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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””

  1. Such an interesting subject, ‘hands’ 👌 and the fact you took some cool captures on it!! I am yet to do a photowalk…… Maybe this winter ☺ My top 3 the grain sellerm bachpan & tea takeaway 👍
    ……and Arv do try a shot at the scroll.in video story contest from the streets “It happens only in India”

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    1. Thank you Monica. I will suggest you to undertake a photo walk. It helps to learn and experience new things. Let me check out this contest. I’m not really lucky with contests though.
      Thanks for sharing your point of view and info on contest. 😊👍

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  2. I love the last picture the most, coz innocent hands! 🙂 I personally like pictures without humans or faces!
    What’s with that chaiwala pouring tea in a plastic pouch? 😛 Who does tea takeaway in a pouch?!

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    1. I also like that picture because of the innocence associated with little hands, Anupriya. As for the tea takeaway, it’s prevalent among the poor people who can’t afford something appropriate.

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  4. Hello Arv, how are you doing?
    Beautiful post, lovely subject -‘hands’ to photograph, each telling a unique story of its own. I never save a plastic bag used as a tea takeaway, I loved that picture, and the homeless guy picture.

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    1. Thanks Ashu! I don’t advocate using plastic for tea. In fact I don’t use plastic disposable cups either even though they are so common here in India. It’s a very dangerous proposition. When there are dangers in using food grade plastic material, this on the other hand is not even food grade.

      I have some more pictures will share them some other time. Thank you for sharing your choices Ashu ☺

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  6. Interesting shots! The theme is such that each becomes all the more entrancing because of the stories portraying what’s not in the photograph.

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    1. well said! Even though they say that picture is equivalent to thousand words, fact is unless some context is provided it has no meaning. So to complete a story, context is must. Thanks for sharing your point of view! 🙂

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  7. These various aspects of people in action is a part of professional photography too. In fact, many learn from such shots…and I am sure you would have learned a lot also.
    Sometimes, I go out for random clicks to learn from my mistakes.

    1st and last two would be my picks!

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    1. Frankly I went without any preconceived thoughts or idea. I decided to go with a flow. You are right that these are aspects we all learn through trial and error. Probably, I would have never clicked these pictures had I not participated in this walk. Going out with a fresh perspective certainly helps you to grow as a photographer.
      Going out for photography definitely is a good idea. Would love to see those random clicks. ☺

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    1. Since the theme of the walk was hands, that’s what I focussed on. I do have few pictures with faces. Next time. I understand your preference but sometimes we need to move away from the norm to have a fresh perspective. Will post them soon. ☺

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    1. Thanks Madhu. I never thought that by focusing only on hands one can get a new perspective to capture. That’s the beauty of photography, you can always find some new perspective. Thanks for sharing your thoughts Madhu. ☺

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    1. That’s great Momtaz! London is a great place for photography especially street photography. I’m sure you will be suitably rewarded by pictures. Will wait for your pictures then?

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    1. Thank you Nurul! None of these pictures are staged. I know moving subject requires different camera settings but I have not used it out here. Try exploring street life whenever you are traveling next time, you will discover something new! 🙂

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  16. Excellent way to look at life and things around us, the idea of “photo walk” provides that space for us to look at life from a different lens than that we keep wearing on a daily basis and take things around us for granted. The little observations and the focus on a theme “hand” helps us bring an altogether a different perspective to our life. You have wonderfully captured those little moments that we ignore or take it for granted on our daily routine activities.

    I love the entire portfolio of photo shoot you have done and like the snippets that you have so thoughtfully written under each such picture which telling a story. Together the photos are telling a story of how life is and how we should be looking at our life. Each hand gesture is aptly captured and a message that is so intuitively coming from the position and the things that the hand is holding. It is in fact speaking what is there is their mind and what we wanted to convey.

    I liked the last two pictures which you have so aptly chosen…there is a philosophy and there is profound thought. It is age and it is state they are in, many times we have to stay there and gaze at the horizon, and just cannot do anything that can change our state of life.
    Thanks so much for sharing with us.

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    1. Thanks Nihar for sharing your thoughts here.
      Happy to know you liked these pictures.
      I completely agree with your statement on perspective. There’s so much happening in our lives that we forget about simple and small things.
      Nihar we need to accept the fact that despite our efforts and plans, destiny may not give way. We have to accept that we all have limitations.
      Let me end here by putting it this way, while we all have plans for life….we don’t know what life has plans for us! This is a truth we have to come to terms with someday! 🙂

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      1. Last few lines are indeed so profound, yes there is something called destiny, and whatever we may plan we have to accept what life has plans for us.
        In this busy life we get lost is so many things and miss out the joy in little things and small things that makes up the beauty of life.
        Pictures and perspectives, perhaps the best way to describe the way we capture photo and present our thoughts.
        😀

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  18. Very interesting post Arv. I had never seen hands featured like this. My most favorite photo is the grain seller….i loved the motion captured in that photo!

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