Akim Monet

Passage to India: Lying Buddha

Ilfochrome print - Ed. 3 + 2APMounted face in 0,6 cm (1/4") Plexiglas101,6 x 152,4 cm (40 x 60")This image was shot in a cave complex at Ajanta, a site where Buddha is believed to have rested. Temples and statues were carved within the natural caves.The present image of Buddha lying on his right side, his head resting on his hand, tellsthe story of Ajanta.
Lying Buddha, 1992
Ilfochrome print - Ed. 3 + 2AP
Mounted face in 0,6 cm (1/4") Plexiglas
101,6 x 152,4 cm (40 x 60")

This image was shot in a cave complex at Ajanta, a site where Buddha is believed to have rested. Temples and statues were carved within the natural caves.

The present image of Buddha lying on his right side, his head resting on his hand, tells
the story of Ajanta.