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A boy recycles plastic refrigerator trays, Dhapa, Kolkata, India. Dhapa is a large industrial zone that processes most of Kolkata's garbage and recycling.
A boy collects donations for having his photo taken during the Pushkar camel fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. I photographed this same boy doing the same thing over three years.
A low income boy with a charming suit and crossed-eyes (medical, not playing), Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
Children working at a rubber shoe recycling operation, Dhapa, Kolkata, India. Dhapa is a large industrial zone that processes most of Kolkata's garbage and recycling.
A rickshaw driver plies his trade during monsoon flooding, Lake Gardens, Kolkata, India. Taken during the heaviest rains in Kolkata in a decade.
A family of ten albinos living near Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. They're panhandling during the Pushkar Camel Fair.
A group of girls read newspapers during free time at a school in Varanasi, India operated by Dutch NGO Duniya (duniya.org)
Schoolboys react with great excitement to seeing a foreigner visiting Chachiyawas village, Rajasthan, India
Characterful lady carrying a bowl on her head in Picholiya village, Rajasthan, India. Her teeth are stained from chewing tobacco, a habit among only lowest caste women in India.
Beautiful people from the farming village of Kharekhari, Rajasthan, India. These are all good friends of mine.
Albino girl plays with a toy doll I gave her as a gift, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. The family of ten albinos is panhandling during the Pushkar Camel Fair.
The awesome spirit of Rajastjan in one photo, children in the very small and remote (not on any maps or in any official records) Nadi village, Rajasthan, India
A boy with no legs, accompanied by his father. Next to him is a photo from when he was a baby, Newmarket, Kolkata, India
A woman prays on the Ganges River during Chhath Puja, Varanasi, India. Chhath Puja is a devotion to the Sun God Surya in which people gather at sunset and then on the following sunrise and offer prayers.
A farmer talks on his mobile phone while sitting proudly on his tractor in front of his favorite personal horse, Killa village Rajasthan, India
Families working in rubber shoe recycling, Dhapa, Kolkata, India. Dhapa is a large industrial zone that processes most of Kolkata's garbage and recycling.
Girls at a shelter operated by Child in Need Institute (CINI, cinindia.org) in Kumartoli (Potters Town), Kolkata, India.
A family of ten albinos living near Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. They're panhandling during the Pushkar Camel Fair.
A man brushes his teeth in the not very clean Hooghly River (also known as the Ganges), Sovabazar Ghat, 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.
A boy eats carrots and mutter (peas) handed out for free as part of the government food assistance program, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
Women Hindu pilgrims with shaved heads pray during Ganga Aarti along the Ganges River, Dashashwamedh Ghat, Varanasi, India
Ladies pray in the Ganges River during Chhath Puja, Varanasi, India. Chhath Puja is a devotion to the Sun God Surya in which people gather at sunset and then on the following sunrise and offer prayers.
Girl from a low income family in a remote part of the Pushkar desert, Kishanpura Goyla village, Rajasthan, India
A man brushes his teeth in the not very clean Hooghly River (also known as the Ganges), Sovabazar Ghat, Kolkata, India
Happy brother sit on a sea of peanuts at their father's food cart at the Pushkar camel fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan, 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.
Girl from a low income family in a remote part of the Pushkar desert, Kishanpura Goyla village, Rajasthan, India
Girl at a recycling operation near Dhapa, Kolkata, India. Dhapa is the site of the main landfill for Kolkata.
A boy beams as he answers a question at a school in Varanasi, India operated by Dutch NGO Duniya (duniya.org)
A girl with a "black-eye" smiles for a portrait while receving care at a free health clinic run by the French NGO Agir pour Benares, at the Burning Ghats in Varanasi, India.
Brother and sister at a school in Varanasi, India operated by Dutch NGO Duniya (duniya.org). Taken in 2012.
A boy from a shelter at Sealdah Station, Kolkata, India plays near the tracks. Sealdah is one of the largest train stations in Calcutta.
Portrait of two girls in the Fakir Bagan neigborhood of Howrah, India, in an area served by the NGO Calcutta Kids (calcuttakids.org)
A ferry full of Hindu pilgirms travels to Sagar Island in the Bay of Bengal, India, for the Gangasagar Mela.
Mother and her son in a slum area in Ward 66, Muchipara, Kolkata, India. Many people in the community make sandals.
Girl in a slum area in Ward 66, Muchipara, Kolkata, India. Many people in the community make sandals.
Happy and stylish boy in a slum area in Ward 66, Muchipara, Kolkata, India. Many people in the community make sandals.
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.
Portrait of a girl in the Fakir Bagan neigborhood of Howrah, India, in an area served by the NGO Calcutta Kids (calcuttakids.org)
A girl skips rope in a slum area in Ward 66, Muchipara, Kolkata, India. Many people in the community make sandals.
Children play games and socialize at a free health clinic run by the French NGO Agir pour Benares, at the Burning Ghats in Varanasi, 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.
