BW photography – Page 3

Intl Saturdays 12: The Temple Guard

October 19, 2012August 26, 2018Posted in UncategorizedTagged BW photography, International Saturdays, mythology, Old Bangkok, Temple complex, temple guard, Thailand, wat phraw kaew1 Comment

While walking through the temples or Wats around Old Bangkok, you will come across a lot of these fierce looking temple guardians. I do not remember much about the significance of these figures, but i could definitely relate them to the Chinese warrior figures i had seen in the past. (Sorry, but this Thailand trip is a blur right now, except for some photographs that i have. Next time, if i get a chance to go there, i will be more thorough with my research;)

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Intl Saturdays 10: Attention!

October 5, 2012August 26, 2018Posted in UncategorizedTagged airport, ATM, BW photography, Daily Life, Japan, Japanese culture, street photography, symmetric placement, Tokyo3 Comments

While in Tokyo, i was really fascinated to see people standing ramrod straight while waiting.

Waiting at the signal to cross the road…

… or waiting for the cash to come out of this ATM…

… or just waiting to finish a call on the cellphone.

It was just so completely different from our natural tendency to lean on either leg. It is as if their brain is programmed to be in the ‘Attention’ pose. Maybe that is one of the reason they are so fit and so toned. I am not kidding when i say this: I could count the number of obese people i saw (in the week that i was in Tokyo) on one hand!

Here are some in colour.

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Portraits 6: The Arch

October 3, 2012August 26, 2018Posted in UncategorizedTagged BW photography, Daily Life, Dhobi Ghat, portraitLeave a comment

This is one of my personal favourites among all the portraits i have shot. This was taken on one of the roofs of Dhobi Ghat. I was actually shooting the workers using the clothesline as a sort of a framing tool. This elderly person was kind of confused with what i was doing and kept looking at me. When i pointed the camera in his direction, he did not budge, but his eyebrow arched a bit, making the wrinkles on his forehead more conspicuous. When i showed him the result, he did smile:P
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Um-be-re-llla

September 30, 2012August 26, 2018Posted in UncategorizedTagged BW photography, cloudy skies, Daily Life, marine drive, marine lines, rains, South Mumbai, street photographyLeave a comment

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Intl Saturdays 9: Disappearing feet

September 28, 2012August 26, 2018Posted in UncategorizedTagged abstract photography, BW photography, Daily Life, Roppongi hills, surreal, Tokyo2 Comments

While strolling in the Roppongi Hills district in Tokyo, i came across a wide open area which had a huge spider installation simply called Maman. While i couldn’t get the complete spider in the frame (you can see only 1 foot on the left and the shadow of 3 on the right) , i noticed that it presented a good opportunity to play with some deliberate blurring. The two friends in the foreground helped a lot by staying still for the whole time.
It’s a pity i could not visit this place during the daytime wherein i could have tried harder to get the complete spider.

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Jugaad 1

September 25, 2012August 26, 2018Posted in UncategorizedTagged advertisements, BW photography, Daily Life, Jugaad, Mount Abu, streetLeave a comment

Jugaad is the Indian terminology for finding quick and easy alternatives to solving complex or expensive problems. We see it all around us. While exploring Mt. Abu, I came across this variation of Jugaad, where instead of having banners advertising their wares, the businessmen simply used the whitewashed pillars with arrow-marks to tell someone on the street what they were dealing in. It cuts out the need for spending money on external banners and makes use of what would have otherwise been dull painted walls and pillars.

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Chevy Vs Rolls

September 12, 2012August 26, 2018Posted in UncategorizedTagged BW photography, cars, Chevrolet, mumbai, Rolls Royce, vintage card rally, vintage cars2 Comments

There is something inherently attractive about the aesthetics of vintage cars. And it seems even more beautiful, when these beauties are actually in perfect working conditions. Had made these photographs at one of the vintage car rallies that happen in Mumbai.