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Slow going photography

23 January 2008 at 9:25 am | In India, Photography |

In 2003 I backpacked through India and Nepal for 6 months with 2 fantastic friends. I like to think of myself as a bit of a photographer, having studied black and white darkroom photography, gone to portfolio reviews and all that. But in reality I’m not much of one–or I’m a painfully slow one. Since it took me 5 years to have these slides printed. I’m actually going back to India for a cousin’s wedding in a couple of weeks, so these photos have really re-excited me. While they have nothing to do with knitting, I do think that having a knitting blog has brought back my photography obsession. I’m going to have to get into the self-portraiture thing for my FOs from now on. In that spirit, I thought I would share some photos I’m proud of:

Boys in Kanya Kumari–the southernmost tip of India where the Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal meet.

A soldier at the India/Pakistan border, just north of Amritsar in the state of Punjab.

Chained elephants for a New Year’s celebration in Cochin.

A lone sadhu in Hampi (in Karnataka), which is a hippie-filled, but magical UNESCO site.

Autorickshaws–a major mode of transport in much of Asia and the topic of my master’s thesis. Ugh.

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Great photo’s, Mona. I have many strongly held opinions on autorickshaws, but a whole master’s thesis? Wow.

Comment by Nadine Fawell — 25 January 2008 #
I know…it was ridiculous. It was on alternative fuels and autorickshaws, which was actually interesting, but I’m going to stick to riding in them and stop studying them from now on…

Comment by Mona Makes — 25 January 2008 #