Two porters happily pose for a photograph at Ajmer Station in Rajasthan as they wait to load our heavy luggage onto the ‘Shatabdi Express’ bound for Delhi a sweltering and tiring eight hours away.
Tag: India
Foto Friday – Old man at the Qutab Minar Tower
In the grounds of The Qutab Minar in Delhi I found this old and dignified man and asked him if I could take his photograph, he agreed and stood very proudly and still for me to take the shot, he neither asked for nor expected any money in return for granting me this.
After taking the shot I noticed that he still had the price tag for his new glasses stuck in the top left hand corner of the frames.
Leaving something of yourself behind!
“A man does not climb a mountain without bringing some of it away with him, and leaving something of himself upon it.” – Sir Martin Conway
I’m off to the The Royal Institute of Great Britain tonight to listen to a talk from Corey Richards describing what it felt like to summit Pakistan’s Gasherbrum II in winter.
While researching some background to the talk I came across this incredible photograph of Cory online which ties in very nicely with the essence of today’s quote choice. Without the need for words it clearly tells us that Cory for sure is a man who has definitely left something of himself behind on Gasherbrum II during his brief but dangerous liaison with it!
Foto Friday – The Chand Baori step well Rajasthan, India
This step well is located opposite the Harshat Mata Temple, constructed in 800 c. and is one of the deepest and largest step wells in India. It was built in the 9th century and has 3500 narrow steps in 13 stories and is 100 feet deep. It was the most amazing sight to come across in the middle of rural India, literally in the middle of some fields.
The main trouble in attempting to get a photograph that really showed off the true size and scale of the structure was in getting a wide enough angle of shot to pay justice to it! I failed, but I still like this shot! You can however get some idea of the scale of the place from the tiny people seen wandering around the top levels.
JAMES HANDLON 