracked Gallery in Behind the Monkey on Saturday evening. And what a fantastic evening it was - with good friends (photographers and otherwise) and guests from FotoFreo all gathering to enjoy some nice wine, finger food and photographs of...
Four framed prints from Sons of Ganga will be offered for sale via a silent auction, with all proceeds from the sales going to OUR HOME Charity. OUR HOME is an organisation based in Kerala, India, that cares for and educates orphans and homeless children. OUR...
Things have been mighty busy at the Snapshooter headquarters. Not only am I capping off a busy season of surf-rowing photography and launching the first of this year's photography workshops, I've also been busy organising my fourth solo exhibition, Sons of Ganga which will show...
In the lead-up to my exhibition, Sons of Ganga, at The Cracked Gallery, I thought I would share excerpts from a journal I kept while on a journey through Northern India and Nepal in late 2008. The images in Sons of Ganga were taken in...