Book "Saris, the last of The artisans of the silk"

history fabulous of these silk threads become a weaving by expert hands, which li gives its letters of nobility.How to the secrets passed down from generation to generation about the art of tint, weaving. embroidery have survived in two main legendary cities of India, Varanasi and Kanchipuram.

The sari was the dress the most worn in the world. It became a habit of ceremony, and exception. Follow him on the paths of the shadow of the craftsmen have become artists, where the eye of the photographer accompanies them, a privileged witness of the secret so well kept.

Benedict Lange, photographer switzerland, travel for close to twenty years in Asia and Africa. He is the author of many books, including the remarkable Abyssinia between the earth and the sky, the road, Arthur Rimbaud. His photographic career began in Calcutta with the doctor of the streets, Jack Preger. Arrived in this city to work as a volunteer, he is gone again recognized photographer with the Book, the Physician of The Forgotten, dedicated to the work of this exceptional man.

Here is a book all in-depth, delicacy, these artisans of the shadow and their fantastic art of weaving.