Arun Patel: Namaste

Photography monograph for Arun Patel

From the photographer:
In my youth and middle age, I never paid much attention to my natural surroundings, preoccupied as I was with studying and then working. As I started to travel with my family, I began to realize that some of our best moments were spent in the quiet of nature. For the first time, by now in my 50s, I understood that I felt different when I was walking in a forest.
This realization was a gradual process, like getting to know a friend. The more time I spent with this friend, the more I enjoyed our relationship. The forests, trees and flowers never asked for anything in return. Whether in need of solace, calm or joy, they are always there waiting for me to arrive; as they do for everyone, and for all the living beings among us....

132 pages
11.24 x 12.25 inches