Mumbai women Photo

Photographer’s Note

Ladies from slums - poor but very elegant.

When people in Poland ask me about India, one of the strongest belief is that it's terribly dirty country. Well, indeed it is. But contrary to some expectations, people aren't dirty at all. Even if they live in terrible conditions, they keep themselves very clean, performing ablutions few times a day.
A little known fact is that the habit of everyday cleaning Europeans owe to Indians - in early XIXth century Englishmen brought it from their colony to the Old Continent, where people used to bath once in a month.

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adrost (2366) 2006-01-13 5:20

Witaj Antek.
Pomimo ze tak zwykla scena to najbardziej przyciaga mnie ta dziewczyna po prawej stronie.Ona jest jakby poza zdjeciem.
Ostre, ladne , proste.
Pozdrawiam.
adam

rbcy1974 (20746) 2006-01-13 5:20

Hello Antoni
Very difficult to tell from their clothes that they are poor,
nicely placed in the frame, I like the inclusion of the guy behind
well captured
well managed light
regards
Daniel

Mingfang (1415) 2006-01-13 6:42

hi Antoni,

good portrait. nice to see these indian women with such beautiful colourful dress. i like the closed eyes woman, just wish the two next to her not to overlap.

tsumeb (468) 2006-01-14 4:30

Wonderful moment captured here Antoni. The colours and faces make the whole composition flow. Even the man in the back seems to be part of the moment.

gebala (0) 2006-01-14 8:01

witaj Antek:) jaka brygada:) super lsnia :) piekne kolory ubioru podkreslaja ich urode i stanwia niesamowity konrtast miejsca, gdzie mieszkaja, super pokazane:)
pozd serd

oterrada (272) 2006-01-16 7:49

Hi Antoni,
Good picture. Wonderfull colours,it is incredible how they can get always a clean-like sahari, but for me, (IMO) the guy is a distraction from the main subject.
Regards

oterrada

daviddeveson (548) 2006-01-24 16:48

Love this shot, straight after my own heart...faces, colours, rich in detail. Wonderful

naveen (8) 2006-02-27 9:10

hey Antoni ,

really good catch , but your note is bit orthodox , please visit , bangladesh or pakistan or some of african countries , Dirtyness is not that high , the way you are explaining ,
besides , it is always better to have geographical dirtyness thatn the physical and mental ,
i mean you should explain your photograph and conditions while taking it ,NOT the historical aspects and personal thought s about some countries and communities in public web sites

Baileys (677) 2006-05-08 16:24