Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Girgaon

Now that it seems somebody might actually visit these pages, I thought I'd organize some of the pictures instead of putting them up somewhat sporadically and randomnly. I will also try to narrate some kind of a theme behind the year-long presentation of Still Tour 2005 that might help order some of the complex visual topography that is called Bombay.

So the following series here is a start. They compose of pictures I've taken on my many walks through Girgaon, the old working class areas of South Central Bombay. I used to love these crowded labyrynthine byways - from Kotachiwadi to Chor Bazar, from Grant's Road to Crawford Market. This was my place in Bombay to wander around aimlessly and get lost on purpose: to look at people going around with their busy lives, to get overwhelmed and sometimes suffocated by the buzz, the noise, the traffic, the chaos, the crowds ...

If there is one area in Bombay that has (or had) for me a special psychogeographical resonance it was this area. So here are some of the many photos captured during my walks. More to come.


marketing - Girgaon, Bombay


garden - Girgaon, Bombay


at work - Girgaon, Bombay


man and cart - Girgaon, Bombay


parking - Girgaon, Bombay


on her way - Girgaon, Bombay


workers - Girgaon, Bombay


cow stop - Bombay, Girgaon


doorway two into ... Girgaon, Bombay


gentile balcony 1 - Girgaon, Bombay


doorway into ... - Girgaon, Bombay


man and machine - Girgaon, Bombay

Wednesday, August 24, 2005


gender politics - Nana Chowk, Bombay


naps time - Chowpatty, Bombay


frenchie part 2 - Crossroads Shopping Mall, Bombay


mellow evening sun - Opera House, Bombay


crawford market - Crawford Market, Bombay


on the bus - Nana Chowk, Bombay

Sunday, August 14, 2005


(the proto-orientalist?) beggar series # 4 - Juhu Beach, Bombay


bubbles # 2 - Juhu Beach, Bombay


bubbles - Juhu Beach, Bombay


untitled - Juhu Beach, Bombay

Friday, August 12, 2005


Mumbai Rains #6 (Chapel Road, Bandra)

Thursday, August 11, 2005


Yo! - Mumbai Rains #5

Friday, August 05, 2005


Mumbai Rains #4

Wednesday, August 03, 2005


Mumbai Rains #3


Mumbai Rain #2 (Bandra)


Mumbai Rains

Monday, August 01, 2005


diwali # 4 - Marine, Bombay


diwali # 3 - Marine Drive, Bombay


diwali # 2 - Marine Drive, Bombay


diwali - Marine Drive, Bombay