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Photographer’s Note

In the same market, after the photos of the very big crowd watching, I tried to go back to oblivion but just on my left (remembering exactly the circumstances), there was another group of giggling (mostly) women watching me with the same intensity and amusement… So I asked again if I could take photos and the 1st of the series is the best IMO.

A collection of friendly faces... When they were all laughing and looking at me a moment earlier, most of them did not dare looking at the camera and instead : ... look at the direction of their eyes... In India, women seem to me much more discreet and modest than men (but this is a big generalisation of course).

B&W version looks much better than the colour version, the only thing that I regret is that the red ‘sindoor’ powder, sign of wedding on the forehead on some Hindu women (implying passion, fertility and strength) is only visible in colours of course.

rigoletto, sevy, patshoo, adelune, crckt, didemay, coco, ninaL has marked this note useful

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gbeli (2026) 2008-07-21 7:33

Hello Cathrine
Amazing photo of the women from India.
The choice of B/W color is successful as well as the atmosphere.
Regards

jalab_temen (1994) 2008-07-21 7:33

Wow, what a feeling, making photos of such "perfectly casted" community could have been a really good experience. I like the compo, the atmosphere of love radiating from the central woman. Many many thanks for sharing, Jalab

gravatar (1550) 2008-07-21 7:36

Very powerfully captured moment. The variety of expresions make for a quiltlike composition of emotion.

holmertz (10105) 2008-07-21 7:46

Hello Catherine,
Oh, those faces, those eyes looking here, there and everywhere, those proud/shy/embarrased smiles. Very good grey tones.
Regards,
Gert

rigoletto (27032) 2008-07-21 7:53

Madam,
When you hit hard, you really do!
This is an absolutely stunnig moment in life. Again a diamond of humanity form you.
You know what?
I will start thinking that you have already known half of the world till now, and have already had warm conversations and made jokes with them.
Look at the faces! This is just great!

mesutilgim (37533) 2008-07-21 8:00

Hi dear Cath,
First of all the b&w choice was correct. Colro version is in my opinion much more National Geographical style, whereas the b&w choice is much mor artisanal and effectfull.
Every single face has another story to tell. But my favorite is the little schoolgirl at left corner with her necktie ! Typical marks of centurylong british influence !
TFS and have anice day
Best regards
MESUT ILGIM

sevy (14056) 2008-07-21 8:15

Bonjour Catherine,

Je suis d accord avec toi, la version N&B est bien plus forte, les couleurs avaient tendance a distraire l attention des visages et n apportaient pas vraiment d elements interessants.
J aime bien ici le jeu des regards qui partent un peut dans toutes les directions, mais on reste dans l image notamment grace au regard de cette dame au centre qui semble nous regarder frontalement.
En plus, le placement des tons sur le N&B a ete bien realisé, l image est tres agreable.

Pour la presentation, meme si j apprecie le sobre du bord noir qui va bien a l image, je trouve la transition un peu brutale. Je te propose une legere variante en WS.

Yves.

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johannes68 (2912) 2008-07-21 9:54

Hi Catherine,
wonderful faces, so many different expressions - very intimate moment. A photo one can look at for a long time, and it won´t get boring!
Regards, Johannes

jasmis (51257) 2008-07-21 10:15

Superb daily life scenery. Multiply portrait. Important day, important photo.
B&W works here very well.
Regards.

patshoo (944) 2008-07-21 10:32

Attractive and well capture of lively atmosphere,Pattern of friendly face in two level made the dynamic POV,A lot of emotion and detail to explore,Love the feeling of this scene.Outstanding work,TFS.

adelune (2) 2008-07-21 13:55 [Comment]

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crckt (7102) 2008-07-21 15:13

Dear Cath,
I knew you would go back to portraits sooner rather than later :) too many landscapes from you recently...but it was such a treat to see them. shows how multitalented you are. i love your portraits too, especially those that have faces with incredible expressions, like this one. FANTASTIC shot!
Regards,
Shaeri

faubry (32481) 2008-07-21 16:16

j'adore les expressions surtout celle de la femme à droite... trop drôle. et ton noir et blanc est bien contrasté;je préfère celle ci au WS, amitiés
francine

delkoo (34990) 2008-07-21 23:56

bonjour catherine

le n&b convient parfaitement a cette photo multi-portraits aux differentes expressions, passant par la surprise, la curiosité, la timidité et le sourire éclatant et communicatif du personnage central.

didier

siolaw (25874) 2008-07-22 1:52

Salut Catherine
C'est toujours un bonheur que de sortir son appareil au milieu des Indiens.. La. tu as saisi une belle série d'expressions, toutes bien différentes et si prononcées! Le sépia convient parfaitement et je note un bon rendu des textures.
Bonne journée
Laurent

didemay (2435) 2008-07-22 3:35

Hello Cath,
love your notes and love your WS's. all of them are so informative, so instructive... a very good teaching material.
I can say that this is a classical noborders photo showing all the naive-direct expressions of people.

tehanu_f (6874) 2008-07-22 4:22

what expressive expressions! it is fun to study each face looking at different directions with different emotions. bw version is more impressive as you said, but I like the colour version as well - after all, india means colours.
lots of hugs and kisses from hot and boring ankara

MarcT (21105) 2008-07-22 4:42

Salut Cath,
Le portrait de groupe en N&B est sublime. Beaucoup de lumière, de douceur et de mimiques différentes.
Amitiés
Marc
PS: la mienne était en couleur ;o)

aadilj (17950) 2008-07-22 6:05

Lovely expressions in b/w with this curious colelction of people. I like your approach as usual and the way you have crowded them in a single frame

bantonbuju (48830) 2008-07-22 14:56

what a plethora of different faces, different types of beauty...
superb multi-portrait...
bw, j.

coco (28266) 2008-07-22 15:18

Hello Catherine.

What nice work. This people are amazing and you made a great and lovely work with your camera.

Well done (and, of course, much better than the WS).

ninaL (19640) 2008-07-23 3:43

Bonjour, Catherine.
Elle est superbe, ta topho...
Le cadre, les expressions, la conversion, tout est comme il faut !!!
Bravo.
Amitiés, Grazyna.

Stepan (27175) 2008-07-23 12:46

Je pense que tout est dans le titre, même si j'aurais peut être ajouter "incrédule". Comme si elles ne savaient s'il faut sourire ou rire, poser ou pas... Un petit moment de connivence volé.
Stéphane
PS : J'ai la pression pour écrire maintenant moi !!

scalerman (25787) 2008-07-28 15:04

Catherine: powerful tableau and a nice one for BW. regards, c