Place: Alpsitze, Bayern
Climbers on the summit queuing up to approach the highest point, like the syllables of the traditional japanese Haiku rowing up to complete the composition- composing poems with their feet.
Frozen by warmth...
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Place: Kneifelspitze, Bayern
The masses indulge, the peaks fascinate the partner and boredom takes over - the character in the foreground being overwhelmed by the april sun shortly after.
Stung by the ray!
In the safety of the ray while being shrouded by the dark.
The Cauldron of the Alps
The crater-like rock formations of the Zugspitze, where space is cooked day and night. Right next to the stove are the surrounding mountain ranges of the Alps and the blue-green waters of the Eibsee.
Chloro-filling
The setting sun illuminating the contours of a young plant, thus validating photosynthesis.
The middle stretch
Emerging from one large void and eventually disappearing into another, the Seeking to journey the in-between stretch together almost never ends...
The cloud studio
Whites and Blues hosting two friends with posing ambitions, where rocks are stages.
Partners on the hill...
Grazing away the mountain tops and unintentionally building vantage points, without any ambitions whatsoever to stir, cause or exercise.
A realm in the clouds...
Exchange appearing to be under way through silent gazing.....with mountains for clarity and the ever-moving dusty clouds penetrating all Imagination.
Pressure from beneath...
Mountain climbers scratching their way up to the summit of the Alpspitze.
Wired wings...
Place: Hammersbach, Bayern
Landing back on earth... after a nose-dive from the giants behind
The alpine seeds...
Place: Kreuzeck, Bayern
The countryside idyll on the alpine foothills studded with barns.
Unfolding...
Place: Jena, Germany
In the silent wetness of secluded forests.. "A violet in the meadow grew,
blushing quietly, quite unknown;
a pretty little violet." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
blushing quietly, quite unknown;
a pretty little violet." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Spring's Nectar
Place: Jena, Germany
A pair of printed wings drawing first nectar that spring had to offer...
Framed to wait
A girl in a village school waiting for her friends to arrive.
Questionable Claims
Wall paintings can be unambiguous....and there are others that have shadows as eternal companions...
Chai and Absorption!
On a breezy mountain top and chilly wooden floors sits a child contemplating on the rising steam from a chai kettle while his untiring mother builds a natural frame around him..
Armed against invisibility
Gearing up to target the unseeable.
Under watchful eyes
Six eyes on the toddler. A simple family in the tribal village of Bijoychapori.
Mustard beneath the sky!
Two men and their bulls working on extending the yellow mustard blanket over the entire landscape.
The Mising tribe
A mother and her son of the Mising tribe, that decided to settle down on the river island of Majuli after centuries of wandering from Mongolia.
Mini-wraps!
Tiny monks wrapped up to combat the winter evenings at the Tawang monastery
Fire and addiction
A little monk tanking his share of warmth on a winter evening, with all his thoughts being eventually consumed by comfort.
Decoding hyacinth
Locals looking for fish that may be entangled in the roots of water hyacinth.
Being indifferent is a lonely pot with an open mouth yet to be filled.
Friends in winter!
When the winter winds brought friends together.....
Wind and Aether
The unceasing fluttering of prayer flags against the still mountains and the frozen Se La lake.
Being consumed !
Place: Mechuka, Arunachal Pradesh
Wood and the art of being consumed, bringing solace to those in need.....
Mountain games
Secret games on the wooden floors by the mountains as the sun dried the laundry.
Shadows of the dark
Place: Unknown, Rural Assam
When the headlights of an approaching bike revealed the secret nightwalk of three friends on a powerless night.
Rinpoche's balcony
Place: Sangyeling, Arunachal Pradesh
Where the monk wakes up and what he ponders over -
basic walls, paint and unlimited gracefulness.
Light, Work and Warmth !
A kitchen on the river island of Majuli - the hands and feet of a Majuli woman working and warming themselves up.....with the gentle winter winds and light seeping through the pores of the bamboo walls.
Orange and Omnipresence
Place: Komseng, Arunachal Pradesh
End of plucking session in the Orange village of Komseng - Oranges on trees as stars on a starry starry night.
Watchman follows.
Se' La'
Place: Se La, Arunachal Pradesh
When footsteps and heartbeats were engrossed in a conversation - approaching Se La.
Valley's blanket
Place: Tawang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh
The yellow rooftops of the Gompa buildings at Tawang, with the setting sun illuminating the roofs.
The Apatani girl
Place: Ziro Valley, Arunachal Pradesh
A woman from the apatani tribe sporting nose plugs and an adidas jacket.
Girls from the Apatani tribe were known for their extraordinary beauty and were often kidnapped by the neighbouring Nishi tribes until the middle of the 20th century. To put an end to this, they were deliberately defaced with facial tatoos and nose plugs that were meant to evoke fear.
This woman continued to display her charm though.
And the weapon was meant for bamboos !
The Wild Curtain
Wild elephant grass and paddy growth forming natural curtains on the summit of Mechuka La.
Mountain Gossip
When the village women indulged in a session of gossiping before getting back to work
Building upon chaos
Place: Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, India
When the setting sun lit up the confusion of urbanisation
Fire Dance
Place: Lata, Uttrakhand
The village youngsters experimenting with fire on the day of diwali as the sound of creation emerged out of it by accident.
Himalayan enclosure
A stone enclosure for contemplation by the Himalayas where temperature froze time..
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