Indian faces.... Photo Gallery by Claude Renault at pbase.com

Indian faces....

A few pictures of people I met travelling around the world. All of them are part of me.

Shy. Sri sailam	Waiting. Tirumalai	Durga. Tirumalai	Light. Tirupati
Sadhu. Sri Sailam	Danuko Lakshmi, a lambadi woman	A sadhu. Sri Kalahasti	Saying Hello to god.Sri Sailam
Mother. Tirumalai	Ayappa pilgrim. Tirumalai	Swami Nara Simha . Sri Sailam	Puja. Tirupati
Fatima Tabasu. Hyderabad	Movie star. Tellichery	Fruit Juice. Kollam	Food. Tiruvanamalai
A kid and his mother.Chengalpatu	Baratha Nathyam. Mamallapuram	Prabu. Tiruparankundram	Selling Lemons. Madurai
Beauty. Kanchipuram	Intense look. Puttukotai	Rice picking. Pitchavaram.	Ayappas. Tiruchendur
My daughter. udaipur	a mom and her kid .. Jaipur	Look. Pushkar	Papu. Pushkar
Papu. Pushkar	Savitri. Udaipur	The Thinker. Udaipur	A colorful sadhu. Jaipur
Savitri. Udaipur	Sita. Pushkar	Sheperdess. Pushkar	Beauty. Gulbarga
A Photo shop. Bidar	Saina and her grand mother. Badami	Durgi. Hampi	A beautiful man. Mahakutta
Beauty. Bijapur	A fruit seller. Badami	Yes, it's true.. Gulbarga	Moslem boy . Gulbarga
Sarees. Varanasi	Selling flowers for the Puja. Varanasi	Widows in Vrindavan.	Sweet. Allahabad
Baidehi. Varanasi	Pink. Mathura	Ploughing. Bijnor	Santa Devi Draejag. Allahabad
Encounter in Varanasi	Snacking in Kolkata	Entrance of the Kali temple. Kolkata	Poverty. Calcutta
Cooking. Calcutta	Coal delivery. Calcutta	Deep Sleep. Calcutta	Water.. Pandua
Horseman. Calcutta	Baby. Barhampur	Resting. Calcutta	Resting. Calcutta
Painter of signs. Calcutta	Goddess. Murshidabad	Golden moment. Amritsar	Smile. Amritsar
Profile. Amritsar	Golden moment. Amritsar	Smile. Amritsar	Limca. Amritsar
Neelkanth Mahadev. Haridwar	Vishnu. Gangotri	Harish Mahajan. Haridwar	Eyes. Rishikesh
Shy. Haridwar	In the street Haridwar. Uttar Pradesh	Beauty. Haridwar	Chai stall. Rishikesh
A pilgrim. Omkareshwar	Smoking beedis. Omkareswar	Venkatesh. Chengannur	MS Nagamani and Yums Raju.
A father and his son.	Pilgrims going up to Sabarimala	Offerings. Sabarimala.	Hide and seek. Sabarimala.
A sadhu. Sabarimala.	A woman pilgrim . Sabarimala.	Beauty. Tiruchendur	Lakshmi. Kanchipuram
A moslem girl. Gulbarga.	Inside the Kali temple. A Beggar. Calcutta	Flowers. Hampi.	Prakash. Mysore
Sadhu. Udaipur	Bubbleman. Vellore	Beautiful. Kumbakonam	Sadhu. Tiruvanamali
Intense. Kumbakonam	Pink Beauty	Resting, Hiding.... Kanchipuram	In the train Madurai-Tanjore
On the market. Calcutta	Aging well. Jodhpur	Mr Menon. Madurai	Deep inside. Patna
A Nice man. Patna	Portrait during the Puja. Puri	A Lambadi woman. Nagarjuna Sagar	Sadhu. Patna
Monsoon. patna	Working . Hampi	Pandhyan. A sadhu in Madurai	Flower selling. Madurai
Waiting for the bus. Hyderabad	Babu. Haridwar. Uttaranchal	Just curious. Madurai	Beauty, Kanchipuram. Tamil Nadu
Subramaniam. Pampassar	Subramaniam. Pampassar	A fruit seller. Madurai	Scorching sun. Vaiteeswarankoil
A farmer. Bijnor	Ma Ganga. Hampi	Smiling. Bijapur	Shiva. Mysore
Hanuman and Shiva. Mysore	Beauty. Hampi	Workers. Gulbarga.	A farmer. hampi
Worker. Udaipur. Rajasthan	Saina. Badami.	A student. Bidar	Students in a Madrasa. Bidar. Karnataka
Chickpeas. Gulbarga. Karnataka	Caretaker of the mosque. Gaur	A nice woman. calcutta	Intense look. Calcutta
Reading. Pattadakal	Chai shop. Bidar	Portrait of a shop owner. Mysore	Sikh. Amritsar.
Nice eyes. Amritsar	Sadhu. Ujjain.	Colors. Amritsar	A soft look . Market. Udaipur
A pilgrim. Agra	Shamlu and his son. Nagarjuna Sagar	Sadhu. Sri Kalahasti	A fun moment. Near Udaipur
Patima. Vaitheewswarankoil	A farmer in his field. Nellur.	Swami Sardar, a fortune teller. Delhi	On the market. Calcutta
Laundry. Badami. Karnataka	Danuko. Sri Sailam	A nice kid. Hampi. Karnataka	After the Holy Bath. Varanasi
Bawa Guru. Prayag	Soni. Prayag	Mustard field. Ramnagar	A sadhu. Varanasi
Portrait. Moti Bagh	Sanjata. Jodhpur. Rajasthan	Papu. Pushkar. Rajasthan	Sultan. Bikaner. Rajasthan
Prem. Bikaner	Sita. Pushkar. Rajasthan	Kids. Pushkar. Rajasthan	Papu. Pushkar. rajasthan
Sadhu. Varanasi. Uttar Pradesh	Vanitha. Coonoor. Tamil Nadu	Chinnapen. Chidambaram. Tamil Nadu	Demonstration. Kelwara. Rajasthan
Demonstration. Kelwara. Rajasthan	Kamba. Kkuran.Gujarat	Amara. Orchha	Amara. Orchha
Siddis dancers. Diu	Siddis dancers. Diu	Vanitha. Dwarka	Nasim. Ludyia
Moti. Udaipur.	Krishna. orchha	Pilgrim. Orchha	Shanti. Varanasi. Uttar Pradesh

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Lawrence Solum		10-May-2010 14:10
Fantastic diverse images! Wonderful collection.

Paolo Caiazzo		29-Jan-2010 09:42
Great emotional shots!! V

Eli Bynum		08-Jan-2010 17:13
Wonderful gallery. Great portraits!~V

Buba Jafarli		05-Jan-2010 18:29
I have bookmarked this page to visit it from time to time! Excellent portraits! BV.

Photografic Digital Art by Chiepe		29-Dec-2009 17:59
Congratulations,truly love your work...! Amazing and fabulous gallery, thanks for sharing ! Big V² Greetings from Roeselare-Belgium

jayadevan		04-Aug-2009 15:47
hi renault, your works are very good. you have seen INDIA. it's not just a tourist's pictures. they are very rooted in Indian culture. great!

G�KHAN BOYACIOGLU		27-Feb-2009 12:59
great photos from the Indian real life, really good compositions and sharp photos loved all portraits , Bravo :)

vimlesh		15-Oct-2008 17:27
Hear is the real india. great work dear.. all the best...

Jason K Powers		21-Sep-2008 21:59
Nice set of pics!

Kiran		21-Sep-2008 09:21
Great images if indian pics,excellent quality. Thanks for sharing.

Sanjana Menon		02-Feb-2008 04:11
Amazing potraits...must say..touched my heart.. This is REAL INDIA......

Julie Aucoin		26-Jan-2008 09:56
Au risque de me répéter... Vous êtes un maître. Merci pour ces images!

olderhvit		11-Jan-2008 19:04
Nice collection of portraits. V.

Petros Labrakos		09-Sep-2007 16:14
I can hardly set aside none of entries... wonderful gallery too (V)

Guest		08-Sep-2007 09:22
This is you best gallery

Karen Hoyt		30-Aug-2007 11:44
Lovely portraits. I see how they stay with you.

Guest		29-Aug-2007 14:35
Alot of great portraits here! thanks

Ramagopala Chakravarthy		20-Jul-2007 11:33
Really you have an eye to see. . . . excellent photos.

Pascal Fauchard		17-Jul-2007 04:39
Cingratyulations! Your pictures are AMAZING. This is just wonderfull. It is so nice to share this. Voted.

Guest		11-Jun-2007 02:13
Wonderful Site. JT

charu		21-Apr-2007 19:28
i love this country.though these people are poor but they have a sheer satisfactory smile on their face. and each of their expression is shown wid graet creativty, bravo man!

andrea salvia		24-Mar-2007 18:31
hi... I never ben in inda but is my big dream!!!! i hope one day, i can show you my photo, but now i vote your fantastic gallery 100% good job.

Guest		23-Mar-2007 00:56
stunning

AH207		22-Feb-2007 20:06
well done Claude - a superb set of portraits that represent a snaptshot of an ancient people and culture. Keep up the good work my friend :-)

Guest		14-Feb-2007 01:22
love the faces..something that fascinates me as well..great work of my homeland

Guest		26-Jan-2007 11:08
Exceptional gallery. Well done

maximzar		16-Nov-2006 09:03
Perfectly done! Thank you!

Enny		12-Nov-2006 21:20
These are really great portraits, love them, bravo, voted.

Roman Moldaschl		10-Nov-2006 18:50
A stunning Gallery.How many faces havew India? - You show us a lot of them,well done.

Guest		21-Oct-2006 14:48
Thank you very much to bring out the inner conscience of India through the lens. I hope in future you're going to make us more astonished with your compilation. Great Effort. Jayanta Dhar

Josh Bornstein		15-Oct-2006 09:28
wonderful images. India really is amazing...you cannot walk down the street without seeing 10 terrific photo opps. You did a great job of capturing the essence of your subjects, with tons of really nice compositions. Definitely makes me want to go back there very soon.

Guest		12-Sep-2006 10:34
Amazing gallery capturing the character of these individuals, fantastic work

perey		08-Aug-2006 20:41
Bravo!Bravo! Toutes vos photos sont remarquables. J'ai rarement vu d'aussi belles compositions. Vous jouez très joliment avec les rapports chromatiques. Et puis au delà du jeu esthétique il y a ce que raconte avec precision votre sujet que ce soit un personnage ou un lieu...ou autre chose. Très sincèrement, Bravo.

angelique raptakis		09-Jul-2006 18:33
what a superb gallery! excellent work portraying the rich beauty of each of these individuals.

Rosemarie Kusserow		07-Jul-2006 12:20
Hi Claude, I cannot add anything, amazing gallery, so beautiful expressions on the faces, thanks for sharing, Rosemarie :-)

Catherine_D		24-May-2006 00:01
Well This gallery I have to agree with all the rest is a jewel..Excellent..

Galina Stepanova		23-May-2006 17:30
Every portrait in this gallery is a piece of jewel, full of character, tense, life and spirit. Incredible, unforgettable collection. Bravo, photographer!

petem		07-May-2006 03:08
Tremendous gallery. Too many great photos to comment. Voted

jlm		05-May-2006 17:58
Trés belle galerie de portraits! un régal

xnir		05-May-2006 04:42
marvelous collection

david procter		03-May-2006 16:22
Among the finest portraits I have ever seen. Too many to comment on in one stay. I'll be back! i totally understand when you say all of them being part of you. Even though i meet the people i take portraits of briefly each picture is so familiar - like an old friend.

Wenche Aune		03-May-2006 11:24
A great gallery of wonderful people.

Guest		30-Apr-2006 15:40
Fabulous work, Claude. Among my favorites to be sure.

akleja		28-Apr-2006 10:40
Stunning portraits! I am very impressed by your talent! You potray these people with a lot of warmth and your pictures show them as the interesting and beautiful people they must be.

MarkoP		27-Apr-2006 19:56
Really nice work. Love it... My vote for the gallery.

jeromee		25-Apr-2006 13:37
This whole gallery is simply beautiful!!! Really AMAZING work!!! J

cjefferz		18-Apr-2006 19:42
just outstanding!! amazing work!

Gonzalo GV		07-Apr-2006 21:07
One of the best portraits galleries I have ever seen ! You really captured the soul of India through the faces of these people. I feel I need to learn a lot about photography and even more about India. I´ll come back to this incredible country... Thanks for sharing .

ArminB		01-Apr-2006 20:51
Superb gallery! Please add as much as possible :o)

Arnulf M. Elvevold		01-Apr-2006 20:35
My compliments. Some 15 % of the world's population live in India. Your high quality portraits reflect very well a big nation and all the human warmth within it.

Mark		01-Apr-2006 20:15
Indeed, some fabulous portraits! Mark

Gil Azouri		01-Apr-2006 15:19
Great collection of portraits!

Mark Rutter		31-Mar-2006 21:45
A wonderful collection. Colourful people in both senses of the word. Thanks for sharing.

Guest		31-Mar-2006 11:59
Fantastic portraits. Thanks for sharing!

Webman06		29-Mar-2006 19:29
Je ne connais pas ce merveilleux pays mais cette galerie montre avec beaucoup de pudeur et d'amour les gens qui le peuple. Bravo pour ce travail rigoureux et délicat. Vote sans le moindre doute. Merci encore pour ce voyage. Philippe

Samir Marich		29-Mar-2006 16:22
so much human warmth in this gallery, it is truly exceptional thank you for sharing

Anna Pagnacco		27-Mar-2006 23:16
Wonderful collection of superb portraits! Great gallery....Anna

isogood		22-Mar-2006 20:41
c'est vrai que c'est magnifique, avec celles de Maciej, et d'autres, ça donne vraiment envie d'aller là bas... merci et bravo

magoo		20-Mar-2006 12:40
Wonderful people. A great portrait gallery as you caught the essence of each and every heart. Love the "waiting.Tirumala"

dark_room		30-Dec-2005 10:12
très jolie !

Woodstock1103		27-Dec-2005 21:58
Very high quality portraits

Zeeshan		21-Oct-2005 20:29
Thats It i was finding absolute ,,I Love this gallery very well n weldone u have done a different work..i have no words to say that u have really done a very very well and different work.Bunch of thank you for this work.God Bless u .its realy all ur pictures r masterpieces .very attractive gallery ..no 1 gallery of all in pbase galleries ,,. weldone ..ThankYou

Guest		19-Oct-2005 09:07
salute to you

Jose Paulo Andrade		19-Sep-2005 12:03
Excelent gallery of Portraits!

Utsav		29-Aug-2005 21:43
marvelous effort and fantasticexpression of moods, faces, expressions and lighting composition cheers http://www.pbase.com/digitalfestival

Herve Blandin		16-Aug-2005 07:34
Bonjour, Claude quelle belle lesson de photographie, mais cela n'est rien sans les battements de coeur que l'on ressent, et chez ces gens, et en toi-meme! Voila, c'est ca le beau cadeau que tu nous donnes. Herve (ca y est, je suis DSL-ed depuis aujourd'hui. Ca aide. pour regarder et pour telecharger)

Guest		29-Jul-2005 13:35
This is one of the most amazing and beautiful galleries I have seen. Every photograph is so thoughtful and inspiring. Simply gorgeous - thanks for sharing.

Evaristo Buendia-Carrera		20-Jul-2005 17:48
World faces...Nice faces. thanks for share, I enjoyed.

Guest		20-Jul-2005 00:46
The only waste of the time was the 9 months that imbecile's mother spent carying him inisde her. Claude, SUPER shots man. These are some of your best. Extremely good stuff.

Guest		19-Jul-2005 03:58
Cette série suberpes photos est superbe et nous fait voir la multitude et la diversité des cultures dans ces visages. The one who wrote a comment entitle Waste of time is obviously an imbecile. Félicitations pour votre oeuvre.

waste of time		12-Jul-2005 08:29
I see no point about taking pictures of desperately ugly people...and beauty is just a fact and not a matter of taste or culture..it is tangible it is concrete!!

Guest		15-Jun-2005 08:02
Claude, ces portraits sont émouvants, tant il semble que le rapport au photographe soit présent. Du très bon travail, et aussi pour moi une belle suprise en ce début de matinée... zian [ My Pbase galleries ]

anthony legg		01-Feb-2005 15:52
I congratulate you on your work. You have some very beautiful portraits here. Interesting expressions and compositions. well done.

Juliano Lopez		24-Jan-2005 22:04
Excellent collection of portraits. They tell so much of each place. Congrats.

Fabienne		15-Jan-2005 22:32
Une passionnante galerie de portraits, tous plus beaux les uns que les autres. Les photos sont faites avec un grand sens artistique et tact.C'est un privilège que de pouvoir contempler ces visages d'ailleurs et je vous remercie de m'en faire profiter.

Krzysztof Kuzbik		09-Jan-2005 20:03
Great photos in this beautiful gallery! Thank you for sharing!

Guest		08-Jan-2005 19:44
Remarquable travail qui approche au plus près de chaque personnalité dans le respect de l'autre. Une vraie et belle galerie.

pingupingu		29-Dec-2004 23:43
je n'avais pas encore pris le temps de visionner cette gallerie . oubli réparé. Les regards que les gens t'ont donné sont inoubliables Chapeau.

Gilles Navet		05-Dec-2004 21:02
Extraordinaire série de portraits, presque un travail d'archiviste, avec sensibilité et respect en plus. J'admire ce type de démarche, et je pense qu'on ne peut y arriver qu'en ayant la foi... en l'autre. Souvant on dit "Bravo" ou "well done", mais pas pour cette galerie, elle vaut plus. Donc seulement à bientôt Gilles

Guest		09-Aug-2004 19:58
Beautiful & impressive work!

subhendu		20-Jul-2004 21:17
Great pictures of people. So original. Do you know where can I see some quality images of temples of India? Keep up the good work Subhendu

Guest		20-Jul-2004 13:08
You certainly have visited a lot of interesting countries and captured the people there beautifully. Bravo!

YNW		06-Jul-2004 18:48
wonderful faces! I love your photos about the various faces.

pedro torres		18-Jun-2004 23:22
Magnifique. Pourquoi pas une gallerie avec des visages des gens de Bretagne?

ron espinoza		16-Jun-2004 00:41
Very nice work...you have a great eye for faces.....Hope you do some black and white also....keep up the good work...ron e.

Guest		14-Jun-2004 05:57
excellent gallery

Oren Upin		19-Apr-2004 00:40
Very nice gallery and portraits. I was wondering if you can be so kind and share how you managed to get the lighting effects (like when your cursor points to the picture it lights up). Very nice colours and images. Seems like you met very interested people during the journey and managed to captured the moment. Well Done. Oren Upin

julio contreras		14-Apr-2004 14:37
good,buena, excellent, excelente i am from Chile, soy de Chile my city is Temuco, mi ciudad es Temuco my ancestry are Mapuches and spanish, mis ancestros son mapuches y españoles faltan fotos de rostros americanos, mapuches y aimaras

Guest		10-Apr-2004 23:44
so incredible- thank you for sharing!!

Guest		27-Mar-2004 10:13
Marvellous portrait and your marvellous insight Merci Beaucoup

ac		18-Mar-2004 17:59
Cela me rappelle un vieux livre que je consultais quand j'avais cinq ans chez un de mes grands-parents, à propos des "races". Tu les as vues toutes, Claude, et toutes les cultures. Bien sûr, j'en sais plus maintenant qu'alors, mais je suis encore émerveillé de voir toutes les formes que peut prendre la diversité.

Guest		12-Mar-2004 03:28
great collection! thanks for sharing:)

Guest		11-Mar-2004 01:29
This is very interesting work. Good job

Zane Paxton		09-Mar-2004 22:22
Beautiful and compelling work, a real inspiration!

Armindo Lopes		19-Feb-2004 13:47
Very nice gallery!

blue box		08-Feb-2004 17:10
kudos! well taken pics:) more please..

Rooster		07-Feb-2004 04:21
Wow! I envy the great places & faces you have seen & remarkably captured with your camera. Some stunning work!

Anna Yu		06-Feb-2004 19:34
My favorite kind of pictures, those of people. Beautifully captured here. /Anna

Harfang		03-Feb-2004 23:52
Incroyable, cette galerie de visages est superbe. Félicitation. Harfang de Laval.

Guest		29-Jan-2004 23:16
great faces. wonder. http://www.pbase.com/turkei

Elazar Harel		29-Jan-2004 22:47
Wonderful captures. Thank you for sharing you art.

Lisa Haskins		28-Jan-2004 10:36
This is such an excellent gallery, you capture human spirit so well!

reyeslp		26-Jan-2004 16:31
Terrific gallery with excellent compositions.

Don Northup		24-Jan-2004 04:30
swell gallery of captures here, thanks for sharing

Guest		23-Jan-2004 07:28
Whomever is bored of the human face, is bored of life. We are NOT. Partly, in thanks, to you. BRAVO.

Arif Khan		19-Jan-2004 01:55
What a wonderful gallery of interesting and beautiful faces from different parts of the world. Bravo! I enjoyed the visit and invite you to see my pictures of Hunza, a place you seem to have visited already. Regards Arif

freda		02-Jan-2004 19:01
the pictures are beautiful but with the dark background it's hard to see them.

Mike Rix		21-Dec-2003 13:50
Great portraits !

Nick Liao		12-Dec-2003 18:12
Everyone is beautiful.

monique jansen		11-Dec-2003 15:11
beautiful collection of portraits

Don Northup		07-Dec-2003 18:52
Bravo! Very nice stuff indeed. I am not really a people shooter but I loved viewing these. The subjects seem to be isolated so nicely you can almost talk to them. Cheers

M.J. Hevezi		06-Dec-2003 01:54
Claude, J'aime Ladakhi man pour une. Votre photos son tres belle. Matt

Guest		04-Dec-2003 20:25
Claude, Vous et tres bien! Votre galleries . . . Magnificient! That is the end of my poor French. Thank you for sharing . . Happy Holidays! I'll revisit to see what's new. Best regards, John Connor

Beverly Brott		27-Nov-2003 16:11
Your portraits are just amazing. Such interesting faces, yet their expressions seem so at ease and natural. They must have felt comfortable with you. This is not always an easy thing to achieve, and made more difficult by harsh lighting conditions, bacground distractions and other details of doing hand-held, available light, candid portraits. What lens did you use for these? What focal distance, f stops and shutter speeds? Any filterrs?

Marie-H�l�ne Raletz		26-Nov-2003 08:56
Une gallerie fascinante par la variété des sujets et des expressions! ... Haute en couleur, pittoresque et tellement humaine! ;-)) MH

Guest		22-Nov-2003 06:10
Your galleries are all very good, but this one is my favorite. Excellent shots.

Matt Reichel		19-Nov-2003 21:34
I love your work, great portraits, they truely capture not only faces, but emotions. Thanks for sharing.

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