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Thanks for visiting. I'm a photographer from the US, and I do social work in India, where I live full-time. My photo library features 15,000 photographs from Alaska to the Amazon to Africa, that you can easily explore through keywords, galleries or search. I have a separate India Photo Library with 9,000 images. Major subjects include forest and wetland conservation, religion, wildlife, wild plants, farming, and all things India.

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An elerly sadhu (holy man) does yoga at the Gangasagar Mela, a Hindu pilgrimage to Sagar Island in the Bay of Bengal in India...
A langur monkey that was electrocuted is cared for at a rescue center in Pushkar, India
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Father and son in the Hooghly River during Mahalaya, Babughat, Kolkata, India
A girl falls asleep clutching a coin while panhandling for money or rice (left) at the Gangasagar Mela, a Hindu pilgrimage to...
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A homeless man sleeps with the company of a family of stray dogs (a mother and three puppies total), Allahabad, India.
A dalit girl does a contortion act for no one at the Pushkar Camel Fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. Such girls are deprived a...
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A girl stands near shimmering water on the Hooghly (Ganges) River, near Kumartoli Ghat, Kolkata, India
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Night scene on the beach at the Gangasagar Mela, Sagar Island, India. Gangasagar is a Hindu pilgrimage to Sagar Island, where...
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We helped Maya clear up a bacterial skin infection she had for months
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A boy dribbles a soccer ball on a dusty, polluted road in Dhapa, Kolkata, India. Dhapa is the site of Kolkata's largest landf...
A boy begs for money in a hallway at the Bandra Railway Station, Mumbai, India.
Muslim women and children in the Arabian Sea during a monsoon rain, Juhu Beach, Mumbai, India.
A man lies bleeding on the Sealdah railway station platform in Kolkata, India. He remained there for about an hour before an ...
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 B...
Children celebrate at a carnival at the Pushkar Camel Mela, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India.
Women visiting Pushkar, India watch carnival rides during the camel mela.
A woman prays at sunset along the Ganges River during Chhath Puja, Varanasi, India. Chhath Puja is a devotion to the Sun God ...
Elephant at the 2013 Kumbh Mela, Allahabad, India.
Hindus pray in the Hooghly River in observance of Mahalaya, a tribute to deceased relatives.
Girls receive karate lessons at the CINI (cinindia.org) girls shelter at Amader Bari, Kolkata, India
A mother walks with her daughter under her wing in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
Albino girl panhandling during the Pushkar Camel Fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
A mother and her three children in the Fakir Bagan area of Howrah, India
Men who have either passed out drunk or are sleeping after a hard day's work at a construction site, or borh. On the street i...
A man with leprosy bathes in the Hooghly River during Mahalaya, Babughat, Kolkata, India
Sadhus and a tourist walk past a vibrant blue building in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
Beautiful Ganesh pandal decorated with candles and flowers during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Shekwalhi, Mumbai, India.
Girls on a flower farm, Doomara village, Rajasthan, India. This is one of my absolute all-time favorite photos, as it perfect...
A woman prostrates herself every few steps as an exercise in religious asceticism, Assi Ghat, Varanasi, India
Ajay is a boy living in the Paharganj area of Delhi, India. He's homeless and has polio, and is addicted to sniffing glue. He...
A man does a yoga pose in a tent camp community along the Ganges River, Haridwar, India
Cow skeleton in the desert in Baroon village - aka the middle of nowhere, Rajasthan, India
Elephant on a major road near the New Delhi Railway Station, Delhi, India
Happy women working in the beautiful flower fields that surround Amba village, Rajasthan, India
Nepalese immigrant women work at a construction site in Manali, India
Girl and her goat in the rural village of Kharekhari, Rajasthan, India
A homeless woman sleeps in the Paharganj area of Delhi, India. A personal favorite photo. I visited the woman the next morni...
Goat herder and his grandson in the golden rays of sunset, Kharekhari village, Rajasthan, India
A boy takes the heads off of religious idols at Babughat in Kolkata, India, during the Durga Puja festival. The idols are imm...