Kumartuli Chiaroscuro is a photograph by Shaun Higson which was uploaded on February 17th, 2014.
Kumartuli Chiaroscuro
Kumartuli Kumortuli in Calcutta Kolkata, in West Bengal in India in South Asia... more
by Shaun Higson
Title
Kumartuli Chiaroscuro
Artist
Shaun Higson
Medium
Photograph - Photography
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Kumartuli Kumortuli in Calcutta Kolkata, in West Bengal in India in South Asia
Black and White Travel Film Photography
One of the most fascinating places in this great metropolis is the potters' district known as Kumartuli. I spent a morning in these alleys meeting the potters and photographing the Hindu deities. The skill of the potters is incredible in creating these beautiful sculptures out of clay mud. This one is of dancing Goddesses and I loved the surreal beauty in this representation and the ultimate iconoclasm where the deities are sacrificed in the Hooghly River.
Kumartuli is the potters' quarter in north Calcutta. This community of potters provides beautiful clay sculptures of many different sizes and shapes and genders of the Hindu pantheon of deities for Pujas in religious India. Religion in Asia
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February 17th, 2014
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