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Down the Ganges

by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee
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During a 33-day documentary shoot for our film Elemental, we traveled with Rajendra Singh on a pilgrimage down India’s once pristine Ganges river, now polluted and dying. Here are some snapshots of the journey from the glacial source in the Himalayas to where it meets the sea in the Bay of Bengal. All images taken by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee on an iPhone using Hipstamatic.

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The People's Grocery

In Oakland, California, where liquor stores have replaced markets, the People's Grocery helps residents build healthy connections to food, the land and each other.

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Photo Essay
Mustang: Lives and Landscape of the Lost Tibetan Kingdom
Photographer Taylor Weidman reveals the traditions of a lost Tibetan Kingdom.
by Taylor Weidman
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The Ocean Inside

A meditation on surfing and the ocean, filmed off the coast of West Marin, California.

by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee
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Feature Inhabitants

These five shorts films follows five Native American communities who are restoring their traditional land management practices.

by Costa Boutsikaris and Anna Palmer
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