Steve McCurry
Red Shoes at Holi Festival
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Celebrated
documentary photographer, Steve McCurry, captured this image during the Holi
festival in India. Holi is an ancient Hindu spring festival celebrated at the
approach of the vernal equinox on the full moon. The festival signifies the
victory of good over evil, the arrival of spring, end of winter, and for many a
festive day to meet others, play and laugh, forget and forgive, and repair
ruptured relationships. Known for its vibrant colors festival participants hurl
brightly colored, perfumed powders and water at one another – anyone is
considered fair game regardless of gender, class or age. An exuberant riot of
color takes place in streets, parks, outside temples and buildings with groups
carrying drums and musical instruments.
It was in India
that McCurry first learned to watch and wait on life. If you wait, he realized,
people will forget your camera and the soul will drift up into view. In this
photograph we can feel the soul of the festival and imagine ourselves stepping
into these beautifully pigment cloaked shoes, stopping for a moment amid the
dancing, music, and fellow revelers to consider all that has come to pass and
soak up the universal human excitement for the new beginnings we are offered
each spring.
The Holi
festival was celebrated on March 6th of this year and we welcome the
official first day of spring on March 20th.
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