Category archives: india

  • Street Portraiture in India

  • I've already expressed my feelings about the ethical considerations of street portraiture. And this week I've been thinking about one of my favourite quotes from Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898 - 1995), who is perhaps most famous for his photojournalism style. He has been described as having a 'nonjudgm[...]
  • A Camel Trek

  • It comes as no surprise that the food in India is amazing.  As a vegetarian, I was in heaven.  Gone were the usual travelling "woes" of negotiating fish paste, beef stock and explanations that yes, ham/chicken/lamb is a meat.  Everyday was a culinary delight of curries, chapatis and flavoured rice, [...]
  • Cows in India

  • Could there be an image more iconic of India than a busy street, filled with yellow rickshaws, hazy skies and amidst all the chaos, a cow wandering down the street against the flow of traffic?  A recent NY Times article estimated there are approximately 280 million cows in India.  These bovines, spe[...]
  • Gangaur or Gauri Tritiya

  • I had just come back from two days riding camels through the desert landscapes outside Bikaner.  It had been a wonderful, peaceful experience completely different to the constant noise and movement of the Indian cities we had been enjoying.  But napped and showered I was feeling restless, [...]
  • Holi

  • I was hoping to get the timing right and have my first pictures from India coincide with the one year anniversary of my arriving in India, March 5th.  Unfortunately, I missed that date.  Plan B was to start posting pictures from India with my favourite series - Holi - on the day of Ho[...]