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Subject: [Leica] People of Triplicane
From: daveenglish at icloud.com (David English)
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 09:42:15 -0800
References: <CAH1UNJ1ZXfcZ2QOzY+H+wDUXMXC=AoKmPnVicTDx66qu9c_o-g@mail.gmail.com> <C82D772E-419B-46A1-AC56-F4410648AD9D@frozenlight.eu>

Wonderful images. You capture the spirit of the culture so well and the 
photos are excellent. Thank you.

David

On Jan 20, 2013, at 7:43 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> Just lovely, all of them. I love your portraits of your city and country.
> 
> Of these images, the first one, the day labourers, is the strongest for 
> me. I don't know if it is the excellence of the photograph (and it IS 
> excellent) or the overall social context of the image. Most likely a 
> combination.
> 
> Cheers,
> Nathan
> 
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
> http://www.greatpix.eu
> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
> 
> YNWA
> 
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> On Jan 10, 2013, at 4:23 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
> 
>> Triplicane is one of the older areas of Chennai - in fact the East India
>> Company's first beachhead in India was on land purchased from the ruler of
>> Triplicane village. It is also a religious mix - within 200 yards of the
>> 8th century Parthasarathy Swamy temple (the cultural and social anchor of
>> the area) is a large mosque, as well as a equally large church. People
>> shots then.
>> 
>> Trio:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/People/Triplicane_20130106_098.jpg.html
>> 
>> *Full Figure Studies:*
>> 
>> Devotee:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/People/Triplicane_20130106_008.jpg.html
>> 
>> Old Woman:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/People/Triplicane_20130106_009.jpg.html
>> 
>> Believer:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/People/Triplicane_20130106_017_001.jpg.html
>> 
>> Cyclist:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/People/Triplicane_20130106_017.jpg.html
>> 
>> National Colours:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/People/Triplicane_20130106_096.jpg.html
>> 
>> *Others:*
>> 
>> Vegetable Seller:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/People/Triplicane_20130106_037.jpg.html
>> 
>> Swagger:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/People/Triplicane_20130106_109.jpg.html
>> 
>> Young Boy:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/People/Triplicane_20130106_110.jpg.html
>> 
>> Tourist:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/People/Triplicane_20130106_144.jpg.html
>> 
>> Young Girl:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/People/Triplicane_20130106_145.jpg.html
>> 
>> Grandma and Ward:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/People/Triplicane_20130106_171.jpg.html
>> 
>> Please see LARGE
>> 
>> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome
>> 
>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
>> 
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