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Just wandering, these hand prints and shadows caught my eye, I liked the way the shadow seems to make another hand.
Rolleiflex 3.5e
Schneider Kreuznach Xenotar 75mm f3.5
Ilford HP5 plus
13 and a half minutes in Rodinal 50:1
Camera: Hasselblad 500C/M
Lens: Carl Zeiss CF Sonnar 150mm/f4.0
Film: Fuji Velvia 100F
Place: Nagaokakyo, Kyoto, Japan
Date: December, 2015
Kumortuli images are generally ordered well in advance and there a few for off-the-shelf sale. Nowadays, Kumortuli’s clientele has extended to America, Europe and Africa, among the Indian communities living there. In 1989, Durga images made out of shola pith by Amarnath Ghosh were flown to Sweden, Australia, Malaysia and Nigeria. The images weighed only three kilograms each and were ideally suited for air travel.In modern times, Statues and replicas made out of Fiberglass are also being produced and exported to various parts of the country and the world.[12]
In 2006, Kumortuli supplied 12,300 clay deities of goddess Durga. This potter's town supplies images to about 90 countries worldwide with new nations joining the list every year. Many East European countries, where religious ceremonies were previously banned, have started buying images from Kumortuli. A spokesman of Kumartuli Shilpi Sangha (KSS), an association of the craftsmen, said the NRIs of countries like Hungary, Bulgaria, Russia, Austria and Poland, come to Kumortuli to buy images. U.S. based NRIs, including the Bengali Association of Southern California, Bengali Association of Greater Chicago, Dakshini, Sanskriti, Garden State Puja Committee of New Jersey, East Coast Durga Puja Committee of New York, North America Sarbojanin Kalipuja Association of Connecticut[13] come to Kumartuli to select deities to ship to their cities. Additionally, hundreds of agents in Kolkata service NRIs seeking idols from Kumortuli.[14]
In Kolkata, the icon-artisans mostly dwell in poor living conditions. The more popular among them are Mohan Banshi Rudra Pal and his sons Sanatan Rudra Pal and Pradip Rudra Pal, Rakhal Pal, Ganesh Pal, Aloke Sen, Kartik Pal, Kena Pal, who are still reigning figures of Kumortuli and despite the threats from the ‘theme artists’, they are booked by major puja organisers who admire the old school. Women are not lagging behind. Kumortuli boasts of the presence of some 30-odd women-artisans, like Minati Pal, Soma Pal, Kanchi Pal and Chapa Rani Pal. They have been in the business of idol making for a long time.[13] Kumortuli’s own Durga Puja dates back to 1933. The image maker was Gopeswar Pa
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One of the beauties lurking in the back recesses at the Orchid Show at New York's Botanical Gardens. Check it out large on black.
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I've been digging through old pictures lately. Somehow I didn't post this one before. So here's Shadow in shadow.
Long dramatic tree shadow on frosty ground formed by backlit tree. Harry H. Moss Park, Dallas, Texas, USA. 15 November 2024
The shadows of desert towers (Castleton, the Rectory, the Priest, and Sister Superior are projected onto the valley below.
The creeping shadow; Zeiss ZM - Biogon 35/2; Kodak Tri-X (400TX) @1600; Developed: Adox Adonal (1+50) 19.30 min at 20 C. -- Basilika St. Emmeram 11.12.2013
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It's only your shadow, never yourself
It's only your shadow, nobody else
It's only your shadow, filling the room
Arriving too late and leaving too soon
For many reasons i love this shot.The lighting and the shadows are one of them.Also the facial expression. Its not the usual pregnant shot where the model is smiling and happy. This is more like "are you talking to me and my baby".
This shot was taken when she was 25 weeks preggy last sunday. Only few more weeks and im a daddy :)
Have a great sunday my friends!