My dear friend Munna Lal in the last days of his life
"Holi" Festival celebrations in Varanasi, India © Russell Shakespeare 2018
"Old Delhi, India" © Russell Shakespeare 2017
the Chai Master' Apprentice
The workout, Wrestlers Gym, Varanasi, India" . ©Russell Shakespeare 2017
Workout
"I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction" -Aneurin Bevan . ©Russell Shakespeare 2017
Avid Reader
"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.” - Henry David Thoreau . photo ©Russell Shakespeare
the Drummer
"Munna Lal, Varanasi" . ©Russell Shakespeare
Eternal Flame
"the Leap of Faith" ©Russell Shakespeare 2017
the Leap
Varanasi, India . ©Russell Shakespeare 2016
Step Up
Varanasi, India ©Russell Shakespeare 2017
Varanasi
"Smoker" Varanasi, India ©Russell Shakespeare 2017
Smoker
"Worker, Varanasi, India" . ©Russell Shakespeare 2017
Worker
"Varanasi Junction Railway Station, Varanasi, India" . ©Russell Shakespeare
from the archives
"Holi Festival" Varanasi, India. photographed with a Nikonos-V film camera using Tri-X 400 . ©Russell Shakespeare
Film Friday
A picture from the archives. Photo taken in Haridwar, India at the Kumbh Mela. I met up with Stephen Dupont who was also documenting the festival. Stephen is reviewing a polaroid before he sets up his white sheet. © Russell Shakespeare
Haridwar, India with Stephen Dupont
"The Weaver" Varanasi, India © Russell Shakespeare
Dream Weaver
from the Vault
I came across this photograph while reviewing the archive. Photo was taken in Varanasi 1988. I was fresh out of Art College and shooting film. © Russell Shakespeare 1988
"Dog Tired, Kedarghat, Varanasi" © Russell Shakespeare 2016
Dog Tired.....Varanasi
"Ladder Work" © Russell Shakespeare 2016
Ladder Work
"Sisterhood, Kedar Ghat, Varanasi" © Russell Shakespeare 2016
Sisterhood
"Happy Dog" © Russell Shakespeare 2016