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Benares, India (Night Scene with Sleeping Man in Rickshaw)

Benares, India (Night Scene with Sleeping Man in Rickshaw)

William Gedney

American

Gedney captures a calm moment in this horizontal format image of a Varanasi street at night. In the right foreground at close range, a rickshaw driver sleeps in his vehicle. Behind him, the street winds up and to the left, revealing a desolate place with shops closed, doors shut, and no pedestrians. This rich, moody image reveals Gedney's interest in night scenes, which he incorporated into several of his bodies of work.

Silver gelatin print

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