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Catnapping Rickshaw Puller | Calcutta

Catnapping Rickshaw Puller | Calcutta

  • February 8, 2021
  • Black and White / Calcutta / Fine Art Photography / India / Kolkata / Monochrome Monday / Rickshaws / Street Photography
  • 2 Comments

A rickshaw puller (rickshaw wallah) takes a catnap while waiting for his next fare in the heat of the day in Calcutta, India. The rickshaw and their drivers are vanishing…

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Rickshaw Puller – Calcutta, India | Redux

Rickshaw Puller – Calcutta, India | Redux

  • February 1, 2021
  • Black and White / Calcutta / Fine Art Photography / India / Monochrome Monday / Rickshaws
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A Rickshaw puller in Calcutta, India, is about to start his grueling day delivering his fares or their parcels through Kolkatta’s narrow, winding, traffic-choked streets. This is one in a…

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At the Quay
Calcutta Ferry Quay

At the Quay

  • November 16, 2020
  • Black and White / Calcutta / Fine Art Photography / India / Monochrome Monday
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Calcutta Ferry Quay A few women wait on the quay in Calcutta, India. They wait for the ferry to take them across the Hooghly River, a branch of the Ganges.

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Rickshaw Puller – Calcutta, India

Rickshaw Puller – Calcutta, India

  • September 28, 2020
  • Black and White / Calcutta / Culture / Fine Art Photography / India / Monochrome Monday
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A rickshaw puller rests while his fare tends his shrine in Calcutta, India. The rickshawalas, or rickshaw pullers, are a dying breed in Calcutta and Northeastern India and Bangladesh. Brought…

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Kusti by the Hooghly | Traditional Indian Wrestling in Kolkata

Kusti by the Hooghly | Traditional Indian Wrestling in Kolkata

  • March 21, 2020
  • Calcutta / Culture / India / Kolkata
  • 4 Comments

Kusti is India’s traditional form of wrestling that dates back over three thousand years. But it’s much more than just the sport of wrestling. Along with it comes a strict…

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Rickshaw Pullers of Calcutta

Rickshaw Pullers of Calcutta

  • June 27, 2017
  • Black and White / Calcutta / India / Photo Essay / Rickshaws
  • 9 Comments

For most of us, it is difficult to watch a person being used as a beast of burden pulling another person and their belongings. It seems inhumane, all the more…

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The Bauls of Bengal.

The Bauls of Bengal.

  • May 17, 2015
  • Calcutta / Culture / India / Religion / Tradition
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India never ceases to leave me in wonder. The diversity and devotion and spirituality. Take for example the Baul sect of ascetics that roam the Bengal area of Eastern India…

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Angles and Elbows

Angles and Elbows

  • October 20, 2014
  • Black and White / Calcutta / Culture / India / Photography / Street Photography
  • 3 Comments

Calcutta, India. Two men finish washing pots and pans in an alleyway behind a neighborhood eatery. As they straighten and give me an understandably quizzical look, I am drawn to…

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Coffee with Friends and Books by the Thousands

Coffee with Friends and Books by the Thousands

  • January 20, 2014
  • Calcutta / Culture / India / People / Photography / Travel / Travel Photography
  • 13 Comments

Friends meet for coffee at the landmark Indian Coffee House on College Street in Kolkata, India. Also known as the College Street Coffee House, the cafe is located across from…

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One is the Loneliest Number, Or is It?

One is the Loneliest Number, Or is It?

  • December 20, 2013
  • Calcutta / Daily Post / Photo Challenge / Portrait / Street Photography / Travel Photography
  • 13 Comments

A young boy sits alone with his thoughts in Kolkata, India.What are his thoughts?What are your thoughts?All alone! Whether you like it or not, alone is something you'll be quite…

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