Italy! It's one of the most artistically inspired lands I've ever visited. I can only imagine that if Michelangelo had been with the yogis, the streets of Rome and Florence would be filled with marble sculptures of human beings in yoga poses, reaching towards the heavens.
I'm in the midst of fulfilling a vision of reinterpreting the world, with the beauty of yoga poetically dancing within it; it adds an elegance to the familiar, creating new ways of seeing, appreciating and celebrating life. With yoga, I see humanities longing to touch greatness. And this is the story I seek to tell.
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Il Duomo, Florence
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Florence
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Arches along the Arno River, Florence
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Florence
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Piazza della Signoria, Florence
Florence
Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence
Florence
Florence
Florence
Il Duomo, Florence
Piazza Venezia, Rome
The Pantheon, Rome
The Pantheon, Rome
Piazza Navona, Rome
Ponte Sant'Angelo, Rome
The Colosseum, Rome
A dedicated yoga practitioner himself, Sturman's work has increasingly focused on capturing the timeless grace and embodied mindfulness of asana. His portraits, whether set in the lively streets of Manhattan, the expansiveness of Malibu's beaches and canyons, the timeless elegance of Walden's New England, or the bleakness of San Quentin Prison, remind us that there is beauty everywhere. In Sturman's own words "I often think of Rumi: 'I can't stop pointing to the beauty.' That feels right to me."
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