Bruno Barbey Czestochowa is a town on the river Warta, dating to the 13th century, which has gained is fame with the miraculous picture of "Our Lady of Czestochowa", the Black Madona, who is said to have saved (...)
the Monastery of Jasna Gora after its siege in the 17th century by invading Swedes. Czestochowa, Poland. 1979. © Bruno Barbey | Magnum Photos
Bruno Barbey Ganesh festival. The birthday of Ganesh Chaturthi, the elephant headed God who was the son of Shiva and Parvati, is one of the most popular annual religious festivals of Bombay. It takes place at t (...)
he end of the Monsoon season in late August and September. Traditional clay effigies are carried through the city to the Bombay waterfront where they are immersed in the sacred waters and left there to be decomposed. Effigies of Gansesh and his parents Parvati and Shiva. Mumbai, India. 1980. © Bruno Barbey | Magnum Photos