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Traffic is crazy, my van is on the side of the road, I record sound: “How many months have you been walking?”
“It’s been 16 months.” It’s reflected in the guy’s beards, they shaved it at the beginning of their walk and didn’t touch it after that.
“How many kilometres a day? “
“We walk about 12km daily”
“Which length of Parikrama (pilgrimage) are you doing?”
“We are doing the auspicious 3 years, 3 months, 3 days. We are Panshamdal, Kunti Bai and Dalba Yar.”
We hug and I leave.
We spent three months driving over 10,000 km across India in a second-hand van, a Maruti Eeco, sleeping in it. I was intrigued by the people we saw walking along the side of the highway. I stopped to hear their stories. What goes on in the mind of the dedicated wanderer? Is it about a spiritual quest, a need for clarity, healing?
Format: Archival print, printed with pigment ink on acid free Hahnemühle paper.
Open Edition
Signed and titled on the back.
Image Size: 50 cm x 50 cm
Print is sold unmounted
For custom size or other questions, contact studio@paleyprints.com
This print will be printed to order in Lisbon and will usually ship within 2 weeks of receipt of payment.
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