Harel Stanton is an ethnographical photographer and professional lecturer. His work focuses on rituals, ceremonies, traditions and ethnic customs that distinguish the dozens of countries he has photographed.His work has been published extensively in the world's leading geographical magazines, among which GEO, National Geographic and more. Stanton travels extensively, photographing and giving multimedia photographic presentations.
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Photos by Harel Stanton
I see myself as a cultural and religious explorer, probing deeply into the heart of religious and cultural ceremonies. My camera is a Key, opening doors and giving me access to the personalities and hearts of the world’s believers.
My photographs document a search for sameness in a world that can seem so different. Beneath the costumes, the smoke, the fire, the symbols, the idols we are all the same. Whether the subject of my photo is a pilgrim’s long journey to Jerusalem or the barefoot villagers of India walking for a week to baptize themselves in the holy Ganges, underneath there is a sameness, a clear expression of love, connection to God, to the mystical, to that something beyond and within us.
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