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| Street Vendor-Kolkata, India | | Size (HxW) : | 32x32 cm | | Style : | realism | | Technic : | - | | Theme : | Character / People | | Category : | Photography | | Year : | 2006 | | Desc. : | Street Vendor on Park-Circus and Lower Circular road intersection selling a little crystal ball to my sister in the back seat of the cab. (Kolkata India 06) It doesn't get that cold in Kolkata by our standards (I live in Chicago). Low fifties is very cold for Kol folks and since average temperatures for 10 months a year are in Upper eighties to upper nineties, It’s a severe temperature difference for them and they would bundle up during December-January. Again if you were a street vendor you literally spend all your time outdoor and would tend to bundle up in terms of clothes. I don't know if he lives well compared to us or not but I do know that behind that scorching sun baked, perfectly brown coloured face lie hidden many stories. He has seen a lot and his face tells you that. I was especially amazed at the focus he had. He didn't even as much as cast a fleeting glance at an expensive looking camera that was almost stuck in his face. All he was interested was in taking care of his customer in the back of the cab. Also, the dignified look he has on his face makes me think that he takes pride in his work. What the picture will of course not give you any idea about is all the noise around, the sheer decibel level of streets like that. To maintain one's focus almost meditatively and stay absolutely unruffled by everything else around is what it takes perhaps to be a successful street vendor. Harsh reality you would think, but I would say 'Such is life' in many parts of the world where people live ‘differently’ (to put it euphemistically). |
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