After travelling from Delhi to Allahabad via Kanpur, I arrived in Varanasi looking for some peace. I had no aim but to relax while exploring the everyday life of one of the holiest cities in the world. For years, I have been looking at photographs of Varanasi taken by fellow photograp
Pont des Arts, Paris – 2011 It was August 2004 when the death of the famous French photographer Henri Cartier Bresson was announced on the French news. At the time I did not really take pictures seriously. I just had a hybrid digital camera bought six months before. This dramati
On his way to Arket Bazaar, a Nepalese porter is having a rest. About the picture: The picture was taken in 2009 during a trek through the Gurung villages. On this particular day, I was walking between Lapubeshi and Arket Bazaar along a trail to the Manalsu trek. At peak season, it is
In the heart of the Medina of Fez, a man is walking in a lane near by Al Karaouine Mosque. About the picture: The photograph was taken in 2010 during my second visit to Fez. It was probably not the first time that I had walked down this lane, but the lines & the geometry made by
In the Old Town of Edinburgh, a man traditionally dressed his pushing a wheelchair. About the picture: The picture was taken in the spring of 2008 during a wander in the old town of Edinburgh. From my perspective (maybe a French perspective) there was something sweet and funny about t