Multimedia: The Pull Rickshaws of Kolkata
Last week I returned from Kolkata ( the city formerly known as Calcutta ), India. I actually didn’t go for an assignment or even to take photos. I accompanied with my wife who had business there and while in Kolkata we visited with some friends. Yet, if truth be known, a photographer never goes anywhere without [...]
Rickshaw Pullers of Kolkata
Click on the images to view larger. I lived in India for thirteen years. In that time I only ever flew through Calcutta, or Kolkata as it is called today. This week I find myself in this amazing place. It is significantly different than Delhi and other places I have visited or lived in India. [...]
Last Day
Click to view larger We leave India tonight and head back to Penang. I leave you with a few images from life in Delhi, India.
Nizamuddin, India
Click on an image to view it larger. These are photos from yesterday’s shoot in Nizamuddin. Nizamuddin is a small Sufi, Muslim community within the boundaries of New Delhi. It is always alive and bursting with energy. These next images are from Humayun’s Tomb, just across the street from Nizamuddin.
Old Delhi
Click on an image to see it full size. Most of my time in and around Old Delhi today was spent shooting video with my 5D MKII. It was a new and challenging for me. Nate seems to think I got some good footage. We will have to wait and see. For now and over [...]
Multimedia: Lumen Dei Participant Michael Ettema
Tweet I spoke too soon. Apparently, I still have a few more SoundSlides slide show to present. Todays entry is by Michael Ettema. Michael came to Lumen Dei packing light. He sported the only Leica on the trip. His whole kit, three lens and body all fit into a small bum bag. I tried using [...]
Multimedia: Lumen Dei participant Matea Michelangeli
I think this might be the last of the Lumen Dei 2010 Slideshows. Today’s show is from another talented photographer, Matea Michelangeli. Matea’s father is a serous amateur photographer so she grew up among cameras. Vacations were filled with waiting for Dad to get the picture. (I think we all can relate.) She’d take photos [...]
Multimedia: Lumen Dei participant, Yves Perreault
While in Ladakh, I lead a short spur-of-the-moment workshop on Soundslide Plus and the basic concepts of a photo essay. We had several participants express their interest in trying their hand at it. I told each of them, if they got it to me I would gladly post their work for others to see. Here [...]
Multimedia: The Prophet gave us a way.
My intent in this post is to foster peace and understanding. This post today expresses the views of one man, who is in the minority in his town. He is a Muslim man named Faisal, and he is a minority in Buddhist Ladakh. Many of my readers know that I am a member of a [...]
Multimedia: Wasim The Varanasi Sari Maker
One of the assignments we gave our last Lumen Dei workshop participants was to create a short, two minute multimedia photo essay on anything or anyone as long as it was in Varanasi. They were to use Soundslides, but we would provide the audio bed for them. The assignment was to be shot the two [...]
Lumen Dei: Kumbh Mela, India
Gavin Gough and I are thrilled to announce that we will officially start taking applications for the 2010 Kumbh Mela Lumen Dei photo workshop and tour. Now, I could wax eloquently about the tour for hundreds of words. But, Gavin has such a nice English lilt I will let him tell you all about our tour and workshop. Gavin if you please?
“It’s difficult to measure the excitement with which Matt Brandon and I are announcing this photo tour. Off the scale probably.
I shoot for mostly NGOs and nonprofits. I photograph images of the unknown, the forgotten and the helpless. These are often the stories that most people overlook. 
