Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks to everyone who took time out to look. These people, though it might not be readily apparent, have an extraordinarily hard life, and are somewhere in the bottom 15% of the social and economic strata here in India. Like most gypsies, for that is what they are, they live in the margins of society. The ornament in the nostril has a twofold purpose - firstly to announce the tribe/community they belong to, and secondly beautification, as do the bangles up the arm. Cheers Jayanand On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 5:15 AM, Lluis Ripoll <lluisripollquerol at gmail.com> wrote: > Fantastic portraits Jayanand! > > You have captured all the beauty of your Country, it is difficult make a > choice, maybe Little Girl2... > > Cheers > Lluis > > > El 05/01/2011, a las 10:01, Jayanand Govindaraj escribi?: > >> After the long debate on B&W and Colour, here are some colour >> photographs of tribal nomadic women and children (from a single >> encampment) who sell handmade trinkets to get by - each bracelet, >> painstakingly made typically sells for US$2-3. Even most of the >> spectacularly coloured clothes they wear are hand embroidered by >> themselves. Though these photographs were shot in the Little Rann of >> Kutch in Gujarat, the tribe actually belongs to the neighboring state >> of Rajasthan. >> >> Little Girl: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/People/_JGJ0782-Edit.jpg.html >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/People/_JGJ0785-Edit-2-Edit.jpg.html >> >> Mother and Child: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/People/_JGJ0793-Edit.jpg.html >> >> Women: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/People/_JGJ0805-Edit.jpg.html >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/People/_JGJ0808-Edit.jpg.html >> >> For Sale: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/People/P1060620-Edit.jpg.html >> >> C&C, as always, welcome. >> >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >