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.
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
A BEAUTIFUL sight for the eyes and the imagination, these liquid sculptures take shape in many different colours and formations .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
Pic By Graham Gibson/ HotSpot Media - SHARK HYPNOTIST BALANCES SHARK IN PALM OF HIS HAND- In Pic - Diver Tom and Caribbean reef sharks in the Bahamas- A SHARK hypnotist balances these predators in the palm of his hand by sending them to sleep with a gentle nose rub .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .