Journal Image - Candid Street Photo & Motion Photography

We had spent the whole afternoon taking candid street pictures & portraits of saints & sadhus along the holy river Ganges. The river runs through the city of Kolkata & has a whole culture & people developed around the banks. We were out taking street pictures in Nimtola, the burning ghats of Kolkata, along the Ganges.

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People around pointed out to Lalbaba, the Saint in Red, & suggested that we take his pictures. “Everyone with a camera takes his pictures” they said. He sat under the tree, unconcerned, unconnected. He kept preparing his tobacco in his palms. He did not speak to us, just kept looking straight. People told us he rarely speaks & that he is a very accomplished sadhu.

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