Folk Musician

Gallery: POP PhotosPosted June 18, 2012153 views7 comments

Made this image last December when I visited Desert national park, Rajasthan, India. This was when I had visited one of the local forts. Rajasthan means the "land of the kings". Being the largest state in India it is no doubt a culturally rich state with lots of forts and history !

This lone musician was signing to glory with this country made violin. When I talked to him about his journey - he has been sitting in the same place singing the local folklore spreading the traditional riddles and knowledge that he has for last 20 years ! I was humbled by his talks.

Canon 5DII, Canon 17-40 F4 L.

My first non-nature image in the forum. Would love to know your views. Please bear with the JPEG compression.

Thanks in advance for looking.

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Harley Goldman on June 19, 2012 at 11:24 AM

This is very well done. You have given the image a high contrast, stark, somewhat forlorn look, which works quite well. The gentleman has very haunting eyes.

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on June 19, 2012 at 11:32 AM

Wonderful portrait !!

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on June 20, 2012 at 4:35 PM

An evocative and powerful portrait.

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Comment posted by Nicolaus Wegner on June 20, 2012 at 10:07 PM

Digging this shot. That's one leathery dude!

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Comment posted by Craig Myers on June 25, 2012 at 7:35 PM

Your portrait style is nicely matched to the subject. Well done!

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on June 27, 2012 at 7:54 PM

Wonderful image of this fellow - congrats on the WP!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on June 29, 2012 at 1:17 AM

Incredible portrait, Pramod. Really a captivating image and a fitting tribute to this gentleman. Congratulations on the weekly pick; well deserved.

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