Win Coates
| Win Coates | |
|---|---|
 Win Coates in India, c. 1985 | |
| Born |
March 28, 1960 Long Island, New York |
| Died |
February 7, 1990 Long Island, New York |
| Occupation | photographer |
| Notes | |
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Photo by Win Coates (self-portrait) | |
Winslow Shelby Coates III, better known as Win Coates, (March 28, 1960 – February 7, 1990) was an American documentary photographer and a follower of Meher Baba.
Life
Born in Long Island, Win Coates was a photojournalist who worked in the United States, Nicaragua, and India. He devoted much of his short adult life to photographing scenes of India and events in relation with eastern spirituality, most notably Indian master Meher Baba after Meher Baba's death in 1969. Coates took several thousand photographs and recorded hundreds of audio tapes of Meher Baba's intimate mandali all over the world, and also documented Meher Baba's samadhi (tomb) and dhuni, along with surrounding countryside and local villagers. Many of the photographs pertaining to eastern spiritual subjects on Wikipedia were taken by Win Coates. Win also edited the 1987 motion picture documentary, Meher Baba, Avatar of the Age (uncredited).[1]
Photos by Win Coates
Children playing, Ahmednagar, India
Samadhi of Meher Baba near Ahmednagar, India
Dhuni fire, Meherabad, India
Faredoon Driver showing upper Meherabad near Arangaon village
Mandali Hall in Meherazad, India
Mani Irani, sister of Meher Baba
