COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society. Known as sadhus, they shun all home comforts for a life spent inside caves, forests and temples and can be found across India and Nepal. German banker and photographer Mario Gerth decided to find and photograph the sadhu people. The 38-year-old of Erfurt, Germany, says: “I have been obsessed with the sadhus for many years and set off in 2013 to look for them.
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
