“Om Shanti Om” is an invocation of peace in Buddhist and Hindu practice. 

Lamahatta (literally “monks’ hut”), in the northern part of West Bengal, is a place in the Lesser Himalayan region where hills kiss the clouds and one cannot tell where earth ends and heaven begins. The air is silent and heavy in spirit: stairs lead down to a temple, every stone adorned in moss and ivy: prayer flags form a wavering perimeter to this sacred place.

 Incorporating the 19th century process of salt printing, emulsions were hand-painted, air dried, exposed to light, and trays rocked hypnotically during development. This Shanti series, from beginning to end (and back ‘round again), is an observance of meditative process.

Salt Prints, 2017