Maha Kumbh Mela

• Photographer
  Erberto Zani / www.erbertozani.com, Italy
• Studio
  Erberto Zani / Photographer
• Socials
• Website
  http://www.erbertozani.com

In the city of Allahabad, in Uttar Pradesh (India), every 12 years
pilgrimage on Gange and festivities of Kumbh Mela are celebrated
in solemn manner: but every 12 cycles, that is to say every 144
years, the "Maha Kumbh Mela" - Queen of the celebrations, takes
place and is the greatest of all festivals. No event in the world can
compete in size, dimension and fervor with this event of men and
gods.
Maha Kumbh Mela is the greatest religious festival in the world: in
2013, recorded an impressive attendance of over 80 million
pilgrims who, during the 55-day festivities (between January and
March), have converged in Allahabad at the Triveni Sangam, the
sacred confluence of rivers Gange and Yamuna.
Next edition will take place on 2157.

• Biography
  Erberto Zani (Italy, 1978) is a documentary photographer, journalist and photo books designer, based between Parma (Italy) and Basel (Switzerland). Since 1998 he worked as photographer in advertisement sector. Freelance since 2008, most of his works are focused on documentary-humanitarian themes. He cooperates with companies, magazines and No Profit Organizations, for photographs and editorial projects.
• Awards
  2018 Monochrome Photography Awards: 2nd place category "Abstract" Chromatic Photography Awards: 1st Place "Street" category with Leathers drying. IPA - International Photography Awards: 2nd place, category "Event / Social cause" for Rohingya's exodus. 2017 Monochrome Photography Awards: 1st and 2nd place, category "Photojournalism" 2016 IPA - International Photography Awards: 2nd place, category Book Documentary for "Black World" PX3 - Prix de la Photographie Paris: Gold medal in Professional Book Documentary and Bronze medal in Professional Book People