Street Shrine

Posted by Richard Irwin (Belper, United Kingdom) on 1 September 2007 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.

Another scanned slide.

Taken in Delhi, in one of the older parts of the city.

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Comments (12)

Lost Valley from Kamloops, Canada

Ohhh what fantastic color and a sense of mystery! Outstanding lighting and picture. I like the way the candle light is situated.

1 Sep 2007 5:40am

Walt from Scarborough, Canada

Fantastic colour indeed - lovely pic!

1 Sep 2007 11:41am

Shutterbug from Chennai, India

Great colours! Delhi, huh?

1 Sep 2007 11:56am

Brian from West Lafayette, United States

Very cool! Wonderful colors and textures! I agree with LV--great sense of mystery.

1 Sep 2007 12:43pm

Viewfinder from Bradenton, United States

Lovely, with a touch of the sinister (maybe the subdued colors and lighting set a kind of foreboding mood?). Reminds me of an old Indiana Jones movie shot in India.

1 Sep 2007 12:44pm

Rebel Szczesny from Big Apple - NYC, United States

Terrific image find...

1 Sep 2007 1:35pm

Rebecca from Leicester, United Kingdom

A striking image, Richard. Must say it calls to mind many of such shrines that I witnessed during my travels in South India (Chennai - formerly Madras - and surrounding villages) some 10 years ago.

What also struck me (and for some poignant reason, what this image also reminds me of, though this one seems to emanate from a richer part of the country) was the immense poverty and desolation affecting so many in those parts - at least back then, but it seems to me that even now with the rapid economic advancement in the country, many of the poorest (as seems also to be the case in China, albeit for possibly different reasons) are "left behind". Hopefully this will not always be the case.

1 Sep 2007 2:03pm