BLOOM is a striking photographic series exploring the symbolic, historical and environmental significance of flowers, their beauty and biodiversity.

These images in this photographic exhibition are a personal chronicle for Marc Baptista, an artist and filmmaker - an exploration and rediscovery of his origins through this project on the soul of the ancient city of Varanasi (Benares). In this oldest inhabited city, these images distills his journey, capturing the ancient and multi-layered city that breathes in contradictions - where the sacred and the profane, the eternal [...]