Vertical Portraits

Portrait of a girl in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India.

Portrait of a man on Strand Road, Kolkata, India.

Portrait of a boy in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India

Portrait of a girl on pilgrimage to Pushkar, Rajasthan, India

Portrait of a man with one arm amputated at the bicep, Sovabazar, Kolkata, India.

Portrait of a man in the Dharavi slum, Mumbai, India.

Portrait of a man at the Gangasagar Mela, Sagar Island, India.

A girl smiles for a portrait near the Dhapa landfill, Kolkata, India. Hundreds of people work at farms and recycling facilities near the landfill.

Portrait of a man on the street in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. Candid with natural background (purple painted wall where the man was standing)

Portrait of a Muslim man at Taragarh Fort, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India

Portrait of a boy in Haridwar, India

Portrait of a scout in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India

Portrait of an elderly woman on pilgrimage, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India

Portrait of a woman in Kullu India

Portrait of a priest, Budha Pushkar, Rajasthan, India

Portrait of a lady farmer, Picholiya village, Rajasthan, India

Portrait of a Muslim girl during Eid al-Adha, Red Road, Madian, Kolkata, India.

Portrait of a Sadhu or holy man, Tulsi Ghat, Varanasi, India

Family portrait, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. Good friends of mine.

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,

Portrait of a girl in Varanasi, India.

Portrait of a Muslim girl in a striking black and gold scarf, Esplanade, Kolkata, India.

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.

Portrait of a Hindu pilgrim in Varanasi, India.

Portrait of a pilgrim in Pushkar, India during Kartik Purnima, Full Moon Puja, November 2012.

Portrait of a boy and his father in Howrah, India

Portrait of a man at the Gangasagar Mela, Sagar Island, India.

Portrait of a boatman in Varanasi, India.

Portrait of a woman in blue in the Fakir Bagan neigborhood of Howrah, India, in an area served by the NGO Calcutta Kids (calcuttakids.org)

Portrait of a Muslim girl in a striking black and gold scarf, Esplanade, Kolkata, India.

Portrait of a girl in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India.

A girl smiles for a portrait near the Dhapa landfill, Kolkata, India. Hundreds of people work at farms and recycling facilities near the landfill.

Portrait of a toddler in the Fakir Bagan neigborhood of Howrah, India, in an area served by the NGO Calcutta Kids (calcuttakids.org)

Portrait of a boy at the Pushkar Camel Mela, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India.

Portrait of a plucky girl in the Fakir Bagan neigborhood of Howrah, India, in an area served by the NGO Calcutta Kids (calcuttakids.org)

Portrait of a girl in the Fakir Bagan neigborhood of Howrah, India, in an area served by the NGO Calcutta Kids (calcuttakids.org)

Portrait of a Sadhu or holy man, Meer Ghat, Varanasi, India

Portrait of a girl along the Hooghly River, Sovabazar, Kolkata, India.

Portrait of an elderly man at night near Dashashwamedh Ghat, Varanasi, India.

Portrait of a girl at the Pushkar Camel Mela, Pushkar, India.

Portrait of a girl and her brother near Newmarket, Kolkata, India.

Portrait of a girl in the Fakir Bagan area of Howrah, India

Portrait of a very fit elderly man in Taratala, Kolkata, India.

Portrait of two children in the Fakir Bagan area of Howrah, India

Portrait of an elderly man at night in Bowbazar, Kolkata, India.

Portrait of a boy in Sovabazar, Kolkata, India.

Portrait of a boy in a uniform in Bandra East, Mumbai, India.

Portrait of a boy on Strand Road in Kolkata, India.

Portrait of a handsome guy in Sovabazar, Kolkata, India.

Portrait of an elderly woman at a market in Kalighat, Kolkata, India.

Family portrait, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India