09. October 2006
White Shadows
Îmages of the Forgotten Women of India
A life worth living? In a part of India, it is believed that widows should devote their lives in memory of their late husbands. This would mean completely withdrawing themselves from society.
Tewfic -El-Sawy's White Shadows is a photographic essay of widows living in Vrindavan, India. These women are destitute and reliant for their survival on charitable foundations and charities set up by wealthy Indian families, and on daily alms from pilgrims visiting the holy town. Since they usually wear white saris, as a mark of having renounced all life’s material pleasures, they appear as fleeting shadows swathed in white.
We invite you not only to view the pictures but to reflect on them. Please follow this link www.white-shadows.com/.