I did research on the worship of clay images in West Bengal and my photos were taken during 3 months of fieldwork in 1981. I used a Praktika LTL3 for most of the b+w and an Asahi Pentax for colour photos and slides. My interest is in how the images were made and their historical background. I worked in and around Calcutta photographing the kumars of Kumartuli and Kalighat before moving further afield to Krishnanagar and the villages of West Bengal.