Indian Night

« I like the evening in India, the one magic moment when the sun balances on the rim of the world, and the hush descends, and ten thousand civil servants drift homeward on a river of bicycles, brooding on the Lord Krishna and the cost of living* ». Night roving in India's cities, villages and countryside. To catch an essence of the country, the one from its street life » (James Cameron, News Chronicle, 1957).

Grant from the Plastic Arts Department, French Ministry for Culture, 8 prints acquired for the National Collection of Contemporary Art in 2005.
Exhibition at Chroniques Nomades 2005 festival.

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Barwani, India, Madhya Pradesh, April 2003.

Sleeping in the street. Bombay, India, April 2003.

Old man sleeping in the street. Bombay, India, April 2003.

A small street in Old Delhi, India, October 2006.

Street sleeper, Bombay. Maharashtra, India, March 2004.

A Barista chain coffee bar in the wealthy neighbourhood of Defence Colony. Coffee is very successfull with the middle class and may soon replace the old Chai (tea with milk and sugar). Delhi, October 2006.

Street sleeper. Bombay, Maharashtra, India, March 2004.

Cycle rickshaw. Bhawanipatna. Orissa, India, March 2004.

Watchman asleep. Bombay, India, April 2003.

On Marine Drive. Bombay, India, April 2003.

Muslim family. Marine Drive. Bombay, India, April 2003.

Taxi driver asleep. Bombay, India, April 2003.

Sleeping in the street. Bombay, India, April 2003.

Couple on a beach. Juhu Beach, Bombay, November 2004.

Dormitory estate in Bombay. Maharashtra, India, March 2004.

Shop closing in Bombay. Maharashtra, India, March 2004.

A balloons and gadgets seller in a street of Ranchi. Jharkhand, India, March 2004.

Horoscope machine. Juhu Beach, Bombay, November 2004.

Amarkantak, a holy small town where the Narmada, a sacred river, has its source. India, Madhya Pradesh, April 2003.

Brass band trumpeter during the Sikh Guru Parab festival. Ranchi, Jharkhand, India, November 2004.

Rally of curious people in front of the tent of an itinerant “Bollywoodian cabaret (young women dancing on pop hits). Fathepur Sikkri, Rajasthan, India, October 2006.

Two dancers in the backstage of an itinerant “Bollywoodian cabaret (young women dancing on pop hits). Fathepur Sikkri, Rajasthan, India, October 2006.

Waiting in Old Delhi, India, October 2006.

Old Delhi’s fun fair. Delhi, India, October 2006.

Photographer’s booth at Old Delhi’s fun fair. Delhi, India, October 2006.

Small itinerant shop in a street of Bangalore, selling Bhel Puri. India, 2007.

A religious festival dedicated to Lord Krishna in the small town of Balisai, West Bengal, India, February 2008.

Young dancers of the Bharatanatyam, a classical dance from Southern India, during a religious festival dedicated to Lord Krishna in the small town of Balisai, West Bengal, India, February 2008.