Multimedia: Wasim The Varanasi Sari Maker

Posted by Matt Brandon | May 6, 2010 | 5 |

One of the assignments we gave our last Lumen Dei workshop participants was to create a short, two minute multimedia photo essay on anything or anyone as long as it was in Varanasi. They were to use Soundslides, but we would provide the audio bed for them. The assignment was to be shot the two days we spent in Varanasi. Gavin and I will be posting some of the participant’s shows in the future. All of them did very well.

This show was the one I made. I found it interesting that though Varanasi is known as a holy Hindu city, it has a Muslim population of over 665,000. The Muslims of the city are often overlooked by the throngs of tourist that visit every day. Yet they contribute richly to the culture of this great city. I hope you enjoy.

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Matt Brandon

Matt is a Malaysia based assignment photographer. Well known as a photographer and international workshop instructor, Matt’s images have been used by business and organizations around the globe. Matt is also a Fujifilm Malaysia brand ambassador. Matt is a contributor to National Geographic, National Geographic Traveller and other major publications.

5 Comments

D. Shun-Luoi Fong on May 7, 2010 at 4:17 am

Hi Matt,

Great essay…thanks for sharing! Out of curiosity, what equipment did you use to capture the audio?
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Erin Wilson on May 7, 2010 at 8:02 am

Your images are wonderful. No surprise there. But as someone who loves textiles… what a great story. It's a powerful to thing to see the craftsman's face. Thank you.
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Matt Brandon on May 7, 2010 at 8:23 am

Erin,Thanks. I love the way you put that, “It's a powerful to thing to see the craftsman's face.” Just what I have been telling my clients.
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Ursula on May 7, 2010 at 11:18 pm

Nice to see it again!
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Custom Writing Essays on February 10, 2011 at 6:54 pm

I look forward to reading more on the topic in the future.
Keep up the good work! This blog is going to be great resource. Love reading it
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