Saturday : photographic and inspiring.

Saturday was spent in the sweltering by lanes of Chandni Chowk. To those unfamiliar, Chandni Chowk is one of the oldest parts of Delhi. It's a combination of old residential havelis, markets buzzing with activity : the spice market, the wedding market, the silver market, the paper market, the camera market, the paranthe wali gali and what not. 

The sights, smells and sounds can be overwhelming at first but once you're 'in it' there's no escaping the glory of it. Chandni Chowk is truly wonderful in its own way... I love this electric hell (you would know what I'm talking about if you saw the thousands of wires thrown across buildings for power). I first went to Chandni Chowk when I started photographing - It became my play ground. The people, warm and welcoming and the faces truly fascinating. It would be easy to get lost within the maze and really absorb all that was happening around.

It had been long since I photographed for myself. This time, I wanted to just go - switch off and aimlessly photograph like the old times. It was good getting out and feeling the buzz.

And not just that - I even got to drool over some beautiful medium format cameras... soon baby soon! 

Ready to Foundry!

It's already May and it feels like the year has just begun.

There's so much to look forward to!

Next headed to Istanbul for the Foundry Photojournalism Workshop, an exciting week

of photography, community and inspiration. I'm helping on the organizational side of things and we are upto our necks with class placements. With 15 world class, prize winning photojournalists coming in as instructors - there is bound to be a fight! 

Foundry 2009 in Manali, India.