INDIA. West Bengal Photo Gallery by Claude Renault at pbase.com

INDIA. West Bengal

Snacking in Kolkata	Water. Calcutta	A Rickshaw. Malda	Lemon seller. kolkata
Relative Humidity. Kolkata	A Tired taxi driver	Quiet Monsoon. Kolkata	Rain.Kolkata
Entrance of the Kali temple. Kolkata	Monsoon. Calcutta	Beedis. Pandua	Chai. Calcutta
Victoria Memorial. Calcutta	Armenian ghats. Calcutta	Cooking. Calcutta	Colors. Calcutta
Monsoon. Malda	Coal delivery. Calcutta	Deep Sleep. Calcutta	Rice paddies. Gaur
Water.. Pandua	Traffic. Calcutta	Traffic. Calcutta	Horseman. Calcutta
Baby. Barhampur	Look, MG Road. Calcutta	Resting. Calcutta	Please. Calcutta
Dakineshwar Kali temple. Calcutta	In front of Kali temple. Calcutta	Water. Calcutta	Morning ritual. Calcutta
Ganga. Calcutta	Resting. Calcutta	Puja near the ghats. Calcutta	Offerings. Calcutta
Water. Murshidabad	Smile. Pandua	MG Road. Calcutta	Flowers. Calcutta
Green. Murshidabad.	Chapatis. Pandua	Kali. Calcutta	Smile. Murshidabad
Hard work. Calcutta	Goddess. Murshidabad	Howrah bridge. Calcutta	Ganga. Murshidabad
Puja. Babu ghat Calcutta	Taxi. Calcutta	Boatman. Calcutta	Mangoes. Malda
Ferry. Murshidabad	Wedding day. Calcutta	Crossing. Malda	Flower Market. Calcutta
Kali. Calcutta	The train will come.. Calcutta	Marigold. Calcutta	Inside the Kali temple. A Beggar. Calcutta
Selling red thread. Calcutta	Selling Puja offerings. Calcutta	Howhrah Bridge. Kolkata	Street scene . Kolkata
Shopping. Kolkata	Horseman. Kolkata	Horseman. Kolkata	Welcome to India. Pandua
Monsoon. Malda	Kali temple. Gaur	Kali. Malda	Kali. Malda
Kali. Malda	Fish seller. Pandua	Grass cutting. Murshidabad	Holy cow. Calcutta
A Sadhu. Calcutta	Horseman. Calcutta	Praying. calcutta	The milkman. Gaur..
Train station. Darjeeling	Traffic. Calcutta	In the train. Malda	Light. Calcutta
Market. Kolkata	Balcony. Calcutta	On the market. Calcutta	Colors. Kolkata
Traffic. Calcutta	Butcher. Calcutta	Prayer. Armenian Ghats. Calcutta	Flowers. Calcutta
Traffic. Calcutta	Goddesses. Kolkata. West Bengal	Poverty. Kolkata. West Bengal	"India" Kolkata. West Bengal
A train to Malda	Caretaker of the mosque. Gaur	Coming back from the market. Barhampour	Village life. Murshidabad
Yellow cab. Calcutta	Yellow cab. Calcutta	A nice woman. calcutta	Green. Calcutta
Lonely dog. Kolkata.	Armenian ghats. Calcutta	Puja Armenian ghats. Calcutta	Puja Armenian ghats. Calcutta
Fish market. Calcutta	My India is great. Calcutta.	Water. Calcutta	Intense look. Calcutta
Kennedy !! Calcutta	Puja. Kolkata	Light and shadows. Calcutta	Armenian ghats. Calcutta
Praying. Kali temple. Calcutta	Public transport. Gaur	Monsoon time. Calcutta	Oil can. Kolkata
Workers on the Howrah Bridge. Calcutta	Drying saris. Calcutta	Praying. Kolkata	Shiva. Calcutta
A shop. Calcutta	Chicken cleaning. Calcutta	Chicken cleaning. Calcutta market	Siesta. Calcutta

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Joel Dousset		04-Nov-2007 09:28
Une belle galerie, des ambiances et teintes diff�rentes, c'est peut-etre du � la saison. Les villes sont souvent fascinantes en Inde,chacune son ambiance...

Dave Richards		12-Oct-2007 08:28
My father was born in Calcutta in 1924. He is British, and his parents were working for the Civil Service. I love this gallery - you've got me thinking about a visit there now.

Bijan.Asmai		28-Apr-2007 22:10
Very interesting. http://B.Asmai.20m.com.20m.com

carol j. phipps		31-Mar-2007 04:44
Excellent gallery. Thanks for sharing.

Jacky Lee		29-Mar-2007 10:37
Nice gallery. http://www.pbase.com/middlehill

thechebb		29-Jan-2007 09:32
Powerful....smiles, hardships, and a determined people make for one of the best galleries! Cheers & voted!

Jorge Pereira		21-Jan-2007 01:22
Chapeau bas... tout simplement... j'ai encore bcp � appredre, notamment de mon 10D..:-))

Tim van Woensel		18-Jan-2007 08:28
You are a great photographer. All of your photos are quality packed. I hope that I'll be on the same level one day...

satyenc		06-Dec-2006 23:09
Good capture of Calcutta people and life. Thanks for sharing. Some pictures of Calcutta (and some other areas) I took last year when I visited India - http://www.pbase.com/satyenc/india_trip_2005&page=all

Soham		19-Nov-2006 06:56
Poverty and weirdness of India through the eyes of a great photographer and India lover. People who have never left their shores often get peculiar ideas of third world countries from such photos. Is there a West Bengal beyond the beggars and haggard looking Bihari migrants eking out a living. After all 80 million people live in West Bengal!

INDY		20-Oct-2006 10:02
My city is beautiful because that is what my people are. Thank you for showing others, what some of us have always known claude. - INDY

peter duce		02-Oct-2006 00:58
Superb candid shots. Really reminds me of my time in India. Good honest stuff.

Guest		22-Sep-2006 10:07
Amazing Snaps. Lived in this city for almost 20 years. You got the essence of the city. A city with every facet of life yet not heartless. This city has a soul which is unique and I have not seen the same in any other metro.

Guest		14-Sep-2006 02:26
No gallery of Kolkata is complete without capturing the spirit and camaraderie of the Puja's.

PANAKAJ KARMAKAR		11-Sep-2006 06:57
Collection of photos, in no way matches the sensitive & jovial mind/mood of calcutta /west Bengal. I do not subscribe to the very idea of showing too much of ordinary gloomy mood of people around this place. The type of jovial mood usually calcuttans have are not visisble in any one of the piece . Otherwise technical quality & composition of photos are excellent . PANKAJ KARMAKAR

peekay		10-Sep-2006 18:23
extremely good collection of the pulse of kolkata, pandua, malda, behrampore etc .. very nostalgic, sentimental, full of color and life as it really is .. but do rename the many photos of rickshaws from 'horseman' to 'rickshaw puller' .. it looks apparently very humiliating .. for one to ride on a rickshaw which a man pulls like an animal .. strangely the same feeling doesn't arise when a three wheeled rickshaw is seen being driven by a man in the 'cycle' mode .. actually, the rickshaws of calcutta are among the simplest devices in the world .. to pull is rather easy .. the entire weight is upon the spindly axel .. and the wooden wheels with rubber on them are so easy to make .. as also the springs of this unique vehicle .. and lubricating the wooden hub by vegetable oils makes it so simple .. it only needs a small pulling force .. and that is not too great ! the other 'moods' captured are very real .. good work .. thanks a ton !

malcolm arnold		24-Aug-2006 15:18
Truth , through the camera .Life shown here , sometimes desperate , sometimes hard ,always colourful but as stated true to what is in Kolkata

bhaswan		13-Aug-2006 01:27
Truly extraordinary picture taking. I see folks taking pictures of India all the time and they tend to be stereotypical. These are among the first I have seen in a long time that really capture the mood and the makeup of Kolkata. Thanks for sharing!

sunithns		21-Jul-2006 09:56
it's a very nice gallerie .............

Dave Williams		01-Jul-2006 16:46
Truly world-class gallyer. Excellent. What photography is all about!

Roman Alokhin		22-Jun-2006 19:13
This is a wonderful and colorful gallery Claude!

matias castillo		17-Jun-2006 14:55
good work!! you posted the real and extraordinary essence of the indian people, Congratulations to you, one of the most fines galleries what i have ever seen!!

Arindam Thokder		18-May-2006 22:16
One of the finest gallery in Pbase. may be I am bit imotionally attached to my home state, but this really excellent gallery.

Marc Demoulin		14-May-2006 20:23
Tes galeries sont impressionnantes. Tu as un don magnifique pour photographier les gens dans leur environnement de mani�re naturelle. Je vote pour celle-ci mais j'irai voir les autres. A+ Marc

Chris Lock		13-May-2006 18:17
A very interesting gallery. It's all about the local people.

Sandip Debnath		11-May-2006 16:21
It is something like re discovering my own state Claude, through your picture.. lot of amazing souls within the picture...

Melissa Green		27-Apr-2006 01:58
Wonderful pictures.

Dan Hogman		29-Mar-2006 07:50
a real flavor of india. well done! http://www.arhisstudios.com/

James Marshall		26-Mar-2006 09:40
Really nice gallery - worthy of the National Geographic!

Khalid Hameed		24-Mar-2006 18:19
Great collections!!!

anthony legg		22-Mar-2006 14:58
Another very beautiful gallery. Great work.

bygaspo		12-Mar-2006 10:20
Great gallery, has my vote. Regards Bygaspo.

TJ O'Brien		07-Mar-2006 09:58
This is a stunning gallery. I love the style and humanity of your images.

Andr� Bessot		05-Mar-2006 16:47
Quelles splendides images d'un pays plein de couleurs, mais �galement de mis�res. Merci beaucoup pour ce voyage virtuel.

Christian Chevalier		19-Feb-2006 02:49
C'est un grand voyage que de regarder vos photographies Claude, direct au coeur... Bons souhaits du Qu�bec, C.Chevalier

Davide Cocchi		18-Jan-2006 08:29
Hi Claude, this gallery is very eyecatching. Compliments for your wonderful shots. regars.

stevenpa		02-Jan-2006 03:26
Beautiful images. Each tell an interesting story. Thanks for sharing.

Luka Esenko		24-Dec-2005 20:52
great photos! excelent compositions and i can feel the atmosphere! You got my vote. When did you go to kolkata? I am planning to go to India next year!

Rajoo Chatlani		31-Oct-2005 05:21
Stunning. You have pictured the pulse of the inner city.

George McCarten		07-Sep-2005 13:15
Fascinating work. I'll be back.

Pankaj		01-Sep-2005 11:37
Great Pictures. Really brilliant.

Utsav		29-Aug-2005 21:42
superb gallery of splendid pix..i' will have to take time out to do justice to your splendid collection of images in all these galleries... have to come back for more...:-)) Calcutta, ladakh, faces...so many exclusive ghalleries here Voted CHeers http://www.pbase.com/digitalfestival

Matt Reichel		23-Aug-2005 00:54
Your photos always amaze me, nice job again, absolutly phenominal! I found Kolkata to be a city of many extremes, and your photos showed that well. Again, awesome shots.

oksana_p		26-Jul-2005 02:42
Wonderful gallery! You really captured the feel of streets in India. Cheers, Oksana

gerard belbeoch		29-Jun-2005 21:15
Wonderful gallery - you have really captured the mood of this city very well....gg

jojobar		19-May-2005 14:26
Memerizing...

Steve Roden		27-Mar-2005 12:03
Nice gallery Claude. I always feel very self-conscious photographing in India. Nice range of subjects captured

Sumantra		28-Feb-2005 15:30
Hi...I am a ameture photographer and wanted to do street photography in Kolkata. i was little short of idea. your pictures gave me self confidence. your works are just great. keep up!!!!

Subrata Basu		11-Feb-2005 05:26
Enjoyed your recent uploads on Calcutta (Kolkata). Thanks.

suman		28-Jan-2005 20:30
Thanks for sharing the photos from a city full of photographic opportunities. Some of the photos are really stunning, you miy want to chek some info on some photos.

Thomas21de		27-Jan-2005 10:29
awesome pics

Nick Clarke		26-Jan-2005 19:23
Sometimes you go to places where it is hard not to take a good photo because of the subject, and it's interesting because so few people have seen the scene's before. But to take original photos in those two situations shows a really good photographer, and I am pretty sure you do both very well. Good work. Nick

Christina Craft		24-Jan-2005 23:29
This deserves placement on teh PBase homepage. Each image tells such a compelling story. Your talent at capturing these scenes, people and their stories is amazing. Bravo!

Subrata Basu		22-Jan-2005 18:27
Hi Claude: These are wonderful images from Calcutta. It really captures the richness and the exictment that exist there. Calcutta is facinating but is also a hard to do photography there unlike other parts of India. People are very sensitive about being photographed and especially by foreigners, who they think are only interested in showing poverty and suffering. I welcome you to visit my site, I have some from India, although none from Calcutta yet. Thanks. Subrata

Dan		20-Dec-2004 11:03
One of many very nice galeries. You have earned my vote. Thanks for sharing.

Matt Reichel		03-Aug-2004 13:03
Claude, raslly excellent display of Kolkata. When I was there I just remember a dirty, overly crowded city, but you brought it to light. I missed so much, now I have to go back. I wish I had seen these photos before I went. Anyway, another excellent gallery, absolutly fantastic!

Tracy Ferrero		06-Jul-2004 12:34
Wonderful gallery - you have really captured the mood of this city very well!

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