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All images taken by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee on an iPhone using Hipstamatic. Vaughan-Lee also provided the captions.
Elemental is a documentary, currently in post-production, that follows three iconoclasts who are obsessed with nature and driven by a deep desire to change the status quo. One of them is Rajendra Singh, an Indian government official gone rogue, who has mounted a national crusade to save the Ganges River. During a 33-day shoot, we traveled down the river with Singh—from the glacial source in the Himalayas to where it meets the sea in the Bay of Bengal. Watch the trailer for Elemental here.
All images taken by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee on an iPhone using Hipstamatic. Vaughan-Lee also provided the captions.

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