My mother. Udaipur

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

Glance. Pushkar

Turban. Pushkar

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...

In motion. Pushkar

Emparhy; Shekawati

Things. Udaipur

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

Pepsi. Udaipur

Pepsi and Rajpouth warriors...
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Portrait. Pushkar

Sunsetting walking. Pushkar

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

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 .

Yellow. Mandawa

Face. Pushkar

Veiled. Udaipur

Mobilephone.Pushkar

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...

Doing basketry. Udaipur

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

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.

Connivence. Pushkar

Women togrther, so mischevious!

The veil. Pushkar

Moving for the night. Pushkar

The sun is setting, time for the camel men to drive the cattle behind the hill.

Life in red. Udaipur

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

So smiling. Pushkar

She was one of the pilgrim in Pushkar during the camel fair, so much smiling in her face...

King kong. Delhi

Pilgim. Pushkar

The musician. Pushkar

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

Milking. Jaisalmer

Head in the sky. Delhi

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...

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?

Jewels. Pushkar

Street scene. Delhi

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

Glances. Pushkar

Thoughts. Pushkar

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.

Eyes. Pushkar

Camel man. Pushkar

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

The frightening tiger. Udaipur

I am just kidding, these girls were rather mischevious than frightened! Playing with the photographer a kind of hide and seek game.
The tiger is painted on a temple wall.

Jain cooking. Udaipur

I have been invited in the house of a jain family; they don't eat any meat , egg..;
About the vegetables they only use the aerian part of them, what is growing in the ground is considered as unpure, as onions, garlic, potatoes...
When I leaved, her husband said me: "i hope you will stop eating meat when you will be back in your country".
I didn't.,

Thirsty. Pushkar

Enjoy! Pushkar

I stayed a moment close to this Coca-cola publicity, waiting for an opportunity. One of the images I did there was this arrival of two young gipsy ladies walking by...

Portrait. Pushkar

Phoning. Pushkar

Mobile and traditionnal heavy silver or gold jewels for these villagers. That's the eal India...

The farmer. Pushkar

Tika. Pushkar

The pilar. Pushkar

Among the crowd in the entrance and exit of the ghats.

Villagers at the market. Udaipur