We recently restored a small 10cm photograph from Ross Howard. It was a photograph of two men and Ross required a new photograph with just one of the men so that it could be printed life size.
The picture below shows the comparative size.
Here is Ross’s story:
“We run a yoga ashram in Southampton called The Yoga Sanctuary. The man in the photo is Swami Yogeshwar Ananda Saraswati, the guru in our lineage, known affectionately to us as Guruji. Guruji left his body in 1985 and I don’t expect there is picture of such detail (and size!) anywhere on the planet. Hence we are truly grateful, Photographs Forever’s work has meant a lot to all of the community here.
“The original photo was retrieved from an ashram in Rishikesh, India.
Swami Yogeshwarananda left home at 14 for a life of renunciation. He found his way to the Himalayas of North India and Tibet where he practiced severe Yogic disciplines for many years. Through this, he became an adept master and began teaching the wisdom of Yoga, setting up several ashrams across northern India. The Sanctuary’s roots stretch back to when our teacher (Steve Harrison) made contact with Guruji at his ashram in Rishikesh. Guruji left his body in 1985 but continues to inspire the work we do here at the Sanctuary to this day.
On a recent trip to the Rishikesh ashram last December we uncovered some photographs that hadn’t seen the light of day for many years. We brought them back to the UK to make digital copies and decided to get one blown up to life-size to display in our Yoga Shala. A few years back Photographs Forever had enhanced another picture of Guruji that we were also able to get blown up in size so we knew they were the right people for the job!
We couldn’t be happier with the result. It is like he is standing in front of you in life-like detail. I expect this is the biggest and highest quality photo of Guruji anywhere on the earth and it will cherished by the whole community here for many years to come.”
Here is the website of the sanctuary : www.yogasanctuary.co.uk
