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I Documented The Real Life Of Indian People With My Film Camera
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I Documented The Real Life Of Indian People With My Film Camera

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I took these pictures mostly on my analogue Canon AE-1 during a one-year long journey around India. I was always more curious about the life of real people rather than sights and tourist attractions.

Therefore here it is – India and its people the way I saw them – simple and complex, rough and glamorous.

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    Mykolas Juodelė

    Mykolas Juodelė

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    I am a traveler and photographer from Vilnius, Lithuania. I have been on the road or living abroad for the most part of my adult life. I am an alumnus of FAMU (Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague) and London Middlesex University, a member of the Lithuanian Photographers' Association, Lithuanian Journalists' Union and a recent graduate of VII academy masterclass “Photojournalism and Documentary Photography with Maciek Nabrdalik and Mary Gelman”. In 2021 I joined Redux Pictures as a contributing photographer. My work has been published by The Guardian, Le Monde, Stern Magazine, Libération, De Standaard, La Vie, NRC Handelsblad, Lonely Planet, The Calvert Journal, NARA, Chai Khana, The Sun Magazine, Royal Photographic Society Journal and others. I am currently traveling around South America.

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    Mykolas Juodelė

    Mykolas Juodelė

    Author, Community member

    I am a traveler and photographer from Vilnius, Lithuania. I have been on the road or living abroad for the most part of my adult life. I am an alumnus of FAMU (Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague) and London Middlesex University, a member of the Lithuanian Photographers' Association, Lithuanian Journalists' Union and a recent graduate of VII academy masterclass “Photojournalism and Documentary Photography with Maciek Nabrdalik and Mary Gelman”. In 2021 I joined Redux Pictures as a contributing photographer. My work has been published by The Guardian, Le Monde, Stern Magazine, Libération, De Standaard, La Vie, NRC Handelsblad, Lonely Planet, The Calvert Journal, NARA, Chai Khana, The Sun Magazine, Royal Photographic Society Journal and others. I am currently traveling around South America.

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    Wayne Beesley
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The first image of the litter and rubbish makes my stomach turn ....what are we going to this planet ??? Hindus as well ?

    Manisha Malcoti
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Grt pics but i wish u could have shown the bright side of the cities as well.

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    Wayne Beesley
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The first image of the litter and rubbish makes my stomach turn ....what are we going to this planet ??? Hindus as well ?

    Manisha Malcoti
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Grt pics but i wish u could have shown the bright side of the cities as well.

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