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26-MAR-2008

Sunrise at the Taj, Agra, India, 2008

The Taj Mahal is India's premier tourist attraction. Thousands of camera bearing tourists converge on it at dawn to see its marble dome turn pink with the rising sun. For me, the tourists were as much the story as the building itself. Everyone wants to make the famous post card view, and then have a picture made of themselves standing in front of that view. This ritual is part of the lure of travel. Almost every traveler would want to see the Taj Mahal before they die, and commemorate that moment by making a picture of it. And this image commemorates that ritual.

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Phil Douglis06-May-2008 19:14
You are right, Tim. This image is the flip side ofhttp://www.pbase.com/pnd1/image/95787445
It comes down to a contrast in perspectives.
Tim May06-May-2008 18:40
I love the comparison of this view with the view in the image you made from the other side of the Taj.
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