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A slum area in Ward 65, Chamrapatti, Kolkata, India. Leather tanning for handbags and purses is the main activity in the community. Child In Need Institute (CINI, cinindia.org) works in the area.
Portrait of two boys along the Ganges River at Sovabazar Ghat, Kolkata, India. Direct from the camera. No post-processing.
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.
Shy, recently arrived girl at the Amader Bari shelter operated by Child in Need Institute (CINI, cinindia.org), Kolkata, India.
Wild marijuana (Cannabis sativa) growing on the side of the road in Bantala, East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India.
A man rides a bike past shallow lakes in the East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India. In the distance is the planned satellite city of Salt Lake City.
In an effort to stay warm, a stray dog sits on the ashes of a firepit used by fishermen, East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India.
Fishermen light fires to keep warm early in the morning in the East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India.
Leather handbags for sale at Newmarket, Kolkata, India. Search my catalog for leather to see more photos of the leather making process in Kolkata.
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.
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 canal in the East Kolkata wetlands, Kolkata, India. In the distance is the planned satellite city of Salt Lake City.
Mother and her son in a slum area in Ward 66, Muchipara, Kolkata, India. Many people in the community make sandals.
A sadhu's copper vase hangs from a window as pilgrims ride a train from Kolkata to Sagar Island, India for the Gangasagar Mela, a Hindu pilgrimage that attracts a million people.
Wild marijuana (Cannabis sativa) growing on the side of the road in Bantala, East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India.
Scrap leather waiting to be burned in furnaces in the East Kolkata Wetlands, near the rural town of Bantala, Kolkata, India.
A small hut in the East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India. In the background is Salt Lake City, a planned satellite city in northeast Kolkata.