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A postcard from India by photographer and writer Tom Price.
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FF37: Becoming visible
FF37: Becoming visible
‘I liked them and hoped they liked me; but I went among them as a foreigner, and both of us were aware of it’ George Orwell, The Road To…
Tom Price
Feb 2, 2017
FF36 : Selfie
FF36 : Selfie
‘The Indian people are used to cameras and they like being photographed.’
Tom Price
Oct 12, 2016
FF35: Ever feel like you’re being watched?
FF35: Ever feel like you’re being watched?
In a week’s time, it will have been a year since I started writing this frame. It started with this line:
Tom Price
Oct 4, 2016
FF34: Cages (part two)
FF34: Cages (part two)
He sleeps as we all walk past. And by all, I mean hundreds. Hundreds an hour. Possibly thousands a day. But that’s one of the disorienting…
Tom Price
Sep 21, 2016
FF33: Cages (part one)
FF33: Cages (part one)
This caged bird perches on the street, pecking occasionally at the nuts and seed in his steel bowl.
Tom Price
Sep 13, 2016
FF32: Change is hard
FF32: Change is hard
I should start out by saying that the issue of change can be somewhat of a challenge in Kolkata. And by this I don’t mean political, social…
Tom Price
Jul 3, 2016
FF31: Under the bridge
FF31: Under the bridge
All things flow through the Ganges, some pass above its churning swell. At river’s lip, at crossing’s eave, other men in shadow dwell.
Tom Price
Jun 19, 2016
FF30: The train of dreadful night
FF30: The train of dreadful night
The alarm goes off at five, which is a sentence I hope to write as infrequently as possible.
Tom Price
Jun 12, 2016
FF29: Planes, trains and auto-rickshaws
FF29: Planes, trains and auto-rickshaws
It was the end of a wonderful couple of weeks meandering the desert, lakes, fortresses and palaces of Rajasthan. Yes, a monkey had attacked…
Tom Price
Jun 5, 2016
FF28: The Great Indian Railways
FF28: The Great Indian Railways
My dad loves trains. Growing up we visited various train museums, rode on a good few steam trains and always took the opportunity to ride…
Tom Price
May 23, 2016
FF27: Treasures of the market
FF27: Treasures of the market
‘Wow, Hogg market! H.O.G.G! Yeah, it’s a crazy place… Good luck!’
Tom Price
May 15, 2016
FF26: Why the tiger hides
FF26: Why the tiger hides
Two days in the natural wonderland of the Sunderbans — a little peace, nature and beauty. We couldn’t wait.
Tom Price
May 10, 2016
FF25: The roads of Dhading
FF25: The roads of Dhading
The earth shook a little bit and we didn’t feel a thing.
Tom Price
Apr 29, 2016
FF24: Happy Holi
FF24: Happy Holi
We are now accustomed to a somewhat unusual advanced warning system for significant events in the Indian calendar. In the day or two…
Tom Price
Apr 19, 2016
FF23: Second-hand sari
FF23: Second-hand sari
‘No, no, there’s no sari market here.’
Tom Price
Mar 16, 2016
FF22: The goose and the tree
FF22: The goose and the tree
I arrive at the cancer hospital a little early and can’t remember where Sarah’s office is, so I wander over to the lake to wait.
Tom Price
Mar 10, 2016
FF21: Animal encounters
FF21: Animal encounters
Inhabiting the arid landscape of the Western Thar desert, the Bishnois of Rajasthan have been described as the ‘world’s first…
Tom Price
Mar 7, 2016
FF20: The Taj effect
FF20: The Taj effect
To be perfectly honest, I didn’t really want to see it.
Tom Price
Feb 24, 2016
FF19: A tale of two trims
FF19: A tale of two trims
Firoz hands me over the meat, pulled fresh from the mincer, and I head out past a few sheep and a stray chicken dodging their hooves. In my…
Tom Price
Feb 21, 2016
FF18: Dhoting on Dhaka
FF18: Dhoting on Dhaka
As soon as we arrived in Dhaka, we realised that we hadn’t really prepared.
Tom Price
Feb 21, 2016
FF17: Joy Ride to Ghum
FF17: Joy Ride to Ghum
As the hills and terraces creep gently past I crane out through the window, sliding the old metal frame stiffly along, to get a better…
Tom Price
Feb 5, 2016
FF16: Himalaya
FF16: Himalaya
Winter bores into bone in the deep early
Tom Price
Feb 5, 2016
FF15: The inventor at the post office
FF15: The inventor at the post office
The queue didn’t so much stretch out before me as totally pervade the small room like water fills a cup. The neighbourhood post office was…
Tom Price
Feb 3, 2016
FF14: An invitation from Mr Tagore
FF14: An invitation from Mr Tagore
‘In brief, if one is in search of a Paradise on Earth, he will find it neither at The Red Fort nor in Tajmahal, but right here at…
Tom Price
Feb 3, 2016
FF13: How to wait
FF13: How to wait
‘Officialdom’ sneers the scriptwriter, rolling his eyes. His weary tone spoke of a lifetime of head shaking at the labyrinths of…
Tom Price
Feb 3, 2016
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