Today we arranged a give away of clothes at work. Children that live under a bridge in a slum 100 meters away from the office were invited. When I came down to the yard about 50 childtren and their mothers were waiting. I got kind of chocked.  They were very dirty.  A cloud of flies surrounded them and the youngest kids had swollen stomachs from hunger. Some of the kids had infected eyes or swollen scars. The mothers looked tired. I tried my smile on them but no one smiled back. 

It got a bit chaotic when the clothes were shared but I think they all got something to bring to their home under the bridge. I was so taken by the moment that I managed to mess up the settings on my camera to start with. Loads of pictures got blurry because I tried to shoot at 1/15. Thankfully I relaxed after a while and got my head together to set the camera properly.  Here are some pictures that came out well.

Ann Cathrin and Christian asked me to photograph their wedding some months ago. After some planning I was able to attend. I am very glad I did. It was a fantastic wedding. The ceremony in the church was beautiful. The party afterwards was the full of positive energy. I think all guest will remeber this wedding with a smile.

Boys selling vegetables on a three lane highway in Delhi.

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Walking the streets of Jaipur I noticed all the beautiful people around me. Very colour full personalities.

11 km outside Jaipur is Amber Fort. Most people are driven by jeeps up the steep hills. Our driver knew the area so he drove us the gate. There we found a very good guide. He spent some hot hours showing us the Fort. Its huge and has a rather "dirty" history. The moguls kept all there wives looked up in the yard. One in each room. Every night, the mogul used the rooms back doors when he visited his wives, that way the other wives would not know who he visited and fights between the wives were avoided. The wall painting below is from one of the wives rooms. I counted nine rooms. The mogul was a hard working man...

Some weeks ago me and Anna-Karin visited Jaipur, or the Pink City as its also called. A beautiful place in the semi-dessert lands of Rajasthan. It was my first visit to the country side of India. At first I got a bit over loaded by all the impressions. Camels in the streets, crazy traffic, hagglers everywhere, beggars tugging your arm and not a single bar to hide in and lick you wounds. Well, they say "what doesn't kill you, will make you stronger". After a while I got used to it all and could start to take pictures.

 The street market is huge and like a maze. Narrow streets with whole sale boths dealing mostly in garments.  Close to the palace hagglers found us. Very persitant ones. If your to nice to the the will never leave you alone. We walked the streets and the narrow alleys for two days. Fantastic place. Strangely enough the town is totally empty during night and looks like a garbage dump.

Puppies sold out side in 40 degrees of heat. I wounder if they all survived ...

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Found this cool looking Ganesha at the back a hotel. Realy nice design.

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I have now settled down in Delhi. Every day life is starting to work well. We are very happy with our apartment and I have learned how to handle my work via Skype and GotoMeeting. So its time to get started with photography again. A small photo walk through Chandi Chowk, Red Fortress, Lodi Gardens and a drive to Qutb Minar. I was very tired when I got home. I think the heat (41´C) and all the new impression got me...

 

Rickshaw driver taking a nap in the shade at Chandi Chowk

Movie poster above Chandi Chowk

Street market next to Jama Masjid, the largest and best known mosque in Indiz

Crowd shopping for used computer books in 40 C heat

Mobile phone rickshaw

Vendors in Chandi Chowk

Old tempel in Lodi Garden

German tourists in Lodi Garden

Prayer in Lodi garden

Inscriptions in the minaret of Qutb Minar, the worlds tallest brick minaret.

Teenagers hiding in the ruins next to Qutb Minar. Dating in India seems to be a bit tricky....
 

This is our local vendor of tasty greens. Every night he rolls high vagon to the gate of New Friends Colony and sells fruit and veggie in the light from one single gas lamp.

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