honorable mention
Andrej Grilc austria
title
Portraits of Varanasi
In street photography he searches for expressive characters who are mostly out of the monetary capitalistic
system. For him the importance is to find people who are honest and real, and whose eyes can tell a story.
To tell their stories it takes sometimes to travel to the most remote parts of cities and countries, where
common travelers normally never set foot.
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entry description
Varanasi,India, one of the oldest continually inhabited towns is the holiestplace in India. It represents the realization of a dream for many whotravel from all over the world to receive a blessing on a holy Gangesriver. Many of them dedicate their lives to religion and typicallylive a simple lifestyle, have very few or no possessions, survive byfood and drinks from leftovers that they beg for or is donated byothers. Beingin a constant state of extreme religious awareness, their faceexpressions change from fanatic to meditative to possessed.about the photographer
Andrej Grilc (Slovenia, b.1984) is a Slovenian photographer living in Vienna. He was born into a family with long tradition in photography, dating back three generations to 1942. His work is specialized in classical music portrait photography and concert photography. Parallel he develops his big passion of street photography portraits of people he meets on his journey.In street photography he searches for expressive characters who are mostly out of the monetary capitalistic
system. For him the importance is to find people who are honest and real, and whose eyes can tell a story.
To tell their stories it takes sometimes to travel to the most remote parts of cities and countries, where
common travelers normally never set foot.
back to gallery