Mumbai (Bombay)
Photographs of Mumbai (Bombay), India, including Dharavi, the Worli Sealink Bridge, Bandra, Malabar Hill, Chowpatty Beach, Crawford Market, Mahim Bay, Juhu Beach and the Ganesh Chaturthi festival. If Mumbai isn’t the craziest city on Earth I don’t know what is. I love it though, due to the spirit and warmth of the people. Mumbai is 20+ million people crammed into a landscape of highrises, ocean beaches, bridges, slums, bays, stadiums, hills, glamorous shopping malls, jewelry dealers, and garbage dumps. It would take a lifetime to really know and understand Mumbai. India’s financial capital and slum capital, nowhere in India is income inequality more apparent. There are individuals in Mumbai with more wealth than ten million of their fellow Indians. Barefoot girls panhandle at busy intersections amid Ferraris and Rolls-Royces.
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A beautiful blue-eyed stray cat, with what looks to be Egyptian bloodlines, rests on a scooter seat near Churchgate train station in Mumbai, India.
A man fills up bottles of water with unfiltered tap water to sell, in Dharavi, by most account the most crowded square mile on Earth, with about a million people. Water is rationed by the government of Mumbai and is subject to random restrictions and the performance of monsoon rains.
Workers prepare newspapers for sale before sunrise inside the Bandra Railway Station, Mumbai, India.
Tuk-tuk (three-wheeled auto rickshaw) drivers in Mumbai, India rest to escape the high heat and humidity.
A man fishes in a heavily polluted makeshift wetland near the Bandra Railway Station, in the heart of urban Mumbai, India.
A man fishes in a heavily polluted makeshift wetland near the Bandra Railway Station, in the heart of urban Mumbai, India.
A man fishes in a heavily polluted makeshift wetland near the Bandra Railway Station, in the heart of urban Mumbai, India.
A man fishes in a heavily polluted makeshift wetland near the Bandra Railway Station, in the heart of urban Mumbai, India.
A man fishes in a heavily polluted makeshift wetland near the Bandra Railway Station, in the heart of urban Mumbai, India.
A man fishes in a heavily polluted makeshift wetland near the Bandra Railway Station, in the heart of urban Mumbai, India.
A man fishes in a heavily polluted makeshift wetland near the Bandra Railway Station, in the heart of urban Mumbai, India.
Colorful plastic crates at a vegetable stall are covered in plastic during monsoon rains, Bandra West, Mumbai, India.
Sculptors in the village of Colaba, Mumbai, India craft idols of Ganesh for the Ganesh Chaturthi festival.
Sculptors in the village of Colaba, Mumbai, India craft idols of Ganesh for the Ganesh Chaturthi festival.
A boy holds up a bottle of murky water from the Arabian Sea, in the fishing village of Colaba, Mumbai, India.
Boys from the Colaba fishing village in Mumbai, India haul in a net full of garbage. The boys bring the net back and dump it in an old wooden boat, then frantically sift through the garbage to yield an average of two or three tiny fish per net.
Boys from the Colaba fishing village in Mumbai, India haul in a net full of garbage. The boys bring the net back and dump it in an old wooden boat, then frantically sift through the garbage to yield an average of two or three tiny fish per net.
Boys play UNO while taking a break from a soccer game in the fishing village of Colaba, Mumbai, India.
Real books are still alive and well in Mumbai, India, where internet access is available almost everywhere, but well out of reach for many residents, as are tablets and other e-reader devices. Mobile phones on the other had can be found everywhere at all socio-economic levels.
A taxi passes in front of a Night Center for Street Children near Churchgate Railway Sation, Mumbai, India.
A boy repairs bicycles in a makeshift roadside shop near the Churchgate Railway station in Mumbai, India.
The Worli Sealink bridge is a massive 6km long span in Mumbai, India. Costing $290 million dollars to build, it provides quick and easy movement for a select few that can afford the toll, which is more than a days wage for the majority of Mumbai residents. The bridge is also closed to pedestrians, cyclists, and anyone who doesn't have a car or truck.
Men in the Dharavi slum in Mumbai, India make large quanitities of milk and bread pudding in a sweltering workshop,
Mumbai, India is a concrete jungle, set amidst steamy tropical forest and mangroves, tiny remnants of which can be seen even in the heart of downtown, like this scene at a squatter's camp near Dharavi slums.
Countless air-conditioners dot the urban landscape of Mumbai, where oppressive heat and humidity can make life miserable for those without it. The cumulative energy burden is massive, with air-cons being one of the greatest consumers of power in any household or business.
A constant theme in Mumbai,India is BIG. Grandiose structures and public works seem to promote the idea of building from the top down, instead of investing in improvements to basic infrastructure.
If advertising signs are any indication, fear of male baldness seems to be a big concern in Mumbai, India. This ad seems to gloss over the fact that Michael Jackson's plastic surgery work was never the source of much admiration.
There is no shortage of irony in Mumbai, India, where signs and ads and tv programs seem at odds wth reality.
