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The Death Photographers Of Varanasi

March 28, 2019March 10, 2015 by Duncan Rawlinson

A fascinating piece on the photographers who photograph the bodies of those who are be taken to the Ganges river, the Hindu’s holiest river, for ritual of lighting the pyre. It is the store of a handful of young men who work there taking one last photograph of the dead. Video by Varun Nayar

Categories Photography Videos Tags bodies, cremated, Ganges, photographers, river, Varanasi, video, Videos
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