A smile on a white wall
Madurai - Pechiamman Temple
A young sweet girl of a poor neighbourhood.
Every time I see this portrait, it reminds me how natural these simple people are ...
I asked her and she agreed, a bit shy uncertain at first, getting sudden such an attention but at the same time radiating an open innocent joy for us. From the age around 12, a girl is considered marriageable and from that day on she is overprotected by the family till the day she marries. Almost impossible, even seen indecent, to take a photo then by an outsider certainly a man.
Taken in the Pechiamman Temple near to the centre of the city, a favourite place of lots of women.
I simply love the richness of heart these simple people gives you.
A sober portrait of a young Tamil girl, one in a thousand.
2006-02-11
A smile on a white wall
Madurai - Pechiamman Temple
A young sweet girl of a poor neighbourhood.
Every time I see this portrait, it reminds me how natural these simple people are ...
I asked her and she agreed, a bit shy uncertain at first, getting sudden such an attention but at the same time radiating an open innocent joy for us. From the age around 12, a girl is considered marriageable and from that day on she is overprotected by the family till the day she marries. Almost impossible, even seen indecent, to take a photo then by an outsider certainly a man.
Taken in the Pechiamman Temple near to the centre of the city, a favourite place of lots of women.
I simply love the richness of heart these simple people gives you.
A sober portrait of a young Tamil girl, one in a thousand.
2006-02-11