I’d love to go back and spend a whole day, or even longer, just photographing this bench. The old guy and the student had a chat for quite a while and seemed to know each other.
いつかこのベンチに戻って、少なくても一日中写真を撮ってみたい。おじいちゃんと大学生が結構お喋りしてたけど、知り合いかどうかを分かりません。
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I went through some old negatives from my first ever trip to India back in 1996 and came across these. One of my biggest regrets is not taking more photos on that trip. I fooled myself into believing that film was too expensive, but now 16 years later I’ve realized that was a mistake.
1996年にインドに初めてインドに行った時のネガを久しぶりに見ました。その時にもっと写真を撮らなかったことが今も後悔しています。フィルムの値段が高すぎてと思ったけど、今16年後、その考え方は違ったと気付きました。
Amritsar Station at dawn
On the train to Rajasthan
Dharamsala
Udaipur
I added these to Flickr a few weeks ago but have decided to add them here too. These portraits were all taken at Haridwar Station in northern India in December last year. I’d like to return sometime soon and make this a more in-depth project and longterm project.
かなり前に下の写真をFlickrに載せましたが、ブログでも載せることにしました。全てが北インドのHaridwar駅で去年の12月に撮影しました。近い内にもう一度インドに行って、そしてもっと深くて、長期間で撮影してみたい。
Haridwar Station 1
Haridwar Station 2
Haridwar Station 3
Haridwar Station 4
Haridwar Station 5
While I was in Delhi in December I decided to take the Salaam Baalak City Walk Tour to find out more about the trust and how it helps Delhi’s street kids.
Our guide for the morning was Shahadutt who originally came to Delhi with his father and worked in a factory but got lost one day around New Delhi Station while searching for his brother.
He fell into the hands of a street gang and his that’s where his days on the street began. He was used by the gang to buy and sell drugs. Luckily for Shahdutt he was spotted by the Trust when he was around 10 years old and has been with them ever since. At first he was taken under the Trust’s care where he received support and education and he now works with them to help the kids still on the streets.
According to Shahadutt and the Salaam Baalak Trust 30 children everyday get lost in or around New Delhi Station, some of them never finding their way back to their parents or families. I still can’t quite believe that number. It’s staggering.
You can find out more about Salaam Baalak Trust here.
I’m giving 30% of profits from one of my books. More here
2010年12月、インドの首都デリーにいった間Salaam Baalak TrustのCity Walk Tourに参加しました。サラーム・バラック・トラストとはデリーのストリート・チルドレンのためのチャリテーや学校です。
ご案内して頂いたShahaduttさんは、6才の時に父と一緒に働く為に、ビハール州からデリーに来ました。しかし、ある日にニュー・デリー駅周辺にお兄さんから離れていて、家に戻らず、
ストリート・チルドレンたちのギャングに入ってしまって、薬剤や犯罪の世界に踏み込んでしまいました。
10才の頃にサラーム・バラック・トラストに救われ、教育や治療などを受けました。その日から縁がずっと続いていて、今サラーム・バラック・トラストで働いています。
Shahaduttさんによると、毎日だいたいニュー・デリー駅周辺で30人の子どもが迷子になって、家族を見つけれない子ども達が多い。今も信じられない数字。
Salaam Baalak Trustの詳しい情報はこちら。（英語）
India Risesの写真集の30%利益をSalaam Baalak Trustに募金します。興味あるかたは是非ご覧ください。こちら
Shahadutt
Noticeboard for current missing children
The Trust's centre near the station.
Painting on the centre's wall
Kids during class
Shahadutt talking with the kids
Studying simple maths and English
Dream board - This is where the kids write about their future plans.
I’ve published a book.
On the 3rd December, 2010 I caught the morning Haridwar Mail from Delhi Junction to Haridwar Station in northern India. I decided to go against what I thought I should be photographing in India – the usual portraits, auto rickshaws, the grime – and shot what I felt about India at that moment. I tried to convey my feelings as best I could and produced a collection of photographs that I quite like.
So I’ve made a book and it’s available over on Blurb if you’re interested. I’ll be donating 30% of any profit made to the Saalam Baalak Trust, a charity that helps the street kids of Delhi.
More information here: Salaam Baalak Trust
写真集を作りました。
12月3日の朝にデリー・ジャンクションから来たインドのハルドワールまで電車に乗りました。インドでよくある叔父さんのポートレイトやオートリクシャーの写真を撮るかわりに、その朝、その時に感じたインドの写真を撮ってみました。
写真集をBlurbにアップして、興味あるかたは是非ご覧ください。30％の利益をSaalam Baalak Trustに募金します。デリーのホームレスちび子たちをサポートのチャリティです。
詳細はこちら: Salaam Baalak Trust
Early morning at Delhi Junction Delhi Junction
Pulling away from Delhi Junction
A passenger on an adjacent train
I went to India with two objectives – to communicate with people and hopefully get some strong, emotional portraits and to try something I don’t usually do. I also wanted something that would contrast with the super clean digital files I can get with the 5D Mark II. So along with a borrowed Rollei and Nikon F2, I took along my Holga to add some variety and to see if I could come up with something a little different to the usual photographs I try to capture.
I’m still not sure where I’m going with my photography but am now beginning to accept this as part of the process. Only a few weeks ago I would have been forcing myself to decide on a style that I thought was ‘me’ but I now realize how futile that way of thinking is and to just accept that I like to change directions every five minutes or so. I know switching cameras every five minutes might not be the best way to proceed but it certainly mixed things up a bit and got me thinking. Here are a few shots.
Two women
Pahaganj, Delhi
Delhi Ringroad
Delhi
India Gate, New Delhi
The Ganges, Rishikesh
The Ganges, Haridwar
I went to Old Delhi with the naive assumption that I was going to take the best photographs I’d ever taken and that I would return home completely satisfied.
I should have known better.
I like the photos I took during the few days that I shot there but my mind is already racing with ideas of how things could have been done better – what if I spoke Hindi, what if I’d I’ve stayed for one more chai, what if I had used a flash, why didn’t I do more planning? The list goes on.
To be honest, I know realize that the trip was just to test the water. I’m thinking of going back already. And when I do, I know it’ll just be another small step in the direction I’m trying to lead myself.
Here are a few more photos.
The Indian national flag painted on a door
I sat drinking chai with this man and his brother-in-law for a while. We couldn't communicate but that didn't seem to bother us.
I got a few shots of these guys but this is probably my favourite. They all thought I was a little mad.
Next to one of the Jama Masjid mosque exits you can find shops everywhere filled to the roof with old engine parts.
The last two posts were a bit random – I wasn’t sure when I’d be connected to the internet or if I’d even want to go online. Now I’m back home I’ll post photographs from the trip to Delhi, Haridwar, Rishikesh, and Delhi again. I’ll post in the order that I shot starting then with Old Delhi.
The first time I was in Delhi, 12 or 13 years ago, I wasn’t as interested in photography as I am now. I did take a few shots but they were nothing but simple ‘touristy’ snapshots. But after reading the blogs of quite a few travel photographers who regularly travel to India I realized that Old Delhi is a goldmine of photographic opportunities. So I booked a hotel right in the middle of the area, with a great view of the Red Fort and Jamma Masjid mosque, and spent my first three days shooting almost exclusively in Old Delhi.
There are plenty of colourful walls in Old Delhi
Old Delhi is predominantly Muslim but Hinduism thrives too
Man collecting used newspapers
Boy selling vegetables. Those are actually earmuffs he has around his face
This man sat oblivious to all the Old Delhi chaos around him
There’s nowhere in the world that can compare to an Indian train station. Most train stations throughout the world – Western and Japanese anyway – are for the most part sterile places that have serve one function. But every Indian trains station that I have ever been to has it’s own unique character.
I caught the train back to Delhi yesterday and got to Haridwar station late afternoon so that I could shoot for an hour or two before my train arrived. Here are a few photos.
Outside the Station
Indian boy waiting for the train to depart
3rd Class on an India Train
I only wish there was a train on the platform when I took this
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