Yoga: The Secret of Life is a photo-documentary project about the spiritual and physical journey of yoga. Through photographs and text this book by photographer Francesco Mastalia explores the personal experiences of 108 of today’s leading practitioners and how this ancient practice has transformed their mind, body, and spirit.
The photographs for the project are taken on glass plates using the wet collodion process, a photographic technique dating back to the 1850s. With the use of a large-format wooden camera and antique brass lens, glass plates are hand-coated to produce one-of-a-kind “ambrotype” images.
The photographs take on another dimension with the words that accompany them. The text based on interviews provides an intimate and enlightening account of each yogis personal journey. Included are yogis Radhanath Swami, Sharon Gannon, David Life, Gurmukh Kaur Khasla, Sri Dharma Mittra, Krishna Das, Tao-Porchon Lynch, or Shiva Rea.
Francesco Mastalia, Yoga: The Secret of Life
Yoga / Personal Journey / Ambrotype
Published by powerHouse Books
$60
