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mardi 28 avril 2009

India on my Mind...

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"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul and paints
his own nature into his pictures"
henry ward beecher

All photos by photographer: Claude Renault
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"...his photographs are multi-faceted, profound, and historically aware.
With his camera, Claude is able to bring India close to us.
He views people without any type of social romanticism and portrays them
in everyday life situations, their self-confidence, pride, joy,
religion, serenity, leisure, contemplation, modestry, sadness, misery, poverty...
Claude doesn't approach people with his camera in an aloof
and voyeuristic manner, but as one of them.
His impressions are, in their perfectly calculated light and their play of colours,
a declaration of love to the people of this subcontinent..."
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I couldn't have said it better myself..!
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mercredi 1 octobre 2008

Beauté d'ailleurs...

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I've always loved Saris (or Sarees)
- comfortable to wear, so elegant, such a wide variety
of fabrics and designs...
- sadly, I don't get to wear mine as often as I'd like
(it's only October and we've just had a hailstorm..!)
but as I also love admiring them on others, whenever I've time
I take a wander in the direction of:
Saree Dreams :
a beautiful blog about the latest sari designs
and sari blouse designs...
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Photo: Saree Dreams
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An old sari ad from the past...
probably around 1950-60,
as that was the time when most cities in India
had 4 digit phone numbers ...


Photo: O. Föllmi
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My favourites are when there are
no catwalks, no glamorous models, glossy magazines
just regular beautiful people in saris...
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Photo: Saree Dreams
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I find these pictures more touching and more beautiful than
any of bollywood stars;.
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Photo: IndiaDailyLife
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the saris are just as beautiful, if not more so, than any sari
that a designer ever created...
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Photo: Saree Dreams

jeudi 18 septembre 2008

Haute Couture à l'indienne...

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"La beauté échappe aux modes passagères"
Robert Doisneau

.J'adore ces magnifiques robes mises en valeur
par ces belles indiennes si élégantes et gracieuses..!

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L'Inde accueille depuis mardi 16 septembre
sa première semaine de la haute couture
à Bombay
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mercredi 13 août 2008

Journey of Discovery...

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"Whenever I found out anything remarkable,
I have thought it my duty to put down my discovery on paper,
so that all ingenious people might be informed thereof"
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek , Dutch Biologist
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Just thought I'd share a couple of my favourite
photography blogs of the moment...
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ENJOY..!

vendredi 6 juin 2008

If wishes could come true...

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this is where I'd be going tomorrow morning,
instead of to my local market in the rain..!
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Markets scenes in Udaipur
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. I have a real passion for outdoor markets,
wherever they be...
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