Ritual - Puja
Puja is the worship ritual performed by Hindus to offer devotional homage and prayer to one or more deities. The loving offering of light, flowers, and water or food to the divine - an essential ritual of Hinduism. For the worshipper, the divine is visible in the image, and the divinity sees the worshipper.
Photographs, editing, sequencing: Laila Nahar / Book Concept and Book design: Laila Nahar / Texts: Laila Nahar, excerpt from Bhagavad Gita and wikipedia / Language: English, Sanskrit / Self-Published / First Edition of 25 Hand-bound copies in Jan, 2025 /
Exhibition: selected for the Ritual exhibition presented by 23 Sandy and Baylor University Libraries. On view at Baylor University (Feb-May’25). 23sandy.com.
Details of book-structure: Each spread of 3 photo-montage forms a French flap with 4 folds. 10 spreads of photo-montage/texts and 2 shorter spreads are stitched with Coptic Binding. Hardcover with imagewrap and Screenprint Sanskrit scripture on Handmade Paper from India.
Inside pages - Archival Inkjet print on Red River Matte Cover. Endcover with Archival Inkjet print on Hiromi Paper, Screenprint of Sanskrit scripture on handmade paper from India (Sri Arobindo Handmade paper)
Inside flaps open like a flower.
Total 40 pages where each spread making 4 folds/pages, 34 photos.
- 4.125 x 5.625 in
To acquire/purchase, please email me.
