Dandaka (SIGNED)

Vasantha Yogananthan
Dandaka (SIGNED)

Photographs: Vasantha Yogananthan

Publisher: Chose Commune

112 pages

Year: 2018

Price: 120 €

Comments: Illustrated hardcover, 24 × 30 cm, colors photographs and thirteen comics inserts, hand-painted photographs made by Vasantha Yogananthan and Jaykumar Shankar, illustrated by the photographer, Mahalaxmi and Shantanu Das, and design by Kummer & Herman. In very good condition other than some light stains on the edge of the pages, book signed by the photographer

Drawing inspiration from the imagery associated The Ramayana and its pervasiveness in everyday Indian life, the 7-book project A Myth of Two Souls, mixes daily life with straged pictures combining a wide range of techniques, including colour photography, hand-paited photography and collages. Over seven years Yogananthan has completed his own epic journey with thirteen trips to India, Nepal and Sri Lanka to finish A Myth of Two Souls. The seven chapters of the project, Early Times, The Promise, Exile, Dandaka, Howling Winds, Afterlife and Amma were pusblished 2016-2021.