Sunday, October 29, 2006

Silence Of The Lamps

No Flaws On This Floor

Photographs copyright: DAVID McMAHON

The colours of India are startlingly vibrant - and they are evident in the simplest form of everyday life. I shot these two frames - using the Pentax K 100 - during the Diwali festivities last week. Not in a Hindu temple. Not in a tourist office window display. They were just outside the front door of a Calcutta household. Apart from the traditional diyas, or wick-lamps, the amazing range of colours and the use of tiny mirrors within the design attracted my attention.

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