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Three harvesters in an ocean of tea plantations of Munnar mountains

2023-11-20 India, Kerala, Munnar

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Compulsory figure, early morning view

2023-10-31 India, Uttar Pradesh, Agra, Taj Mahal

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Facing the elephant in the room

2023-11-11 India, Karnataka, Hampi

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Twilight on Bundi fort

2023-10-27 India, Rajasthan, Bundi

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Labyrinth to heaven

2023-10-30 India, Rajasthan, Abhaneri, Chand Baori Step Well, on the road from Jaipur to Agra

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Bundi colourful-rich tailor

2023-10-27 India, Rajasthan, Bundi

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Moustache 

2023-10-23 India, Rajasthan, Pushkar

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Far west Hampi road

2023-11-11 India, Karnataka, Hampi

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Mahalakshmi Dhobi Ghat, a gigantic laundry service.

Created in 1890, Mahalakshmi Dhobi Ghat is a giant open air laundry place in Mumbai, India. The washers, known as dhobis, work in the open to clean clothes and linens from Mumbai's hotels, hospitals, neighbourhood laundries, garment dealers, wedding decorators and caterers.

For 18 to 20 hours each day, over 7000 people (around 200 families) flog, scrub, dye and bleach clothes on concrete wash pens, dry them on ropes, neatly press them and transport the garments to different parts of the city. Over one lakh (100,000) clothes are washed each day. Some of the wealthier dhobis have given up on manual cleaning and have now installed large mechanical washing and drying machines. 

2023-11-08 India, Maharashtra, Mumbai (Bombay)

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Tea harvester going down a slippery hill with their heavy load of tea leaves.

It was the end of the day, harvesters were only women, more than a douzain, but a man came with a truck to load all the bags. He was weighing every bag and the salary of the workers depended on it. 

I had been around making photos for some time, observing silently, until one of the women pointed at me and her bag saying something like, help me instead of taking pictures. I said ok, no problem, and pretended I could not lift the bag to make them all laugh and they did. But I’m almost sure I could never have lifted it, put it on my head and walked down this brutal slope.

2023-11-20 India, Kerala, Munnar

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Brahminy Kite hoping for an easy catch near the chinese fishing nets of Kochi

2023-11-15 India, Kerala, Kochi

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Backwaters portrait

2023-11-18 India, Kerala, Alappuzha (Allappey)

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Portrait of a rice harvesting woman

2023-11-18 India, Kerala, Alappuzha (Alleppey)

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Silhouettes on Mahim beach in misty Mumbai 

2023-11-09 India, Maharashtra, Mumbai (Bombay)

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Master of the keys, guardian of the temple

2023-10-28 India, Rajasthan, on the road from Bundi to Jaipur, lost in a small village near Chandlai Lake

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Window view on Rajasthan road

2023-10-27 India, Rajasthan, on the road from Udaipur to Bundi