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Photo walk in Jaipur | Street Photography – Faceless Frames ” Hands”

Photo Walks in Jaipur? The first photography walking tour in Jaipur I ever took was when I bought a DSLR for the first time, a few years ago on World Tourism Day, here in Jaipur. I feel a photography walking tour in Jaipur is a great way to experience the city and also meet a local who can help you with a new experience. It’s difficult to photograph people on the street in a natural setting if you don’t understand the local culture. After a long gap, I decided to join a photo walk in Jaipur on a Sunday morning in the walled city. The incentive to join this photo walk was to break away from the “usual mindset” rut and think afresh!  Also, photography on the streets of India offers a great chance to learn and adapt.

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The above picture was clicked at the start of a street photography tour in Jaipur with a backdrop of heritage buildings in the old Bazaars of the Pink City.

The theme for this photo walk was “hands”. The walk was routed through the old Jaipur bazaar in the walled city area which has many heritage buildings. I have never been into clicking portraits, an integral part of street photography. Jaipur is one of the best places for street photography in India. Here are 13 Faceless Frames I composed during this short photo walk of 30 minutes capturing the street scenes in Jaipur.

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Morning is usually associated with certain routines like visiting a temple, offering prayers, reading a newspaper, drinking tea…

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  • The Invasion!

The gentleman in this picture was enjoying tea at a roadside tea Thela (cart) when a group of photographers swarmed in. He looked disturbed when a few photographers zoomed in on his face with zoom lenses, taking aim at his tea ritual. I settled for his hand though!

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  • Take stock of the business!

This flower vendor was catching up with the news in a newspaper. In this case, he was flipping through the obituary section. Taking stock of how his day will be?

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  • Tea Takeaway!!

Tea vendor in Jaipur pours tea into low-cost street style “takeaway”

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  • Passing the time!

The person in this picture is a watchman at an undergoing metro(tube) construction site on Choti Chaupar. With nothing to do during the morning hours, he was watching the world go by. What you see in this frame is his register and pen; both are useful for keeping records, his primary duty.

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  • Lovestruck!

I found this interesting tattoo sign on the hands of a boy. He was sitting with his friends outside an old temple entrance. It is a less visited temple of Jaipur walled city . You can read more on my post – Roopchaturbhuj Temple Jaipur flower-seller-jaipur-market-hands-theme

  • Waiting…..

This is a picture of a flower vendor waiting for the customers. There are many places in the old Jaipur city with flower sellers. These flower sellers cater to retail customers unlike the flower market in Jaipur, also known as Phool Mandi.

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  • Fruit Vendor!

A fruit vendor is loading and arranging his fruit display. A usual morning ritual among the local fruit vendors before the arrival of customers.

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  • The grain seller!

These grain sellers can be spotted across the walled city area of Jaipur. They survive on people looking to earn good karma! As per Hindu belief, offering feed or grains to birds and animals improves your karma! Offering grains to pigeons is a part of daily routine for many people in Jaipur.

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  • Preparing for the day!

The flower seller gets into action as he sorts and trims stems for the flower bouquet.

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  • All set!

The flower seller waits with the marigold garlands. Marigold garlands are bought by the devotees while offering morning prayers, especially in the commercial establishments where a fresh garland is offered to God or deity as a daily routine. Performing Puja at the start of a work day is a routine activity in Jaipur bazaars.

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  • Awaiting!

A scooter rider waiting by the roadside. For whom? I have no clue!

Finally, these two pictures are my favorite ones.

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  • Homeless!

The above picture is of a poor homeless person in Jaipur Walled City. I felt sad looking at his expressionless face. He was staring at “infinity”. There was so much hiding behind his face. So many stories.

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  • Bachpan or Childhood!

I clicked this picture on a roadside Thela or cart. These are the hands of a four-year-old son of the fruit vendor; I composed this frame when he was leaning towards his mother for the security watching the world go by!

I would love to hear your views and suggestions. Which picture did you like out of all the above?  I have written a couple of blogs on street photography in India which focuses on Jaipur, read them all Photo Walk in Jaipur

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271 thoughts on “Photo walk in Jaipur | Street Photography – Faceless Frames ” Hands””

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  4. Your photos are a source of inspiration. I love to do street photography, but never thought of taking shoots of hands. The love struck hands are so well spotted, but that is the advantage of concentrating on one subject. The child’s hands are also lovely.

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    1. Thanks Marga! 🙂
      I have tried my hands on street photography earlier as well, but I guess I’m not great at capturing faces! This one I really enjoyed because once you break away from the face, there are many things to capture! Ideally, I would have turned the last picture -child’s hand into monochrome. It convey the setting in much better way, but refrained since rest are all B&W. what is your favorite subject to shoot, Marga?

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      1. It is true that traditionally street photos are in black and white, but there is no law that says you cannot publish them in colour. Especially in your area where colours are so vivid.
        What I try to achieve in my street photos is to capture some kind of action, especially communication between people. So not just people walking in the street, but friends talking, joking, laughing or discussing; market vendors negotiating with their clients, or people reacting to something that is happening. Not easy to capture, because you have to have your eyes wide open all the time and be quick with the camera. But it is such fun if you succeeded in clicking at just the right moment!

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      2. I’m sure every photographer has something unique that he likes to capture. Street photography is not as easy as it seems. It’s just not going out and just clicking frames as you can do in landscape. It requires skill….and patience. Quite like going for fishing! you’re not sure of the catch for that particular day.

        well said that there are no rules as for colors. Some pictures convey better with colors and some in monochrome. Those with emotions, like portraits…looks better in monochrome. My personal thoughts here.
        I think someday you should visit these bazaars..they are goldmine for a photographer like you…plenty of subject! Have you ever been to Jaipur?….India, Marga?

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      3. Hmm, patience… That was what I needed last week when I visited the Alhambra, the Moorish palace in Granada (Spain) last week. I had been living there for two years more than four decades ago, so it was like a walk through memory lane. There are trillions of photos of the Alhambra, so I wanted to take the not-so-obvious pictures. Easier said than done, more so because of the huge crowds passing through the different chambers. The coming weeks I will show you the result from time to time.
        No, I have never been to India, nor to any other country in your part of the world. The bazaars must be quite something. They remind me of the bazaar we saw in Marrakech (Morocco) some twenty years, but at that time I was not yet into photography I’m afraid. My husband did take some lovely pictures though.
        Have a nice day!

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  5. The grain seller, lovestruck and bachpan..
    In the order of liking.

    The grain seller looks cool. With faster shutterspeeds, you could have got more frames.. Nonethless, brilliang pictures

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    1. Thank you Rajat. Bachpan is my favorite…. may be composition..or may be the hands of a child….difficult to answer!
      As for the grain seller and motion, certainly I could have frozen his hand movement, but when I was framing his hands were still. So it was actually unplanned.
      Thanks for encouraging comments. Do you like street photography?

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      1. Hey, thanks

        I do, but have not done much of street photography yet..Occasionally. I enjoy sunrise and sunset photography more though..and macro ofcourse!!

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      2. I guess… We have this common here between us. I love capturing nature. Sunrise or sunset is one of the greatest inspiration from nature.

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      3. That reminds me, since you are in Jaipur, you must drive down to Jaigarh fort, hike up to the place where the giant cannon is placed..
        From that point, you get a very crisp view of the Jal Mahal and the lake through the obstructing hillocks in between.
        You should be there before sunset. I guess thats the view I have been missing for a long long time…. 🙂

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      4. Rajat. Thank you for this lovely input. I have done something similar couple of times, though not from this particular point. I have many many pictures, clicked over a period of time. I have shared less than 10 pc of the images out here because I have been following some structure rather than posting simply a picture. Let’s do this together, whenever you are next in Jaipur? 🙂

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      5. Sure, may be in October or November, there’s an expat trip on my list. If all works out well God willing, I will let you know.. Regards 🙂

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  8. Wonderful images pulled out of vibrant city, your home town! Your text describes life so well as if I had walked through the streets myself. One thing I do not like too much, drinking tea out of a plastic bag.

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    1. Thank you for the appreciation. Drinking tea from any plastic material is definitely not a good idea. People commonly use whatever they lay their hands on… Including the ones which are not food grade. It’s dangerous. But the problem is affordability as well as lack of awareness.

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      1. Yes, I have been to Jaipur couple of times and each time I loved it..Jaipur is also a foodie paradise..I love the onion kachauri and dal baati churma there..

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  11. A photo walk truly helps to come out of the shell. I tried but yet to join one in Kolkata here. 😦

    Wonderful pictures of daily life…the very essence of street photography. The captions have added flavours to the pictures. The grain seller, excellent timing for that one… 🙂

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    1. Thanks Maniparna. Finding time to join one is always challenging. I will suggest you to give it a try. Kolkatta is a great place for Street photography. Will look forward to your pictures ☺
      Thanks for appreciating and sharing your views.

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  13. Your post takes me right back to Jaipur, it’s like as I am walking through this city again. All images are so very story telling, yet the last two ones , both of them are my favorites, because they are like a juxta position, the older hands imprinted of a hard live and the young girls hands full of excitement and what’s waiting for her live.

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    1. I love your interpretation of the last two pictures. I think without context and stories photography has no meaning. The pictures are from the old city area for which the city is famous. Thanks for sharing your views here. 😊

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  18. Photo walk is an interesting concept! But true taking the perfect shots might get tough. However I feel you have done great justice… The Tea Takeaway! Wow! And way you have structured the post, it’s quite appealing.

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    1. Ha ha! true…I have never been a street photographer, which is one reason you won’t find many street portraits here on jaipurthrumylens. I don’t like staged pictures, which many of photographers do.
      I’m happy you liked this post. Many fellow bloggers liked the tea takeaway! Thanks for sharing your views, appreciate it 🙂

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    1. I have only seen him on TV during an interview. So I really have no idea about his pictures. All I know is that he is the most famous Indian photographer.
      Happy to know that you liked these pictures Cheryl. 😊 thanks for the appreciation

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