Varanasi is the epicenter of Hinduism, its Holy City, its Rome or Mecca. In his series, Holy Men: Varanasi , India, Joey L finds these wonderfully expressive faces of holy men, women and boys in his gorgeous portraits.
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Varanasi is the epicenter of Hinduism, its Holy City, its Rome or Mecca. In his series, Holy Men: Varanasi , India, Joey L finds these wonderfully expressive faces of holy men, women and boys in his gorgeous portraits.
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This guest post is from actor Devereau Chumrau.
Devereau may be a native of Los Angeles, but it is also the time she spent in Ghana, in Europe and the UK, and largely as a student of the Asolo Conservatory in Florida, that has shaped her vision as an actor and as an artist. She has, all along the way, worked to develop her interest and experience in acting for the stage and for the screen.
Catch her show LOVECRAFT: Nightmare Suite opening Jan 31 at the Visceral Company in Hollywood.
Devereau:
Just call me yogini from now on!
This awesome exhibition at the Smithsonian’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, “Yoga: The Art of Transformation," has redefined my understanding of yoga with its 17 centuries of images and objects documenting yoga's history.
It's so great to be able to geek out on my fascination with both yoga and art history.
The exhibit page on the Smithsonian site has so much enthralling history in the very specific stories that go along with the beautiful images.
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Mercury music prize nominees Django Django became obsessed by the infamous Indian Well of Death riders in Allahabad. So, naturally, they asked Noisey if we'd be up for travelling over to India and standing right in the middle of large lumps of precariously speeding metal for a day, to film a video for their track "Wor". We happily obliged, getting our shoes stolen in the process, but it was worth it to meet a bunch of guys with the most rock solid testicles we've ever come across. Buy the Album: http://smarturl.it/DjangoDjango Django Django - "Wor" (p) and (c) 2012 Because Music Directed by Jim Demuth, based on an original concept by Vincent Neff. Exec Producer Jane Third Supervising Producer Alex Hoffman Producer Posy Dixon Director Jim Demuth Editor Iain Pettifer Associate Producer Ruchi Bhimani Colourist Chris Rodgers (Splice Post Production) Production Manager Bree Horn Production Coordinator Zoey Roberts Thanks! http://www.djangodjango.co.uk http://www.becausemusic.co.uk Selected for Mountain Film Festival - http://www.mountainfilm.org/film/django-django-wor http://stereogum.com/1296501/the-5-best-videos-of-the-week-74/news/ http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/djano-djangos-video-for-wor-is-a-dangerously-high-speed-treat http://www.spin.com/articles/django-django-wor-video-motorcycles-watch/ https://vimeo.com/channels/staffpicks/66585349 http://www.promonews.tv/news/2013/09/04/django-djangos-wor-video-wins-2013-aim-awards
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Such beauty. And such importance — the observant eye. Good cameras help too.
www.xenondesigns.net Entierely shot in South India where travelled for two weeks, only with my fastpack filled with my gear (and two tee shirts, haha). I wish i could afford a 7D to avoid the huge amount of noise i get with my T2i ! Gear : Canon T2i, cheap Hama monopod (also used as diy glidecam), Fastpack 350AW Lenses : Canon 10-22mm USM, Canon 50mm f/1.8, Pentax Takumar 135mm f/2.5 Music : Amon Tobin - At The End Of The Day, Foley Room, 2007 Thanks to : Mathieu Maury : www.mathieumaury.com Vote for me / support me : http://bit.ly/Mrp4IX India is amazing.
A young medical student from France did a lovely job of documenting his recently travels in southern India.