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Photographer’s Note

A woman crossing a square in Diu town below a building showing the faded memories of Portuguese colonial rule.
Diu is a small island just off the coast of Gujarat state in western India. Along with Daman and Goa it was a Portuguese colony until December 1961, when the Indian army occupied the territories. Along with Daman, Diu is now administered straight from New Delhi as a so called union territory.
The hands on the wall symbolize the Congress party. They remain there since the general elections one year earlier. The elections were held soon after the assassination of Prime minister Indira Gandhi and gave a landslide victory to the Congress party.
In India, as in many countries with a high level of illiteracy, every party and independent candidate in elections have their own symbol to help the voters identify them on the ballots.
This picture was scanned from a Kodachrome slide.

saxo042, fanni, noborders, skippy007, hispic, Glint has marked this note useful

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emka (21143) 2008-07-05 1:28

Hi, Very beautiful picture. Interesting paintings on the wall. How graceful is this woman. Incredible quality for this very old picture.

Regards (from Norway)

Malgorzata

I visited Stockholm some days ago and I liked it very much. Very beautiful city.

saxo042 (15188) 2008-07-05 3:14

Hej Gert,
The the most well-painted house I´ve seen but it sure makes the photo look interesting. The woman´s clothing is well matching the house colourwise.
Hälsningar
Gunnar

fanni (8717) 2008-07-05 3:32

Hej Gert,
interesting picture, the colours of the building match the colours of the lady and the dog :)
I wish the lady's clothes were not so dark, though, so we could see the details. But this is due to an old film, it's not a digital photo, so it's OK, I guess :)

Anyway, after looking at these photos taken with a film camera, I came to the final conclusion: they are better than digital photos. The latter lack depth (if you see what I mean) which is always present in digital photos, no matter how sophisticatedly sharp and technically perfect they may be...
best regards,
Elena

noborders (14197) 2008-07-05 3:49

I was attracted by the title and of course, opening the photo, one can better understand : very amusing !

The facade is incredible - and typical... Dilapidated old buildings tend to disappear nowadays but are still seen in many places - very interesting photo !

Again, thank you to take the pain to post your old photos, they are important documents !

Best regards,
Cath.

scroller (2883) 2008-07-05 8:23

Hej Gert,
Nice graffiti here. The facade really looks like it need painting but mabye not in the way it has been done. Its amazing that she manage to balance the basket on her head.
Ha en skön kväll!
/Stefan

skippy007 (6829) 2008-07-05 14:53

Hello Gert, You are doing fantastic work with resurrecting these old images, another interesting shot & accompanied with your note very informative. Interesting, well balanced with good colour & clarity. Keep up the good work.
Thank you
Santo

hispic (7399) 2008-07-07 1:28

Hello Gert,
Very interesting image, great depiction of the tired tastely building and the characters on the white wall with placing a Indian dog and lady in the foreground nicely.
The tonality with a green tint is also suitable for this image.
Have a nice day, Hisashi

Glint (3029) 2008-07-16 3:09

hello Gert,
another fascinating image. As Catherine says, important documents and worthy of being archived for future generations to see. Well composed with lots of intersting elements, the political signs, the marvellous old building and the woman and dog.
bev

CaesarP (3532) 2008-07-22 13:35

Hello Gert,
great POV - different world,
thank you for sharing.
Regards Caesar

Asiulus (1064) 2008-07-22 23:47

Hej Gert
Nice shot - looks natural, the dog and person bring life into this frame. Caught in the right moment, the pose indicates movement.
Best regards
Joanna