Paul Collis, Where Fire meets Faith (PLACES 2026)

Smoke drifts across the cremation ghats as workers, mourners, animals, and spectators occupy the same space. The photograph observes a place where ritual is woven into daily life, and where the boundaries between the ordinary and the sacred become indistinct.

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