Cosimo Manlio De Pasquale: The Well of Souls | MONOVISIONS

MonoVisions Black & White Photo Contest 2025

Wat Rong Khun, better known as “White Temple” is located in the city of Chiang Rai, in the Northern Thailand.
It is a bizarre and particular Buddhist and Hindu temple, a real work of contemporary art designed by the artist Chalermchai Kositpipat.

The main building at the the Temple is reached by crossing a little bridge over a small lake, the bridge of “the cycle of rebirth”, in front of this bridge are hundreds of outreaching hands that symbolize unrestrained desire. The bridge proclaims that the way to happiness is by foregoing temptation, greed, and desire.

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‘The Well of Souls’ was the Black & White Abstract Series of the Year 2nd place Winner in the MonoVisions Photography Awards 2018.