Cultural contrast, Bollywood and islam...
dimanche 27 décembre 2009
samedi 26 décembre 2009
vendredi 25 décembre 2009
mercredi 23 décembre 2009
lundi 21 décembre 2009
samedi 12 décembre 2009
mardi 8 décembre 2009
mercredi 2 décembre 2009
Kartik Purnima. Pushkar
During the full moon night and morning , pilgrims come to have a bath i the holy lake. All the women can be seen in the crowd, going out of the ghat with their bag on head.
lundi 30 novembre 2009
vendredi 27 novembre 2009
samedi 21 novembre 2009
mardi 17 novembre 2009
On the move. Pushkar
The women are all in the camel chariot, ready to move, just waiting for the evening and his coolness. They have a three days way to go back in their village.
First the connection was great with the youngest, but the grandma was a little bit angry against me, I guess.
Finally, she became the star of the shooting...
lundi 9 novembre 2009
samedi 7 novembre 2009
jeudi 5 novembre 2009
Pepsi. Udaipur
Pepsi and Rajpouth warriors...
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mercredi 4 novembre 2009
lundi 2 novembre 2009
The grandma. Jaisalmer
This is not a painted ortrait hanging on a wall but a real grandma in her houseyard, inside the Jaisalmer fortress. The painted signs on the wall can be found in all the desert area and are always painted by the women. in the villages, the women build the whole houses .
samedi 31 octobre 2009
vendredi 30 octobre 2009
vendredi 23 octobre 2009
mardi 20 octobre 2009
vendredi 16 octobre 2009
Shopping . Pushkar
It's the end of the day, everybody is selling or buying something. These young ladies were more curious about me than me about them, I think...
At the market. Pushkar
During the camel fair, the farmers families buy all what they need and cannot find in their village.And the sellers try to catch the more money they can...
mardi 6 octobre 2009
jeudi 1 octobre 2009
Lost in her thoughts. Pushkar
Papu is very famous for her eyes; i wanted to show her, without her glance, lost in her thoughts, during the evening, not posing for a portrait,at home.
mercredi 30 septembre 2009
mardi 29 septembre 2009
Moving for the night. Pushkar
The sun is setting, time for the camel men to drive the cattle behind the hill.
mardi 8 septembre 2009
samedi 5 septembre 2009
So smiling. Pushkar
She was one of the pilgrim in Pushkar during the camel fair, so much smiling in her face...
vendredi 10 juillet 2009
mardi 7 juillet 2009
lundi 6 juillet 2009
jeudi 25 juin 2009
dimanche 24 mai 2009
mardi 19 mai 2009
Laundry. Udaipur
The lake palace, on left side, is the place where a part of "Octopussy" the famous J Bond movie have been filmed.
No change we couls see since this moment, except in the touristic restaurants which perform the movie everynight to attract the foreigners.
i suppose the J Bond girls did not made their laundry in the lake...
lundi 18 mai 2009
La discrète. Udaipur
Fingers are really important when you perform Bharata Natyam dance, but not only for dancing, as you can see in this image of an ordinary woman in a daily life market scene.
Chandni chowk. Delhi
DO you feel how hard can be this work among bicycles, rickshaws, motorbikes,sidewalkers and when your customer put all he can on your chariot, without any care about the weight?
dimanche 17 mai 2009
samedi 16 mai 2009
jeudi 14 mai 2009
mercredi 13 mai 2009
Choosing. Pushkar
For the tika on the forehead you can apply some red powder with your finger or buy some little jewels which can be putted on the skin; it's more feminine. After the puja and bath in the holy lake, women like to spend time in the fair and buy some little things to enhance their beauty; universal occupation, I guess.
mardi 5 mai 2009
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