Portraits from India

Bharat. Varanasi. Uttar Pradesh

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 19:18:00 +0000

Bharat, the son of a dhobi on the ghats in Varanasi

Raj. Jodhpur. Rajasthan

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 19:16:00 +0000

Raj, a little rag-picker in a street of Jodhpur

Medrasa. Bijapur. Karnataka

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 19:14:00 +0000

In a madras of Karnataka

Rajuri. Pushkar. Rajasthan

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 19:12:00 +0000

Rajuri on the Ghats in Pushkar.

Howni. Dwarka. Gujarat

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:01:00 +0000

Howny, a girl leaving school to go home with her sister Vanitha seen there:.
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Amara. Orchha. Madhya Pradesh

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:21:00 +0000

Amara, a indian woman doing ther laundry on the banks of the Betwa river in beautiful Orchha.

Shy. Udaipur

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:53:00 +0000

A little Rajasthani girl during a festival in Udaipur.
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Eyes. Varanasi. Uttar Pradesh

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:04:00 +0000

A Sadhu I met in Varanasi, he had a srtriking pair of light green eyes, a gentleman as well.
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Benazir. Pondicherry

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:44:00 +0000

Benazir, a little girl living on Rue Moulad in Pondicherry

Porttrait. Ooty. Tamil Nadu

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:37:00 +0000

A man posing for me on the horse racing track in Ooty. He commes here everyday during the race season to bet on horses.

Mamta. Udaipur. Rajasthan

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:34:00 +0000

Mamta, a young Rajasthani begger during a Vishnu festival in Udaipur. For one day, all the poor people from around the city come to beg in the streets.This image is shot at the exit of the beautiful Jagdish temple.

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Chinnapen. Chidambaram

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 07:49:00 +0000

Chinnapen can be seen at the entrance of the temple in Chidambaram.
She takes care of the people visiting it.

Sadhu. Varanasi

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:33:00 +0000

Papu. Pushkar. Rajasthan

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:41:00 +0000

Once again I met Papu in Pushkar and she was well.

Poku and Mamounta. Pushkar. Rajasthan

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:33:00 +0000

Poku and Mamounta, two young girls spending their time begging in the streets of Pushkar.
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Hijras. New Delhi

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:27:00 +0000

Hijras having a quick lunch on a sidewalk of New Delhi. They just won a battle in Tamil Nadu, being recognized as a Third sex. They are now able to have "T" ( transexual) added to their documents allowing them to have the same rights as other citizens. Tamil Nadu has the biggest population of Transexual in India, about 100.000 accding to the "times of India".
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Sur. Jaisalmer. Rajasthan

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:59:00 +0000

Sur, a young woman from Jaisalmer, going back home with her bags on her head.

Chai. Mandawa. Rajasthan

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:06:00 +0000

Wandering through the streets of Mandawa, this woman and a friend of her invited me into their courtyard to have a Tea.

Sunita. Moti Bagh. New Delhi

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 08:02:00 +0000

Sunita, working in front of her home in a slum of Moti Bagh in New Delhi.
A beautiful girl

Rampal. Pushkar. Rajasthan

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:36:00 +0000

Rampal, A musician from Pushkar lighting his beedi under the tent where he lives outisde Pushkar

Enchie. Near Jodhpur. Rajasthan

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:35:00 +0000

Enchie, A Bishnoi woman in a village south of Jodhpur

Workers. Neemrana. Rajasthan

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:33:00 +0000

A woman working on the renovation of the Neemrana fort.

Meena. Vrindavan. Uttar Pradesh

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:31:00 +0000

Meena, a begger in fornt of the Iskcon Ashram in vrindavan. A few families live uner homemade tgents there to be able to make some money from the pilgrims coming to worship Lord Krishna.
When i asked her for her name she showed me the tattoo on her arm.
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Workers. Neemrana. Rajasthan

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:10:00 +0000

Rajastani women working on the renovation of the Neemrana fort.

Choti Lal. Alwar. Rajasthan

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:08:00 +0000

Choti Lali feeding her cow in a street of Alwar; Rajasthan