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Travel &
Vacation Images
India - March 2007
Old Delhi
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Delhi, the greater
metropolitan area, is divided into a number of individual municipalities.
New Delhi, the better known, was created by the British and is the center
for government and more modern mercantile activities. Old Delhi is
much older, and today has a large Muslim sector (India has the world's
second largest Muslim population). We visited Old Delhi twice, first before meeting up with our tour group, and again with the group on Day 4. The first visit was in the care of a guide and driver kindly provided by the Indian magnate, Vinay Rai (that's another story, but Thanks! Vinay), and began just before sunrise in a large Muslim-dominated wholesale green market. Markets are such a rich environment, photographically. Within an hour of these photographs, the market would evaporate until the following morning. |
When photographing on my
own, I carry the Canon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS lens.
For wider angle work, I bring the 28-70mm f/2.8 "L" and the 17-35mm f/2.8
"L" lenses. The 70-300mm lens is relatively compact and coated black,
so it is less obtrusive than the 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 "L" IS lens, which has
superior optics. From the market we proceeded to the Old Delhi streets, which resulted in a number of candid photographs denoted below. The photographs of schoolchildren (Old Delhi Street 8-11) are a special subset. Based on several indicia, these are middle-class Hindu children on their way to school, as opposed to the working class people that dominate the remainder of these photos. Finally, we visited Jama Masjid, India's largest mosque, twice, the second time with the group. Photographs from both visits are shown below. |
 Old Delhi Market 1 |
 Old Delhi Market 2 |
 Old Delhi Market 3 |
 Old Delhi Market 4 |
 Old Delhi Market 5 |
 Old Delhi Market 6 |
 Old Delhi Market 7 |
 Old Delhi Market 8 |
 Old Delhi Market 9 |
 Old Delhi Market 10 |
 Old Delhi Market 11 |
 Old Delhi Street 1 |
 Old Delhi Street 2 |
 Old Delhi Street 3 |
 Old Delhi Street 4 |
 Old Delhi Street 5 |
 Old Delhi Street 6 |
 Old Delhi Street 7 |
 Old Delhi Street 8 |
 Old Delhi Street 9 |
 Old Delhi Street 10 |
 Old Delhi Street 11 |
 Old Delhi Street 12 |
 Old Delhi Street 13 |
 Old Delhi Street 14 |
 Old Delhi Street 15 |
 Jama Masjid 1 |
Souls in Flight |
 Jama Masjid 3 |
 Jama Masjid 4 |
 Jama Masjid 5 |