TITLE: Higher Power

On the last day of Kumbh Mela 2025 in Varanasi at Maha Shivratri...a day in which Hindu mythology states that Maha Shivaratri commemorates the Tandava, the cosmic dance of creation, preservation, and destruction.

AUTHOR: Kelly Conlin (United States)

Kelly Conlin's interest in photography began when he was a teenager, inspired by the
book "The Family of Man" from the Museum of Modern Art exhibition curated by Edward Steichen. He started a commercial photography business while in high school and became a darkroom technician for a commercial photographer. After a career in media and technology, he began photographing again in 2022, some forty years after taking his first photograph with a Kodak 35mm Retinette camera. He focuses on street and documentary photography, and has been included in a number of juried exhibitions.