Kolkata (Calcutta)
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A traffic policewoman near Sovabazar, Kolkata, during a winter rain. Kolkata has severe traffic problems.
Primitive furnaces in the East Kolkata Wetlands near Bantala burn scrap leather from handbag factories, Kolkata, India. The furnaces belch out thick smoke day in and day out, contributing to Kolkata's poor air quality.
Farmers transporting cauliflower on old three-wheel motorcycles pass in front of the Dhapa Dumping Grounds, the primary landfill for Kolkata, India.
A girl skips rope in a slum area in Ward 66, Muchipara, Kolkata, India. Many people in the community make sandals.
A baby is weighed at a clinic operated by Child in Need Institute (CINI, cinindia.org) in Pailan, Kolkata, India
Muslim men have their eyes painted for Eid al-Adha, Red Road, Madian, Kolkata, India. I have the only photos taken by a foreigner of this most important day to Muslims at the most auspicious site in Kolkata for both 2012 and 2013.
Monsoon flooding, Lake Gardens, Kolkata, India. Taken during the heaviest rains in Kolkata in a decade.
View of a Durga idol in a pandal during the run-up to the Durga Puja festival, Beniatola, Kolkata, India
Interior of South City Mall decorated for the Hindu Durga Puja festival, Jadavpur, Kolkata, India. It's the largest mall in East India.
Father and son at a rubber shoe recycling operation, Dhapa, Kolkata, India. Dhapa is a large industrial zone that processes most of Kolkata's garbage and recycling.
Fancy Fish Centre shop in Newmarket, Kolkata, India. There is a brisk retail pet business serving India's middle and upper classes. Conditions for the animals are often dismal.
Muslim men have their eyes painted for Eid al-Adha, Red Road, Madian, Kolkata, India. I have the only photos taken by a foreigner of this most important day to Muslims at the most auspicious site in Kolkata for both 2012 and 2013.
Long exposure of car lights passing a man sleeping in the median strip on a busy road, BBD Bagh, Kolkata, India
Durga idols are recovered from the Hooghly River after being immersed during the Durga Puja idols, Babughat, Kolkata, India. The idols are recovered to avoid polluting the river. They're made from straw and river clay, but the paints are not eco-friendly.
A street dog sits on the top of the 100 foot tall Dhapa dumping ground (landfill), the main dump for Kolkata's huge population, Dhapa, Kolkata, India
Durga idols are recovered from the Hooghly River after being immersed during the Durga Puja idols, Babughat, Kolkata, India. The idols are recovered to avoid polluting the river. They're made from straw and river clay, but the paints are not eco-friendly.
A man brushes his teeth in the not very clean Hooghly River (also known as the Ganges), Sovabazar Ghat, Kolkata, India
Durga idols are recovered from the Hooghly River after being immersed during the Durga Puja idols, Babughat, Kolkata, India. The idols are recovered to avoid polluting the river. They're made from straw and river clay, but the paints are not eco-friendly.
Monsoon flooding, Lake Gardens, Kolkata, India. Taken during the heaviest rains in Kolkata in a decade.
A woman and her son huddle under a piece of plastic during monsoon rains while panhandling, Babughat, Kolkata, India
Children play Pachisi, or Cross and Circles, a traditional Indian board game that is the basis for the well-known board game Parcheesi, at a shelter in Calcutta, India
Bollywood idols and an anti-smoking sign in Gariahat, Kolkata, India. Tobacco use among men is epidemic in India, both cigarettes and chewing tobacco.
Women walk past a sign for "Government Registered Sexologist" services, Lake Gardens, Kolkata, India
Durga idols are recovered from the Hooghly River after being immersed during the Durga Puja idols, Babughat, Kolkata, India. The idols are recovered to avoid polluting the river. They're made from straw and river clay, but the paints are not eco-friendly.
A Hindu boy with cerebral palsy begs during the Muslim Eid al-Adha festival, Red Road, Madian, Kolkata, India. I have the only photos taken by a foreigner of this most important day to Muslims at the most auspicious site in Kolkata for both 2012 and 2013.
A pig at the Dhapa dumping ground, the main landfill for Kolkata's 13 million people, Dhapa, Kolkata, India. Dhapa is a large industrial zone that processes most of Kolkata's garbage and recycling.
A boy lights a cigarette using the smoldering end of a piece of dense rope, Newmarket, Kolkata, India
Construction laborers carry bricks on their heads in Salkia, Howrah, India. Much work in India is still done in a slow, roundabout fashion, in part to create and sustain employment.
A small boy poses for a portrait at night, on a busy street with no parents anywhere in sight. He called me over and inisted I take his photo. BBD Bagh, Kolkata, India,
Hindu families immerse idols of the goddess Durga in the Hooghly River at night during the Durga Puja festival, BBD Bagh, Kolkata, India
An outdoor laundry ("Dhobi ghat") at a small lake near a power station, near Science City, Kolkata, India.
Primitive furnaces in the East Kolkata Wetlands near Bantala burn scrap leather from handbag factories, Kolkata, India. The furnaces belch out thick smoke day in and day out, contributing to Kolkata's poor air quality.
Fishermen unload the morning's catch at a small dock in the town of Chingrihata, East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India.
A huge line of Hindu pilgrims wait to board a ferry to leave the Gangasagar Mela on Sagar Island for the mainland back to Kolkata, India. The Gangasagar Mela (festival) is a pilgrimage to Sagar Island, where the Ganges River meets the sea.
Children near the Kakdwip railway station south of Kolkata, India wait to catch coins thrown by pilgrims arriving from the Gangasagar Mela (festival) on nearby Sagar Island.
A herder hits his goats with a stick on the maidan (park) in Kolkata, India. Maidan is a large open public space in the city center,
Cows graze on a strip of land in the East Kolkata wetlands, Kolkata, India. In the distance is Salt Lake City. Cows are actually uncommon in the wetlands, which is a very good thing.
Teenagers from the town of Chingrihata smoke in a fishing hut in the East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India. Small hand-rolled cigarettes are very cheap and widely available in Kolkata.
Fishermen unload the morning's catch at a small dock in the town of Chingrihata, East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India.
Portrait of a toddler in the Fakir Bagan neigborhood of Howrah, India, in an area served by the NGO Calcutta Kids (calcuttakids.org)
Girl at a recycling operation near Dhapa, Kolkata, India. Dhapa is the site of the main landfill for Kolkata.
A canal in the East Kolkata wetlands, Kolkata, India. In the distance is the planned satellite city of Salt Lake City.
A excavator digs through wetlands in some kind construction or restoration project, East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India.
Foamy, dirty water in an unnamed creek near Bantala and Dhapa, Kolkata, India. The area is home to the main landfill for Kolkata, and a large number of small recycling operations, as well as leather incinerators. Pollution in the area is extreme.
A farming family on an old three-wheel motorcycle pass in front of the Dhapa Dumping Grounds, the primary landfill for Kolkata, India.
An idyllic, pastoral scene with a large tree, fishing hut, and boat on a foggy morning, East Kolkata wetlands near Chingrihata, Kolkata, India.
Children near the Kakdwip railway station south of Kolkata, India wait to catch coins thrown by pilgrims arriving from the Gangasagar Mela (festival) on nearby Sagar Island.
