food and warmth, a photo from West Bengal, East

Photographer's Note

While visiting kenduli fari, we stayed in a Boul akhara(camp), where any one is harboured with cordiality. Bouls are religious sect community who earns their life hood by singing.
At that camp, we had to stay under open sky because of full congregation. But that was not a problem. We heard the songs all through the night. This woman, who belongs to Boul sect, provided us brewing tea at morning. We were thankful...

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chewy_candy674 (471) 2011-01-20 1:16

hi abhijnan,
this is a very interesting note and a great picture as well. Can see clearly the sincerity in this simple woman.

windosil (1158) 2011-01-20 1:41

Wonderful photo, Abhijnan! I like the restructed colour palette with the orange of the flames and the sari framing the bright neutral pot. The smoke matches the wall behind he dark brown head.
Thank you, Winifred

yquem46 (38752) 2011-01-20 3:16

namaskar Abhijnan
I like this one, a nice shot of typical daily life in India
Nice orange colors, natural light, posture and attitude well depicted
Yes it could be technically improved with PP, framing, color accentuation, a little more light on the face ... but it's a good one conveying the most important to me, namely emotion
Best regards
have a nice day
Patrick

lakshmip1949 (19081) 2011-01-20 10:26

Hi Abhinjan,

Very interesting note. Learn a lot about other sects of India through TE. Nice image showing the woman's expression .Her orange color sari matches the fire on the stove.

Lakshmi