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Stranger No. 100
For the last month or so, Ramki has been on a roll of film that has been waiting to be developed. Ramki is a “sadhu” or Hindu holy man whom I walked by in Varanasi, India (where there are many sadhus!) I stopped and asked for his photo, and he gave a sigh (presumably tourists…
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Strangers Nos. 98 and 99
Not every “stranger” photo turns out the way you want. Â I thought I was being clever by rewinding this half-used roll of film so that I could enclose it in a lead lined bag to protect it from the airport x-rays, and then just advance it again to where I had left off, but apparently…
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Stranger No. 97
Like stranger No. 96, Simim was working on refurbishing one of the ghats at Varanasi – basically filling in cracks with cement and/or re-laying stones. They explained that the Modi government had allocated money to give Varanasi a “facelift”. I asked him to take his photo in the frame of this doorway (apparently they were…
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Stranger No. 96
This is Raju, a laborer helping to renovate one of the ghats in Varanasi. He doesn’t speak a word of English but through a translator explained that he and his colleagues were brought in to help give the ghats a facelift, thanks to money made available by the Modi government.
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Stranger No. 95
Rashid was very kind to show us around the Alamgir Mosque, located along the banks of the Ganges River in Varanasi. His family have been the caretakers of the mosque for generations. The mosque is surrounded by a Hindu neighborhood and thus doesn’t get as much traffic as other mosques in the city, but it…