Kumbharwada
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so cute and gentle expressions..i agree with Brinda
A heavy dry smoke rises up from slowly burning cotton waste. As it catches my eyes it stings and I squint in an attempt to see beyond the screen of smoke. Befoe me an open kiln is layered in mud, soft clay posts and cotton waste has been set on fire. As the soft clay slowly hardens, the narrow by-lanes of Kumbharwada outside are piqued with activity. Inside, the light from the door leads me to a dimly lit room where a middle-aged Rajabhai is sitting intently fashioning a garden pot on a slow moving potter's wheel from a lump of blackish clay. From day break to sunset he works continuously rarely stopping for a break. At his feet, a young boy stamps on moist clay, preparing it for Rajabhai and other Kumbhars.
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this is very nice one...
Posted 20 months ago.
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It would have been a frame, but I tend not to
crop picture such as this because I want my
picture tell a larger story than a smaller
more concentrated one. I don't know whether
my argument makes any sense to you - but I
feel a larger frame is more truthful somehow.
Posted 20 months ago.
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no probs..its choice and need to tell
story..but really the crop by B rinda is also
a gem one...can be next image...she seems so
happy..and so gracious charm on her face..on
her positioon..infact everything...i would
like to go on shoot some day with yu..if its
fine with you
Posted 20 months ago.
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yup, i got ur point akshay...and point noted!
Posted 20 months ago.
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somehow i just love ur images of pots too..!
and this oen tells me a new story...as
navratri is coming up! :)
Posted 20 months ago.
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Manish - thanks
Posted 20 months ago.
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nice compo..great photo. and i like ur
explaination of the larger story.
Posted 20 months ago.
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nice compo
Posted 20 months ago.
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great composition and mood...
Posted 20 months ago.
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I swear I can walk here blindfolded now, lane
to lane :P
Posted 14 months ago.
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