Akim Monet

Passage to India: Wheel of life

Ilfochrome print - Ed. 3 + 2APMounted face in 0,6 cm (1/4") Plexiglas152,4 x 101,6 cm (60 x 40")This image was shot in Benares, the city also known as Varanasi on the banks of the holy river Ganges. Notice how the sleeves of the figure’s clothing lie on his legs. One tends to forget that these sculptures are actually made of stone.
Wheel of life, 1992

Ilfochrome print - Ed. 3 + 2AP
Mounted face in 0,6 cm (1/4") Plexiglas
152,4 x 101,6 cm (60 x 40")

This image was shot in Benares, the city also known as Varanasi on the banks of the holy river Ganges. Notice how the sleeves of the figure’s clothing lie on his legs. One tends to forget that these sculptures are actually made of stone.