Imagine that some of the masters of photography were still alive nowadays and were forced to turn to digital by their clients.  Some tough choices would have to be made, but eventually all would find the tool to perpetuate their style and vision. Let's have a look at which camera they would end up picking. […]

Depth is my obsession in street photography. Indeed, whenever I spot a potential scene, the first question that comes to my mind is "can I create depth with the available elements?" Though depth is not always essential to produce a good street photograph, it will assist viewers to recreate a three dimensional space out of […]

Don't worry, the elephant wasn't on a rampage plastering whoever was on it way. It was standing at the entrance of a temple and being honoured by worshippers. These one fed it with little stacks of grass and even gave it coins. Elephants like coins so it greeted their donatores by a little tap on […]

No, this group of workers in Pondichéry wasn't asking for the return of French royalty, but to get their jobs back with luxury company LVMH. Four years ago, Louis Vuitton created its first Asian factory in Pondichéry and hired a couple hundreds people. The venture apparently didn't fare very well since it sold its operations […]

We will spend the new two weeks in the city of Pondichéry. In case you haven't heard of it, was a French colony during close to 300 years and it is only in 1962 that India took over the territory. Why spend two weeks here ? I guess we missed the croissants and baguettes too […]

Madras has on the largest public beach in the world with 13km of sandy shore. And amazingly, it is busy in most of its stretch. Since swimming is not recommended (strong drifts), many activities are proposed to the visitors. So you actually have the feeling to be at a Fair. A very large one. (click […]

Below the Horwah bridge, very early in the morning, one will discover a huge flowers market. Not that the people of Calcutta is especially fond about flowers, but most of them will be sold around temples for worshippers to offer the Gods. And the Gods seem to like orange a lot. (click on pictures for […]

Like NYC, the fleet of cabs in Calcutta is all painted in yellow. Yet only one brand is allowed, that is the 50 year old Ambassador which is still manufactured. How many decades must have them dealt with traffic ? Luckily, we all know that the main virtue of an Ambassador is patience.

In the Southern part of Calcutta stands the temple of Kalighat. Entirely devoted to Kali, an important divinity in West Bengal, sacrifices of goats are still performed to honor it. Therefore, red is the dominant color of the temple,as well as surrounding neighborhood. Kali won many battles and would drink the blood of its enemies. […]