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Luigi FIENI italy
title
Soul Steps
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entry description
This series was shot on the way to Damodar Kunda in the Mustang region of Nepal. It is a sacred site for both Buddhist and Hindus believers. Its sacred lake, as well as its holy mountain, is the terminus of a long and exhausting pilgrimage at altitudes ranging from 4000 to 6000 meters. These photographs embody my pilgrim’s eyes. They try to catch the meaning of a man’s journey, focusing on the purification of a soul through the unreal beauty pilgrims usually witness on their sacred trail. There is a meaning on every step and on every beauty the eye perceives, beyond any conventional prayer. The exhaustion vanishes through the landscape. The sense of scale disappears: nature then becomes the prayer, impossibly massive and curiously small at once. The journey my destination, the nature my sanctuary. An unparalleled beauty.back to gallery