Gujarat

Newspaper. Junagadh

2012-01-25T06:13:00.000-08:00

Lunch pause. Mandvi

2012-01-16T05:56:00.000-08:00

Rabari woman. Patan

2012-01-14T06:15:00.000-08:00

the rabari women wear heavy silver or golden earrings ,it's depends of their economical situation.
They also wear tatoos.

Gesture language. Junagadh

2012-01-07T06:51:00.000-08:00

Washing dishes. Dwarka

2012-01-04T05:14:00.000-08:00

Most of these pilgrims are poor people, they bring all what is necessary for cooking.
Washing dishes is more easy, some sand and water...

Painting. Dwarka

2012-01-03T06:09:00.001-08:00

Repairing the truck. Bhavnagar

2011-12-31T02:22:00.000-08:00

The mosque. Jamnagar

2011-12-30T02:02:00.000-08:00

Phoning. Junagadh

2011-12-29T01:01:00.000-08:00

Phoning in the jain temples of Junagadh.

Fish market. Gohghla

2011-12-26T01:13:00.000-08:00

The fishermen, the bull and the portuguese fort. Diu

2011-12-19T02:41:00.000-08:00

Devotion to Santo Roque. Diu

2011-12-09T04:53:00.000-08:00

The island of Diu have been portuguese possession during cenyuries. Now it's an indian place, but the mood is lusitanian, there is no doubt!

School is finished. Diu

2011-12-07T06:15:00.000-08:00

The pilgrim. Dwarka

2011-11-30T00:36:00.000-08:00

Encounter in the street. Dwarka

2011-11-09T05:38:00.000-08:00

The last trip. Junagadh

2011-09-30T05:19:00.000-07:00

In the paintor's workshop. Jamnagar

2011-09-29T07:27:00.000-07:00

Pilgrims. Dwarka

2011-09-26T03:14:00.000-07:00

Cooking. Patan

2011-09-25T00:34:00.000-07:00

Women and cows. Dwarka

2011-09-24T02:44:00.000-07:00

Charming young ladies from Diu.

2011-09-22T09:17:00.000-07:00

Flying. Dwarka

2011-09-16T05:22:00.000-07:00

The chat. Dwarka

2011-09-15T05:48:00.000-07:00

The butchers. Junagadh

2011-09-09T05:29:00.000-07:00

Bus stop.

2011-09-07T06:54:00.000-07:00

Rice svastikas. Dwarka

2011-06-20T05:41:00.000-07:00

Svastikas are hinduism symbols. Dwarka on the indian ocean shore ,is one of the few Krisna pilgrimage places in India.

The shop owner's son. Junagadh

2011-06-14T06:14:00.000-07:00

Men. Jamnagar

2011-06-06T05:57:00.000-07:00

The milkman and the goats. Jamnagar

2011-06-01T00:36:00.000-07:00

Buffalos keeper. Dwarka

2011-05-31T01:37:00.001-07:00

The boats, the nets and the little girl. Vanakbara

2011-05-27T02:48:00.000-07:00

Bargaining the copper pot. Jamnagar

2011-03-25T07:04:00.000-07:00

A hard, hard dog's life. Diu

2011-03-17T07:12:00.000-07:00

When you feel sad, nothing to do except a long nap to forget the life problems. Saudade!
Diu is an island owned during centuries by portuguese, it can be seen in architectury, way of life, language (some people are still speaking portuguese and people faces.
Really different from other places.

The women and the pelicans. Bhuj

2011-03-01T05:32:00.000-08:00

Laundry in the Bhuj tank; women have to share the place with pelicans, the neighbourhood is not always peaceful...
Bhuj have been very dammaged by the 2001 earthquake.
Thousands and thousands people dead in Gujarat and east Pakistan.

Pilgrim. Dwarka

2011-02-01T01:31:00.001-08:00

Chatting. Junagadh

2011-01-27T06:53:00.000-08:00

Notice the man's golden earrings.

On the way to the Shiva temple. Junagadh

2011-01-12T06:00:00.000-08:00

They were coming by feet from Himachal Pradesh, owners of nothing. We started together , but I was often stopping for shoting, everytime when I joined them again they said "how can you be so fast! We finally climb together. The problem is that you have to climb and climb to the top and you finally discover that you have to go down and up again to reach this temple (you see it on top of the hill).very friendly and intelligent people.

Gita and Magi. Dwarka

2010-10-09T00:33:00.000-07:00

Barber shop. Jamnagar

2010-09-30T01:11:00.001-07:00

Red. Dwarka

2010-09-22T05:10:00.001-07:00

Lips. Dwarka

2010-09-20T05:48:00.000-07:00

The kind grandma. Patan

2010-05-29T08:04:00.001-07:00

Pilgrims. Dwarka

2010-05-27T06:26:00.000-07:00

In the paintor's workshop. Jamanagar

2010-05-22T00:14:00.000-07:00

The paintor himself is here:

www.flickr.com/photos/25641154@N00/4256376167/in/set-7215...

He is painting on iron boards, mainly for rickshaws, trucks...Bollywood movies subjects.

Women puja. Dwarka

2010-05-20T02:37:00.000-07:00

Rice is used to do svastikas and other signs on the ghat. Dwarka is a little varanasi, dedicated to Krishna, but on the sea shore,it gives really a different mood.

the fishes are waiting for the offerings...

Some coins. Patan

2010-05-06T07:35:00.000-07:00

Wood collecting. Mandvi

2010-05-03T03:37:00.000-07:00

In the shipbuilding area , some women and children try to collect some wood pieces for cooking.

Vegetables? Patan

2010-03-12T08:13:00.000-08:00

Butchers. Junagadh

2010-03-11T06:02:00.000-08:00

Indubitably in the muslim area...

Cauliflowers. Mandi

2010-03-10T05:20:00.000-08:00

Woman day. Jamnagar

2010-03-08T07:52:00.000-08:00

Just to remember that women life does not always means happiness...

Jewelled. Dwarka

2010-03-05T06:09:00.000-08:00

Pilgrims. Dwarka

2010-03-01T07:31:00.001-08:00

with silver or golden earrings...

Cycle repairing workshop. Patan

2010-02-24T06:26:00.000-08:00

Tribute to gandhi. Jamnagar

2010-01-30T06:42:00.000-08:00

Mahatma Gandin have been murdered a 30 th of January. Just have a think to him, even if we don't agree with all what he have done or thought; he will remain as a great man.
In Gujarat, people have a real dovotion for him, and it's not rare to find a Gandhi representation in the streets.

Crazy sun. Bhuj

2010-01-30T06:09:00.000-08:00

Carving marble for a new temple ( the first one have been destroyed by the earthquake in 2001). Not easy with a crazy sun which makes the white marble terrific for the eyes. Not easy for photos too.
The builder is Swaminarayam, one of the most influent and rich sect in this country.

Mother and goats. Junagadh

2010-01-26T08:05:00.000-08:00

Junagadh, muslim area...

Young butcher. Junagadh

2010-01-20T08:30:00.001-08:00

Women. Dwarka

2010-01-16T01:12:00.003-08:00

Matras making. Junagadh

2010-01-15T08:40:00.000-08:00

Temples and nets. Vanakbara

2010-01-15T00:58:00.000-08:00

Vanakbara is a fishermen vilage in the Diu island, hinduist place ( Diu town is mostly catholic).

Bull, wall and palm tree. Bhuj

2010-01-13T06:54:00.001-08:00

Happy grandma. Dwarka

2010-01-13T00:27:00.000-08:00

All her belonging on her: gold jewels.

Queue.Palitana

2010-01-12T01:31:00.001-08:00

Inside of the jain temple, pilgrims are waiting their turn to go inside the sanctuary. On left a jain sadhvi.

Paintor's workshop. Jamnagar

2010-01-08T08:51:00.000-08:00

He paints on iron for rickshaws and trucks decoration. Mostly imaginary landscapes and Bollywood actors and actresses.

Women. Dwarka

2010-01-07T01:18:00.001-08:00

Hungry ? Patan

2009-12-30T08:20:00.000-08:00

Here I eat some chapatis and (spicy) vegetables...nice family.

Fish market. Gohghla

2009-12-29T01:56:00.000-08:00

I went two times to the night fishes market, but I don't know why, as soon as these two women ( you see them sitting) arrived with their fishes, customers grouped around them to buy.

Blue. Diu

2009-12-28T07:23:00.001-08:00

A violet world. Mandvi

2009-12-28T01:41:00.000-08:00

Family. Patan

2009-12-22T01:40:00.000-08:00

School homework. Junagadh

2009-12-20T06:37:00.000-08:00

As everywhere in the world, doing the schoolwork at home can be a problem...talk about this wis the two girls on left side!

Mothers. Dwarka

2009-12-14T06:12:00.000-08:00

Resting baby goat. Jamnagar

2009-12-11T05:49:00.000-08:00

Veiling. Bhuj

2009-12-10T06:05:00.000-08:00

The shipbuilding boss. Mandvi

2009-12-09T06:05:00.000-08:00

These all wooden boats were builded for Dubai; hope the recent financial crisis in this country did not have had repercussions on the contracts...

Begging cows. Dwarka

2009-12-07T06:21:00.000-08:00

Sorry for the plastic bag, they are everywhere and there was no wind that day!

Street portrait. Dwarka

2009-12-03T07:44:00.000-08:00

Morning ghat scene. Dwarka

2009-12-01T06:09:00.000-08:00

Moustache. Junagadh

2009-11-30T07:20:00.001-08:00

Sunrising chat. Dwarka

2009-11-28T05:54:00.000-08:00

golden earrings....

Sewing saris. Patan

2009-11-24T05:44:00.000-08:00

Patan is famous according to his "patola" sari. Beautiful, but also very expensive. In the small city, women sew in the old wooden houses.

Geometry. Bhavnagar

2009-11-20T06:21:00.000-08:00

Girl. Patan

2009-11-18T02:34:00.000-08:00

Something unusual. Patan

2009-11-18T01:57:00.000-08:00

You have to think about what can be unusual in this picture; it is not very difficult...

At the market. Patan

2009-11-14T05:48:00.000-08:00

As everywhere in the world, Patan, a little city attract villagers coming fron the countryside who find here what cannot be bought where they live.
Notice than the child does not wear traditionnal clothes.

Having a good time. Mandvi

2009-11-12T05:41:00.000-08:00

Really hot today!

Milk. Dwarka

2009-11-05T05:41:00.001-08:00

She is very happy, everyday she is on the ghat trying to sell some milk to the pilgrims for the pujas. Today, a family invite her to cross the river with them in the boat with all her milk to do a puja in the temple, on the other bank.

Walking. Mandvi

2009-11-03T06:00:00.001-08:00

Street scene. Dwarka

2009-10-29T07:44:00.000-07:00

Mirror. Dwarka

2009-10-23T03:01:00.001-07:00

She is really beautiful, arranging her hair in the sunrising light after the holy bath! What you cannot see is that she have two divergent eyes, so easy to correct in our countries...

Life in blue. Dwarka

2009-10-19T07:48:00.000-07:00

Shipbuilding. Veraval

2009-10-17T07:57:00.000-07:00

The retired milkman. Bhavnagar

2009-10-15T05:00:00.000-07:00

Distinguished, is not he? Now retired enjoying the life looking at the others working...

Shopping. Jamnagar

2009-10-14T08:05:00.000-07:00

Double primary portrait. Dwarka

2009-10-13T05:19:00.000-07:00

Building and boats. Veraval

2009-09-28T05:14:00.001-07:00

Fish market. Gohghla

2009-09-27T05:48:00.000-07:00

In front of the Diu island, a small fishermen village, and at 18h begins the fish selling, lightened by petrol lamps.

Waiting for the "ferry". Mandvi

2009-09-27T05:44:00.000-07:00

The "ferry" is this small canot to cross the river during the high tide. You can see one of these all wooden boat builded here, mainly for Dubai .

Woman. Dwarka

2009-09-21T08:53:00.001-07:00

She is a character, you know, I guess you can see it in her eyes...