The ruins of Ollantaytambo (Peru)...stairs leading upto the fortress
Sunday 21 February 2016
Saturday 5 December 2015
Sunday 10 May 2015
Machu Picchu...
...it doesn't leave you, long after you have left...
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Machu Picchu, Peru, Circa August 2014 |
Saturday 2 May 2015
Sheer beauty...
The city palace Udaipur boasts of one sumptuous room after another. Though faded and frayed in parts, the sheer and exquisite beauty of these rooms is hard to describe....
Sunday 28 December 2014
Wednesday 2 April 2014
Jahanpanah: "Refuge of the world"
The 4th medieval city of Delhi - Jahanpanah...it's ruins now enclosed by the urban sprawl of many south Delhi residential areas.
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New Delhi, India |
Monday 24 February 2014
Chewing gum, art and protest
A harmless pleasure in most societies, chewing gum is banned in Singapore. So artists found a novel way to protest: these works of 'art' at the Singapore Art Museum, are the result of chewed gum spat out and stuck on canvass.
Wednesday 29 January 2014
On display @ India Art Fair 2014, Delhi (30th Jan to 2nd Feb)
At the Wonderwall booth (F5)
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| The Alcatraz prison, San Francisco Bay Area, US |
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| VT Station, Mumbai, India |
Monday 23 December 2013
1 out of 98
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Thursday 28 November 2013
Kep - far from the madding crowd
People visit Cambodia to see the temples of Angkor Wat in Siem Reap...some of them venture into the capital Phnom Penh. But Kep, a small sea side resort close to the border with Vietnam, is not on many tourist maps (other than of course the residents of Cambodia). So an obvious advantage - you can enjoy the natural beauty of Kep without the crowds.
Once a popular beach town, Kep went through difficult times during the reign of the Khmer Rouge. It still bears the scars of that time - abandoned villas...and an unfinished king's palace.
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It's sweeping sidewalks though, are a reminder of it's former grandness; the benches dotting the sidewalks a great place to admire the magnificent vistas...before you head off to the local seafood joint for your fix of delicious crabs, squids...and lots more.
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Monday 18 November 2013
No wine, in old bottles...
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@ a cafe....New Delhi, IndiaCLICK ON "LINKS TO THIS POST" TO LEAVE A COMMENT |
Friday 8 November 2013
Evening walk
This photograph also appeared on the National Geographic website, as a part of the "daily dozen" selected by National Geographic editors on a weekly basis
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Kochi, Kerala, India
Chinese fishing nets (Cheena vala) dot the coast line of the port city of Kochi - in India's southern-most state of Kerala.
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Tuesday 29 October 2013
Morning has broken...
Delhi, India
At 8 am on a winter morning in February 2013, the hustle & bustle of Chandni Chowk is some hours away...
...it's a busy time for the local tea shops though...
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Thursday 10 October 2013
More than just friends...or food.
The "Friends" restaurant in Phnom Penh, Cambodia is run by an NGO and staffed by street children training to be a part of the hospitality industry. It's not just the tapas that make this place special, and kind of famous...
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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Thursday 12 September 2013
Detritus
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The remains of a cell at the Alcatraz Prison
San Francisco Bay Area, USA(To see more photos in the Detritus series, visit www.photo-by-richa.com or click here)
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Thursday 29 August 2013
Going somehwere...?
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At the Alcatraz prison...
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Wednesday 29 May 2013
Where the streets have...books
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Chatuchak market, Bangkok, Thailand
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| Connaught place, New Delhi, India CLICK ON "LINKS TO THIS POST" TO LEAVE A COMMENT |
Thursday 23 May 2013
From the coffee cup's point of view...
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Monday 29 April 2013
Saturday 13 April 2013
Locked out
One of the advantages of an early morning visit to Old Delhi, is that against the backdrop of the colourful shutters of the many closed shops, the locks themselves make for interesting visuals. Below are some from a few weeks back.
Of course, Old Delhi is not the only place which makes for interesting lock visuals....this set of photographs is from across the world - Alexandria (Egypt) to Bangalore, Gwalior to California.
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Sunday 31 March 2013
Space Rise
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Near the trade fair centre, Munich, Germany |
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Wednesday 27 February 2013
Nothing to laugh about....
Some weeks ago, I was literally accosted by scores of young girls - out at Humayun's tomb on a school trip...they all wanted to pose in front of my camera. But one girl didn't seem to share the carefree exuberance of her school mates...and I wondered what it was, that made her sad.
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New Delhi, India
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Friday 8 February 2013
The "River" flows
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Museum of Modern Art, New York, US |
Sunday 6 January 2013
And the shadow belongs to light....
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At the little known Kushak Mahal- a hunting lodge built by Firoz Shah Tughlaq, inside the well known Teen Murti Bhavan complex, New Delhi (India)CLICK ON "LINKS TO THIS POST" TO LEAVE A COMMENT |
Sunday 23 December 2012
Egyptian surprise
Think of Egypt and what comes to mind...the Nile and famous ancient structures - the pyramids, the sphinx, the massive Rameses statues, the valley of kings & queens and such like. Less well known is the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria) - one of the most interesting modern structures I have ever come across.
The picture below is one teeny weeny part of the massive structure...scroll down for other views.
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| In progress.....cleaning of the 160m-diameter glass-panelled roof |
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| The exterior made of Aswan granite |
(For more Egypt photographs see gallery 'Blues along the Nile...and history at every corner' on www.photos-by-richa.com)
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