The walls of Pondicherry's market are full of posters featuring politics that are all smiles. If I were them, I would too. Business is good for everybody, especially for them. (click on pictures for high res) Leica M9 with 35mm Lux Asph at F4.0, 1/125, ISO160

So our trip as always come to an end. Of course, www.yanidel.net will go on afterwards and I have quite a few interesting projects coming up. Yet, I am also wondering about the direction to give this blog in the future. So instead of taking assumptions based only on my personal perception, I thought it […]

I am honored to have been included in Complex's list of the The 50 greatest street photographers right now. Like any of such listings, there is a big part of subjectivity, which leaves it open to discussions of who should have been included, and who should have not. There are hundreds of great street photographers […]

Have you ever noticed how in virtually every forum discussions where photographic equipment is compared, there is always be a participant that suddenly tames the enthusiasm by stating  "it's the photographer, not the camera". Sure, obviously, evidently. Yet Mr Smart, now go out and try to replicate this picture with your Iphone.   (click on pictures […]

Standing in front of their school, two kids with mischievous lloks seems to be already planning their next strike. (click on picture for high res) Leica M9 with 35mm Lux Asph at F2.8, 1/500, ISO160 – Pondicherry

On Pondicherry's seafront promenade, the bubble seller calls out to his customers by gently whispering in the wind.  (click on picture for high res) Leica M9 with 35mm Lux Asph at F1.4, 1/4000, ISO160

Yes, my 50mm Summicron is broken…. While in Calcutta, as I mounted my 50mm Summicron on my Leica M9 to take a picture, I realized that the aperture ring did not move the blades anymore. Yet, that was not it, the focus ring would no longer move past 10 meters either. Strange coincidence isn't ? […]