The sand mandala and other contemporary visual communications

This is a subset from a longer series of photos planned as a book about the ephemerality of visual memories. The images are between 10 and 18 Mpx. I have used this selection for an exhibition, and accompanied with the text below as an explanation: A mandala is a spiritual and ritual image used in Indian religions. It is a symbol for the universe. The word comes from Sanskrit and meant originally circle. In Tibetan Buddhism mandalas are often made out of coloured sand. A sand mandala can take several weeks to build due to the detailed patterns. After completion the mandala is liturgically destroyed by releasing the sand into moving natural water, in a ritual symbolizing the transitory nature of material life.