David Katzenstein: RITUAL

David Katzenstein: RITUAL

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These photographs by David Katzenstein emerged from his lifelong artistic journey as a visual chronicler of humanity. His mission led him to travel to many parts of the world to experience other cultures and peoples firsthand, capturing images that relate to the themes he is drawn to. In the process, he came to be fascinated by rituals.

The book contains over 100 images that were taken in twenty-six countries on six continents between 1982 and 2019 – a span of thirty-seven years. They document humans in the act of performing a wide array of rituals, both religious and secular. Rituals depicted herein include those of Animism, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Shintoism. Folk festivals, military assemblies and parades are nonreligious rituals found in everyday life. Whether rituals are religious or secular, from his experience they are all, in some sense, sacred to those who perform them.

David Katzenstein
RITUAL

Publisher: ‎Hirmer Publishers (28 July 2022)
Hardcover: ‎160 pages
ISBN-13: ‎978-3777439372

Order: https://davidkatzenstein.com/RITUAL:-The-Book

THE SACRED BAOBAB TREE, TOUBA, SENEGAL, 2004

THE SACRED BAOBAB TREE, TOUBA, SENEGAL, 2004 © David Katzenstein: RITUAL

TRAIN STATION, TOUBA, SENEGAL, 2004

TRAIN STATION, TOUBA, SENEGAL, 2004 © David Katzenstein: RITUAL

MILITARY ASSEMBLY, CUSCO, PERU, 1984

MILITARY ASSEMBLY, CUSCO, PERU, 1984 © David Katzenstein: RITUAL

UDAIPUR, RAJASTHAN, INDIA, 1995

UDAIPUR, RAJASTHAN, INDIA, 1995 © David Katzenstein: RITUAL

KRISHNA WIDOWS, VRINDAVAN, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA, 1995

KRISHNA WIDOWS, VRINDAVAN, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA, 1995 © David Katzenstein: RITUAL

WESTERN WALL, OLD CITY (JERUSALEM), ISRAEL, 1996

WESTERN WALL, OLD CITY (JERUSALEM), ISRAEL, 1996 © David Katzenstein: RITUAL


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