People of Kashmir

Local people in Yusmarg

A man and his pony in Gulmarg

A boy in the backwaters of Srinagar

A man and his boat in Srinagar

A local woman washing up in a stream at Gulmarg

Bandra People: the Wallahs

The juice wallah

I've started to become brave and take photos of people as I go on my walks.  Mostly they don't mind at all - some even pose.  This series is about the "wallahs".  A wallah (or wala) is a Hindu word that means a person employed at a particular thing.  So for example you can have a rickshaw wallah, a person who drives a rickshaw, or a tobacco wallah, someone who sells cigarettes.  These photos are the wallahs of Bandra Bandstand.

The peacock feather wallah - wonder what you are supposed to do with these? 

The flower garland wallah

The windmill wallah 

The green coconut wallah

People of Ladakh

Powerful Photography

ASB Un-Plugged was yet another opportunity to do a photography walk through our local neighbourhood.  I love people watching!

Banganga

Banganga Tank is part of the Walkeshwa Temple Complex in Malabar Hill. The ancient water tank dates back to the 12th century.

Giving Back

Today was a really special day!  A couple of weekends ago at the Google Summit that was hosted at ASB I ran two sessions about taking and editing photos and turning them into an eBook.  We took a photographic walk through a local neighbourhood close to the school, photographing the colours, shapes, textures, patterns and light - and lots and lots of photographs of the local people. Following our previous Day 9 experiences with photography, I was keen to print out, laminate and give these photographs back to the people.  Today it was such a joy to walk back into the village with the photographs those people in my sessions took to see if we could find the people in our photos - some were very easy to spot as they are wearing the same clothes that we had in the photo.  My sessions at the Google Summit were entitled Powerful Photography, and today I saw just how powerful photography can be - especially when seeing the surprise and pleasure on the people's faces when we gave them back their photographs.

Giving Back - slideshows

Day 9 Documentary Photography

A couple of times a year we have what is known as a Day 9.  This is a day off schedule - usually we work in cycles of 8 days.  During this time both students and teachers can pursue their passions.  The last Day 9 we had I offered photography - I wanted to do this in the village close by the school, but at that time I was told I couldn't take the children out.  We therefore decided to look at photography as art and take photos around school.  This time we were given permission to leave the campus.  My favourite photos are those of the local people going about their daily lives.  We have now laminated these photos and they have been given back to the people who are in them.