Flour Merchant
by salmiakki

Comment by grahamgator:
The details and tones are wonderful.

Kumartuli 001
by salmiakki

Comment by daisydavid:
Visually compelling first image Sarah, and the rest as well. Amazing profile of of an organic hands on custom. The focus being on the artistry rather than the characters is a welcome change. An enviable experience indeed.

Poppy Guru
by salmiakki

Comment by eniko:
Wonderful shot. For me this ties for first place with one other. Good luck!

Flour Merchant
by salmiakki

Comment by UNTITLED:
Really nice photo...the b&w tones and details are just perfect!

Poppy Guru
by salmiakki

Comment by mitalapo:
looks like fun

Poppy Guru
by salmiakki

Comment by Phocal:
Wonderful environmental portrait and personally I love the subject. To bad there is the modern water bottle and what I think is a box of matches. There are also the modern sandals but I can deal with those more than the bottle. I know you had no control over them.

Kumartuli 001
by salmiakki

Comment by ubique:
An interesting photo essay in the classical, Nat-Geo style. So the images are largely about their subjects rather than about the photography, at least as a first impression. But a longer look discloses some very clever photographic choices that elevate without getting in the way.

Indian craftsmanship is quite good, but Indian art is universally awful. This is folk art, which is pretty awful world-wide I suppose, but even the 'high' art is painful in India.

It's an instructive and worthy photo essay. Thank you.

Poppy Guru
by salmiakki

Comment by 2mccs:
Fascinating and beautifully photographed.

Poppy Guru
by salmiakki

Comment by MadMan2k:
Well done keeping the details in the shadows and the highlights. Funny to see a plastic bottle of water here.

Flour Merchant
by salmiakki

Comment by Lydia:
8 from me (earlier) Lovely job of it... but the table is throwing me off... is it tilted? I see you've leveled to the doors... BW was the perfect decision.