India through lens of photographer Steve McCurry
31 Jan 2016 12:12 PM IST31 Jan 2016 12:12 PM IST
Steve McCurry captures India
These photographs explores the lives of everyday people in extraordinary settings through the camera lens of Steve McCurry, one of the most admired photographers in the world. Picture: Bicycles hanging from the side of a train, West Bengal, 1983.- McCurry captures the step-wells in India. (Photo: stevemccurryofficial/ Instagram)
- Men check their nets for a day of fishing on Dal Lake, Srinagar, Kashmir. (Photo: stevemccurryofficial/ Instagram)
- On the edge of the Thar Desert is Jodhpur, once the capital of a princely state. The old city is blue. (Photo: stevemccurryofficial/ Instagram)
- Image of a young village girl in Rajasthan. (Photo: stevemccurryofficial/ Instagram)
- Man surrounded by bells in Assam, India. (Photo: stevemccurryofficial/ Instagram)
- Agra Fort Station, India, where an attendant adjusts a ventilator on the top of a train carriage. (Photo: stevemccurryofficial/ Instagram)
- Man with his water buffalo stand at the top of the steps of the Narad Ghat, one of 87 ghats in Varanasi, India. (Photo: stevemccurryofficial/ Instagram)
- Man paddles his boat on the River Ganges in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. (Photo: stevemccurryofficial/ Instagram)
- A flower seller paddles past a small shop on Dal Lake's quiet waters in Kashmir.
- Group of Indian Banjara women living in Rajasthan in the Thar Desert.
- A crowd carries a man during the Holi festival. Rajasthan, 1996.
- Scores of shikaras filled with fruits and vegetables jostle for space on Dal Lake, Kashmir, as farmers transact the early morning business of Srinagar's wholesale produce market.
- McCurry captured this photo of a grandfather telling his grandson to get water in the small pitcher he is holding in Rajasthan.
- Young boy sells flower offerings, at the banks of the Ganges river, Varanasi is an important place of pilgrimage for Hindus.
- A fruit vendor plies his wares in colorful Jodhpur, India. Jodhpur is known as the Blue City. Its medieval quarter, surrounded by a ten-kilometer wall, is a maze of alleyways, often only wide enough for a man or a cow to pass.
- These four cobblers are working out of a space that is barely large enough for them and their tools. Located near the local railway station, they attract many commuters on their way to work. For a brief moment two worlds meet as this young businessman stops to have his shoes repaired.
- An elderly man from the Rabari Tribe, photographed in Rajasthan, India, 2010. The Rabari traditionally lived as nomads in Northwest India. As grazing lands have disappeared, their way of life is changing.
- In his new book he has compiled iconic images that he has taken in 40 years of visiting India, showcasing the people and extraordinary settings of one of the most spiritual countries on Earth. Picture: Naga Sadhu, worshipper of Lord Shiva, at the Kumbh Mela Festival in India. They are seen most often at the festival which occurs every three years.
- Steve McCurry is an American editorial photographer best known for his photograph \"Afghan Girl\" which originally appeared in National Geographic magazine. McCurry captions this picture, \"The elephant has been an integral part of Indian culture and religion for centuries. Ganesh, the elephant-headed god, is the remover of obstacles, the god of success, and is the most widely-worshipped deity.\"
These photographs explores the lives of everyday people in extraordinary settings through the camera lens of Steve McCurry, one of the most admired photographers in the world. Picture: Bicycles hanging from the side of a train, West Bengal, 1983.
Steve McCurry captures India
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