“I discovered photography while backpacking through India when I was 18. I fell in love with this country culturally, spiritually and visually. I’ve returned many times and my first ever published book was on India. It maintains a great personal significance to me and I am never tired of its magic, mystery and challenges. This time I returned to one of my favourite places, Varanasi, the city of light! I led a Leica Akademie workshop with 12 international guests during India’s most significant festival, Diwali and these are some of my personal favourite moments”. 

- Stephen Dupont