View Hanuman Anjanadri Temple in Hampi, Karnataka

A landscape of rock and river

The elevated view opens across boulders, green ground and a winding river. Nearby stone and the distant horizon create successive layers of space. The photograph combines a broad landscape view with the palpable closeness of its rocky foreground.

Anjanadri lies near Anegundi across the Tungabhadra from Hampi. Religious tradition regards the hill as Hanuman’s birthplace. That association belongs to a tradition of belief, while the river landscape remains a photographic subject in its own right.