dimanche 27 décembre 2009

Barber shop. Bikaner


Cultural contrast, Bollywood and islam...

Making notebooks. Jaipur














No age to begin working...

samedi 26 décembre 2009

Laundry. Udaipur


Lake Pichola and the lake palace.

vendredi 25 décembre 2009

mercredi 23 décembre 2009

lundi 21 décembre 2009

samedi 12 décembre 2009

Old couple. Udaipur














Old couple looking at the walkersby, protected by a Rajpout warrior.

mardi 8 décembre 2009

mercredi 2 décembre 2009

Chowri showk. Delhi

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

My mother. Udaipur


Simply ironning, but she looks as a madonna...

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...

samedi 7 novembre 2009

Things. Udaipur














Very rare, the dog is all except a beloved animal in India.

jeudi 5 novembre 2009

Pepsi. Udaipur














Pepsi and Rajpouth warriors...
If you like more Coca, go there:
www.flickr.com/photos/25641154@N00/3495769125/in/set-7215...

mercredi 4 novembre 2009

Portrait. Pushkar

Sunsetting walking. Pushkar














The camel men have muscles like ropes, whatever can be the continent...

lundi 2 novembre 2009

Blue chat. Jodhpur

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

Doing basketry. Udaipur














Sparkling eyes, she is still hoping a good life...

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

Connivence. Pushkar


Women togrther, so mischevious!

mardi 29 septembre 2009

The veil. Pushkar

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

Life in red. Udaipur














Just behind a small temple, in a corner, two little girls spending time.

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

The musician. Pushkar


Walking in the crowdy streets pf pushkar during the camel fair...

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

Street scene. Delhi














Chowri chok, daily life...if you want a brand new skirt...

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

Eyes. Pushkar

Camel man. Pushkar














Evening time, let's go to a quiet place to spend the night...