Introduction
The photographs created in The Travelers are an intimate look at Western spiritual tourism in India. During my travels in India I documented the lives and activities of foreign tourists studying yoga in ashrams, spiritual retreats, and holy places. I found myself drawn to the transformations wrought by the cultural environment of India on Western travelers and observed that many, like myself, were not only interested in seeing the sights, but obtaining a deeper understanding of the self through meditation and yoga.
I became interested in spiritual travel during my first visit to India. I began to question why so many Westerners were interested in yoga, meditation, and eastern religions. This curiosity prompted me to turn my camera toward fellow travelers that I met along the way. The subsequent images create a portrait of foreign travelers in India.
The Travelers project was created with the help of a Fulbright Travel Grant to India.
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