Marion Kalter
Photographs
Human Remains
These photographs were taken during my residency in the fall of 2023 at Banaras Cultural Foundation (Kriti Gallery) hosted by Petra Manefeld, Navneet Raman and Ajay Pandey. Raman Niwas itself is situated in the holy city of Varanasi (former Benares). This residency was made possible thanks to a grant from the Land Salzburg. I tried to focus on the cremation grounds of Manikarnika. It is very difficult for an outsider to understand the religious, spiritual and philosophical elements in the process of these cremations.
A few of the photographs were taken in Katmandu in December 2023
Manikarnika 2024 Varanasi
manikarnika /coffin with the mark "human remains" written on it
manikarnika autumn 2023
On the river Ganga, autumn 2023
cremation ground at manikarnika ghat Varanasi India 2023
ashes at cremation ground marnikarnika Varanasi India 2023
at the cremation ground Manikarnika in Varanasi India 2023
manikarnika varanasi 2023
at the cremation ground Manikarnika in Varanasi India 2023
at the cremation ground Manikarnika in Varanasi India 2023
dogs on the ghats of the Ganga in Varanasi
sleeper near a ghat on the Ganga, Varanasi 2023
dog eats dog at a ghat in Varanasi India 2023
floating dead dog in the Gana Varanasi India 2023
catholic graveyard, varanasi, december 2023
christian man at christian cemetery in Mahmoorganj Sigra Road Varanasi India 2023
pashupatinath, cremation ground in katmandu, december 2023
at cremation grounds in Pashupainath Nepal 2023
katmandu december 2023
pashupatinath, katmandu december 2023
mourning in Varanasi, autumn 2023
near the temples in Varanasi, autumn 2023
morning exercises near the Ganga autumn 2023
young girl in a tuk tuk, varanasi 2023
schoolgirl in outfit in Varanasi India 2023
in the garden of Raman Nivas, Banaras Cultural Foundation, Varanasi 2023
at one of the train stations in Varanasi, autumn 2023
two girls near the Ganga on the day of Diwali, Varanasi 2023
three muslims seen from a tuk tuk in Varanasi autumn 2023
two young men in a tuk tuk in Varanasi 2023
young man at varanasi queer pride autumn 2023
in the streets of Varanasi, autumn 2023
on the tracks at one of the railway stations in Varanasi autumn 2023
at a gat near the ganga, Varanasi 2023
at a gat near the ganga, Varanasi 2023
at a gat near the ganga, Varanasi 2023
at a ghat near the ganga, Varanasi 2023
child looking at a dove within his own shadow in Katamandu december 2023
wrestler in varanasi, autumn 2023
wrestlers in varanasi, autumn 2023
wrestlers in varanasi, autumn 2023
wrestlers in varanasi, autumn 2023
early morning yoga near the Ganga at Varanasi autumn 2023
Man at a wedding ground in Varanasi India 2023
at a wedding at hotel surya in Varanasi autumn 2023
couple in a nursing home near the main temple in Varanasi autumn 2023
tibetan monks in Sarnath near Varanasi december 2023
cow in a courtyard in Varanasi autumn 2023
Sunset in Varanasi India 2023
pool near train station Varanasi India 2023
at the cremation ground Manikarnika in Varanasi India 2023
bridge at night in Varanasi India 2023
woman cleaning at a ghat in Varanasi India 2023
Birds on the Ganga at Varanasi autumn 2023
the garden in the residency of Raman Niwas in Varanasi autumn 2023
Petra Manefeld and Navneet Raman at Raman Niwas, Varanasi autumn 2023
Petra Manefeld and her four dogs at Raman Niwas autumn 2023
Ajay Pandey as seen from a tuk tuk mirror autumn 2023
tuk tuk driver and two self portraits in the mirror Varanasi India 2023
Genta the cook for the Banaras Cultural Foundation in the kitchen at Raman Niwas autumn 2023
serving lunch at Raman Niwas Varanasi autumn 2023
man cleaning a car at Raman Nivas Varanasi India 2023
gardener at raman niwas Varanasi India 2023
Gardener at Raman Niwas Varanasi autumn 2023
In the Garen of Raman Niwas autumn 2023
Worker at Raman Niwas autum 2023 Varanasi