Wow, Antonio, these kids are gorgeous and I like the images that complete the story, but I have to say, that first one, with the kids on the bike.. it's fabulous!
Thank you Maggie !
We had some tea with them.
The sight of kids going "barefoot" evokes wonder, that their feet don't get sore and empathy for their misfortune.
We think of this as being only possible in "far off lands" but this was not uncommon in the U.K. in the time period of "Downtown Abbey" where Victorian England is celebrated in some fantasy of civility and consideration. Most kids in some urban neighborhoods went barefoot! Look at the fabulous new photography book of the period,
here and even more pointedly, [url;=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2014/oct/25/spitalfields-nippers-londons-poorest-children-in-the-early-1900s-in-pictures]
here[/url]!
BTW, notice how the large toe is at an angle to the rest of the toes to increase stability. This natural feature is lost in the enclosed shoe!
Asher
We had some tea with them.
A wonderful set Antonio... This one particularly jumps out at me!
These people live in very poor conditions. They came to us with some tea. But not in cups but in saucers as they use so often about here.
Thank you for passing by and commenting.
I hope to be able to work on a few photographs and post them here in the next days.
Morning visit in
Mumbai:
Dhobi Ghat
"...Mumbai (/mʊmˈbaɪ/; also known as Bombay, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India and the ninth most populous agglomeration in the world, with an estimated city population of 18.4 million..."
More to come
Morning visit in
Mumbai:
Dhobi Ghat
"...Mumbai (/mʊmˈbaɪ/; also known as Bombay, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India and the ninth most populous agglomeration in the world, with an estimated city population of 18.4 million..."
More to come
Awesome vantage points and great documentary work Antonio! Who cares about basic goods and services when there is such a huge "Fire Economy" (Finance, Insurance ,Real Estate)
Best, regards
James
More of the same place. Just a quick tour.
More of the same place. Just a quick tour.
Antonio,
Unlike
Tom's more cynical view of the world, I see beauty in all the disorder. Humans have an ability to make a simple sum.
Happiness is when the good one receives exceeds, (and the bad is less), than what one normally expects!
So I appreciate and enjoy that smile!
Asher
This is superb, Antonio! I find that sleeping dog to be adorable!
Striking texture in an enticing composition, a window on the level of human physical labor in this society and so many others!
Asher
More to come... more to come...
Thank you Asher !
I will make now a jump of some days ahead.
While on visit I saw photographers shooting people. I came to them and I bought 15 of there images. Now, at home, I scanned and gave a little punch to them
Here is the result. I am keeping the originals done with a portable Canon printer. Poor quality of all pictures.
A detail of the
Elephanta Caves, Maharashtra State of India
Antonio, I absolutely love what you have produced here. Your perspectives are wonderful, they unveil and portray a rich tapestry of life and it's living in these parts. Good stuff.
Asher, I agree with you and likewise you can't have one thing without the other. Too much of one side is bad for the soul.
We crossed the sea on a boat like this one, while many others were at large...
A detail of the
Elephanta Caves, Maharashtra State of India
Antonio,
What sensuous thighs! I do hope I'm responding to a female with charters to hold up her stockings, LOL!
Asher
Making granite tiles for pavement in Elephanta Caves and leg, hand and jewellery from an Indian guide on our way back to Mumbai on the boat.
We had some tea with them.
Elsewhere
in this recent thread, (post #3), Paul made an argument for not removing background as one needs "context". So there is a push-pull "tug off war" contest between classic subject isolation and retaining the "truth" and hard reality of the situation by insisting on context, even if it takes away from perfect composition of some conjured up "beauty".
Here, Antonio, you have discovered an angle that isolates the three children, but in doing so you actually heightened the context as their barefoot stand on parched cracked sienna primal earth devoid of relief from the heat and sharp edges.
This is an excellent achievement and I didn't realize it until Paul raised the issue of "needing context" in a picture by Robert Watcher.
I appreciate so much learning from you guys.
Thanks!
Asher
I know that I am a bit late, but I wanted to say that I like that image, especially the colours.
Thank you Asher.
The photo of the boys does have ambitions of art - obviously, I know - but only to register them with the cups and the tea in context.
I have made this photograph on purpose. I moved them from one site to another so I could have a good background and the vanishing light from the end of the day.
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Thank you Jerome.
I told them to ride while shooting. They looked at me spontaneously.
I just noticed the bright eyes! How could I have missed these jewsels!
Antonio, there are such riches in this series!
Asher
I was lucky ! They were posing for me and kept shooting...
Back to Elephanta caves for a glimpse inside
Back to Elephanta caves for a glimpse inside
Imagine, that if we were totally analytical and logical, demanding proof, we'd have no treasures like these. Yes we'd have the kids, but not the fantasy.
From the Pharaohs to Hercules and modern religions, we have imagination and myth, truth and great timeless ideas, all woven into the fabric of what we are "certain about".
One reward is this cave!
Of course, the kids would still be a wonder and an attraction, without the decorations of monsters, magic, myth and miracles!
Asher
Wonderful captures and stories Antonio.
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Ramkund, Nashik. In
April and now, November 2016.
A wonderful collection of images, very skillful and very interesting steps off the bean paths.
A wonderful collection of images, very skillful and very interesting steps off the bean paths.
Thank you Peter.
I will keep posting as I select and develop them.