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Bologna: Edizione a cura dell'Artista, , 2015. Brossura, custodia (wrappers, slip-case). Ottimo (Fine). Testo di Luca Libertini. 193 fotografie a colori, anche su tavole ripiegate, di Indra Kumar Jha. 8vo (cm 28x21). pp. 220. Ottimo (Fine). Edizione originale di 500 esemplari numerati e firmati (Original edition of 500 numbered and signed copies). MAA is an archive of images of Time and Death in the contemporary India of Varanasi, the holiest city of the subcontinent where for over 3000 years hindus have cremated their dead. The project springs from the friendship between Federico and Indra, the only Varanasi photographer which the community permits to document the cremations. The two authors met by chance thanks to the photos exhibited by Indra in an alley which leads to Manikarnika, stage of the funeral rites. From that day, for three years, the images were collected in an archive which now exceeds 10.000 jpeg files. The Book results from the research done by Indra and Federico. It constitutes… Read More