DASHASWAMEDH GHAT - INDIA by PREMGIT
Limited Edition (one of 30) print. Size 60cm x 80cm
35mm negative taken with a Leica M6 and 35mm F1.4 leitz lens.
Premgit has been a photographer for over 30 years and for the last 25 years has solely concentrated on making fine black and white prints using film and traditional darkroom techniques.
He has a deep love for the creative processes involved in producing images of excellence in this medium which in turn has led to his work being published in books and magazines worldwide.
ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPH
Premgit took this picture during the Ganga Puja festival one cold January morning. The people on the right are local farmers who come to the ghat for 24 hours to receive blessings for plentiful crops in the year to come. On the left the pilgrims who have purified themselves by bathing in the Ganges are giving dry grains of rice to the farmers. Each grain represents a blessing and there is fierce competition to get as many grains as possible.
Silver gelatin print on Fomabrom baryta double-weight fibre-based paper.
35mm negative taken with a Leica M6 and 35mm F1.4 leitz lens.