INDIA on FILM – Varanasi II
More monochromes shot on film at Varanasi, definitely one of India’s most Indian cities.
Along the Ganges River: where it’s ok for cows, people and boats to just sort of chill out all together.
On the other hand, some bits are quite busy, as here, where laundry is laid out to sun-dry after being washed in the Ganges’ bacterial broth.
And some other sections are a bit of both. Here a bovine chills while two young girls play a game of badminton using a sleeping dog as a net.
One sharply-dressed gentleman snoozes near some graphic advertisement for yoga classes.
…and a quick stroll around the sharply-dressed gentleman reveals he is not indeed snoozing alone…
After all, the scenery is somewhat relaxing, on the ghats by the Ganges river…
All pictures taken february 2014 on a vintage Nikon EM 35mm film camera on color negative film with a 50mm f/1.4 manual-focus lens.
Alessandro Ciapanna
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24 Responses to “INDIA on FILM – Varanasi II”
Wonderful, evocative series
Thanks, Murray!
gotta love the snoozing pair 🙂
A snooze is better, in good company… 🙂
so good !
Thanks, Lisa!
The 50mm gives that unmistakable natural, classical look. I miss my Nikon FG, no so much on account of image quality given by film cameras in general but because of its simplicity and compactness. Digital cameras are just to gizzmo…
Great shots, Alessandro.
Oh, i so love the meatllic feel of those skinny, trusty mechanical cameras with levers and wheels and just a positive feel. That said, getting film processed and scanned properly is such a headache, lately…
Thanks, Antonio!
I think the dog net should be used more widely, especially if the dog is awake and moving around. India at its best.
Thanks, Andrew! Pet net – gotta love that…
Haha, man best friend, I like it.
Thanks, buddy!
Great series Alessandro, you must have been delighted when you walked around the corner of the sleeping man to find the sleeping dog too. Loved that image in particular!
Thanks, Lianne! Surprises always do seem to await around every corner, in India…
Nice post, I like the girls playing badminton and the drying laundry.
Oh, you could burn roll after roll just taking in all the laundry – there are literally kilometers of fabric everywhere, every day. Thanks for the comment!
A relaxing post! 🙂
Nobody’s going anywhere fast, that’s for sure… 🙂
What a fabulous and handsome set of laid back shots, those cows!
Haha! Sometimes you have to wind your way around the cows – and what they leave behind – so much, there is no getting from a to b in anything like a straight line… 🙂
A sleeping dog as a net 😀 (I come here for photos as much a for your witty comments) That white cow is quite beautiful, and it is nice to witness such cohabitation between bovines and humans. Film photos again? Marvelous, Alessandro!
Film it was – due to necessity. And what a refreshing new, old experience at the same time it was. Thanks, Paula!
“a sleeping dog as a net” wow, I like this…
robert
Thank you! 🙂