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Joey Lawrence


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Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Location: Benares, India
Galleries: Travel, Photojournalism
Date Uploaded: Dec 27, 2007

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Comments: 3
Favorites: 3 (view)

 My first batch of edits from my newest trip through India, Nepal and Bangladesh for 1 month with Laurent Auxietre (Toy) and Heida. More coming soon

This is an Aghori Baba. He is part of a very rare sect of Naga Sadhu (naked holy men) who are known for meditating on human corpses, covering themselves in ashes of the dead, eating flesh and drinking out of skulls. In order to get these images I had to take him across the Ganges river at night with a boatman so no onlookers would get us in trouble.

Trapping yourself on an abandoned island with a cannibal? Priceless.


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 01/30/2008 10:34:38 AM
i think these shots and the stories behind them would make for an illustrated book.
really entertaining and fascinating!
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 12/28/2007 07:26:06 AM
thank you for the info on this image, and the giggle..priceless indeed!
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 12/28/2007 12:11:11 AM
Wow - that's too good for words, Joey. The skull and the balance of his stance makes for excellent symmetry.
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