Portraits Of People In The Streets Of India And Pakistan
First time I (Lukas Szolc-Nartowski) went to India was in 2001. It was not love from the first sight but this journey was indeed a life changing experience. Scared at the beginning, unaccustomed to the culture and inexperienced I started to sink deeper and deeper into the ways of the travelers. That journey turned me into a backpacker and that's the way I have spend many years after that initiation.
Along the way came photography. My travels slowly started changing. I stopped following the beaten track and started to look for people and places to photograph. One day on a flea market in Lahore, Pakistan I have bought an old and used Minolta lens. It costed me equivalent of 10 dollars but it changed the way I photographed. It was a 50, f 1.4. It is still my favorite lens and I use it to this day.
After arriving to a new place I take the time to go through the narrow streets looking for inspiration. Then, once I'm comfortable enough with the surroundings I keep coming back while waiting for the good light and good opportunity to take a picture. I find these focused moments very relaxing and a bit meditation like. I always ask before taking a picture of a person. I try to spend time and get to know the people that I'm photographing. Sometimes its 30 seconds, sometimes is a couple of days. Just enough to catch a fraction of their soul.
Pictures were taken in India and Pakistan, 2007-2015.
Gypsy Woman, Thar Desert, Rajastan, India
Sadhu, Hampi, Karnataka, India
Sufi, Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
Sadhu, Hampi, Karnataka, India
People in a temple, Pushkar, Rajastan, India
Kalasha woman, Bromboret Valley, Chitral District, Pakistan
Kalasha woman, Bromboret Valley, Chitral Distrikt, Pakistan
People in a temple, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Taj Mahal at sunrise, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
Elephant, Ajmer, Rajastan, India
Kids, Pushkar, Rajastan, India
Man, Thar Desert, Rajastan, India
Man, Thar Desert, Rajastan, India
Gypsy Woman, Thar Desert, Rajastan, India
Gypsy Woman, Pushkar, Rajastan, India
Gypsy Woman, Pushkar, Rajastan, India
Sunset, Pushkar, Rajastan, India
Woman, Rumbur Valley, Chitral Distrikt, Pakistan
Ship Breakers, Gadani, Belutschistan, Pakistan
Man looking at a mountain, On the way to Nanga Parbat base camp, Northern Areas, Pakistan
Man on Hussaini Bridge, Northern Areas, Pakistan
10 things Pakistan like about India (Pakistan Praising India)
India vs Pakistan. Pakistan on India. Pakistan praising India.
There are many things for which Pakistani people or Pakistani media can not stop praising India. Jai Hind.
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