[Leica] Indian street scenes

[lrzeitlin at gmail.com (Lawrence Zeitlin)]

While trying to clean up my image files after my frustrating attempt to
convert to Snow Leopard, I came across these two almost forgotten street
photos. Almost 20 years ago I served as a Visiting Professor at the
University of Delhi. During the gaps between lectures, I strolled the
streets in the market area, Rollei 35 in hand. I occasionally bought lunch
from this gentleman. The food was quite tasty. After all, what can you do
bad to an egg?

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Cook.jpeg.html


The next picture is of a coppersmith who made some remarkable creations with
only a pair of tin snips and a hammer. A real craftsman. I still have a
couple of his decorative plates hanging from my wall. He was offered a place
in one of the fancy tourist shops downtown but he told me that he preferred
being in business for himself.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Coppersmith.jpg.html


Nathan's picture of a woman with a sharp knife comes to mind. For these
pictures the content seems more important than the quality. The photo of the
cook, really just a snapshot with a consumer camera, was featured on the
cover of an airline travel magazine. The art director felt that it would
attract more attention than a beautiful pastoral scene. It is sometimes
better to be lucky than good.

Larry Z