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Vārānasī, or the Perpetual Negation of Self brings together the photographs and poetry of Pierre Toutain-Dorbec, reflecting on life, death, spirituality, and the experience of Varanasi, India.
“Once I smelled Varanasi’s dust, a veil of death smothered my ignorance and my knowledge of perpetuity runs wild. Deeply moved, I write and photograph with a new awareness of life.”
— Pierre Toutain-Dorbec, conversation with Philippe Ganier-Raymond, Paris, 1985
Paperback — 72 pages
Black-and-white photography, printed in color
5.5 × 8.5 in. (14 × 21.6 cm), portrait format
ISBN 978-1-7360311-6-2
Vārānasī, or the Perpetual Negation of Self brings together the photographs and poetry of Pierre Toutain-Dorbec, reflecting on life, death, spirituality, and the experience of Varanasi, India.
“Once I smelled Varanasi’s dust, a veil of death smothered my ignorance and my knowledge of perpetuity runs wild. Deeply moved, I write and photograph with a new awareness of life.”
— Pierre Toutain-Dorbec, conversation with Philippe Ganier-Raymond, Paris, 1985
Paperback — 72 pages
Black-and-white photography, printed in color
5.5 × 8.5 in. (14 × 21.6 cm), portrait format
ISBN 978-1-7360311-6-2