Taking photographs in India means always being on. Something can always happen, there is always something to see, there are always people. so even if you are in a taxi or in a TukTuk, you need to have your camera ready. There is always colour and a visual language that is not ours and therefore special. What has changed are the film posters. The sweet romanticism of Bollywood did disappear but in its place are tough men. What these three are up to is unclear but it all promises to be exciting. What is very Indian are the colours, bright and eye-catching, so that is immediately noticeable even if you are in a taxi and drive by, your attention is immediately drawn. It is a flash among all the other advertising that tries to attract attention everywhere in a still traditional way. It succeeded here. The film has been running for a second week.
My great loves are the water and everything about it. Ships, travel, history and photography. The combination is therefore very common in my photographic work. Most photographs are created intuitively. It is an image that strikes me, usually a combination of form and color in which a.. Read more…