Rajat Poddar [aarkp]

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BIOGRAPHY
The photographer in the window

GALLERIES

out and about in India: people

Slumshots

Idols

Ideations

People in Black White and Gray

People at Work (color)

A Family (husband/father away working)

The Builders

Mumbai monochromes

One Second Exposures with tripod, M iso800 noflash

Close-Up to People

Rajasthan

Tranquil Restoration

Singles India

Ahmedabad, where i live

Mor Chowk : Udaipur City Palace

an old, old Step-Well - never completed

Agra

1978 Film - from commercially scanned negatives

Cityscapes - NY,NJ

the best critiques

Twi

NYC folks

Out and About in NYC (monochrome)

Singles USA

a gray world

Fauna

Slumshots Revisited

at an open-air dance performance

Uttarayan Art Foundation, Vadodara

Blooms of the Nilgiris (30-31 Dec 2010)

out and about in India: landscapes

Life on the River Barak (Assam)

Chicagoland

Out and About in NYC (color)

People at Work (monochrome)

New Orleans and Around

New Orleans After Dusk

Hong Kong

Sigma DP3 Merrill (June-July 2013)

Uttarayan Art Foundation, Vadodara - II

PHOTOS

Twig Art

Shy Lady

Mubarak Mahal (Palace of Welcome)

Vegetable Vendor

Fruit Seller

Himalayan Crags at Dusk

Nectar

Udaipur Palace Tower

Devigarh Fort

Inside Devigarh Fort

Udaipur City

A Family

A Mother

Another Family

Brewer

Digression

Helping Ma

Interested

Love all

Pleased

Golden Leaves of Ranthambore

Quadripeds 1

Resting 4

dusk falls

Resting

Sunset 1

Sunset 2

You're Trespassing

Young Girl

Slumflower

A Girl

Last Sip

Mother with daughters

Street scene c

The Child Contemplating

The Mother 2

The Mother

Brothers

Baba

This is Mumbai 10

Streetside 2

Streetside 3

Streetside 4

Streetside 5

Outside the station

Do Not Enter

"To listen well, is as powerful a means of influence as to talk well..." from a Chinese proverb

Maximum City

Wall Painting - Devigarh Fort

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Ideation 2

dystipira exposed (consigned to oblivion)

Through the Fountain at Law Garden

Limpid Eyes

Limpid Eyes 2

Ideation 4

The Garbage Collector

By The Fountain

This is Mumbai 11

Vendors of Tea

Sandwich Seller and Customers

50 Years of Service

Cooling-off Near the Fountain

Another Through the Fountain

Urban Headgear

The Sweeper

Streetside Carpenter

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Intimacy

Intimacy (rev ver)

the photo i did not take

The Coconut Man

The Land of Mewar

Working Women 1

Mother Working

Working Women 3

Brothers

on the roof

the future is theirs

Daughter Working

Son Working

at their doorstep

Social Worker In the Field

Serve All

The Mother 3

remaindered in a forest

In as natural color as possible

Holga effect

A Bird's Eye View

The Mechanic 2

a hard life 2 color

they build

they build 2

pigeon fest

Injured Pigeon

they build 5

they build 3

they build 4

Families at Play 1

Anna

Two Youngsters

Boy Washing Clothes

A New Batch

As in Gandhi's Time

Prayer for Peace

Symbols

Learning Dental Hygiene

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Streetside Chai

Teaching Dental Hygiene 2

Earning with Papercraft

perhaps the luckier ones

This is Mumbai 2

This is Mumbai 1

This is Mumbai 6

This is Mumbai 4

This is Mumbai 5

This is Mumbai 9

This is Mumbai 7

This is Mumbai 8

in motion and motionless

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the hand of the child

himalayan mountains as seen from Sarah

himalayan crags at dusk - another view

morning walkers in a garden nearby

we don't need electricity

mother watching children play -c

mother watching children play - m

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three comrades

Two

Samy

Samy's Friend Hits a Good Shot

Samy's Agile Friend (an MJ fan?)

The Playground Samy and His Friends Use

Construction of New Riverfront and Bridge on a Dying River

Demolition Man

Push (c)

Push (m)

feet

Spinning Cotton

Charkha

Supports

Amethyst Courtyard 2

Arcs

The Couple

A Young Patron at a Textile Exhibition

Shri Ganesh

Guard

Tracked

Rooted

Reflected Glory

The Land of Marwar

old rock shrine

Old Pillar Shrine

Tanya

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the setting

poise

Rajasthani Dancer and Musicians

Boy Dancing

Folk Artists

Thakur of Khejarla Fort (candid, unposed)

a photographer in the window

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Dhobi (Washerman)

grace

Candid of Posed (revised)

Views of Khejarla Fort

the lattice work friezes and jharokas

The Old Woman on her Rooftop

Stud Farm

the Kalahiran (Blackbucks) of India

The Bystander Atop the First Flight

descent into Dis

the last flight

shot 17s later, looking up

Abode of a God

the women

He's Taking Your Photo!

cars, too...

concentration

Functioning Anarchy

Hello!

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Another Family

Family

Sheesh Mahal - ceiling view

Mor Chowk (Peacock Courtyard) - a Facade (see larger)

Facade Lower Level

Facade Upper Level - see largest

Mozaic Three

Mozaic One

Mozaic Two

into the void..

they build 7

they build 6

A Young Contributor to the Book

A Not So Young Photographer Documenting the Event

Taj as seen from Agra Fort - across Yamuna river

a closer look of the Taj

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first glimpse - or last

the full monty

minaret

wall panel

photo frenzy

Agra Fort courtyard

thick walls

an Emperor's prison

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2 apr

Cafe - 2

Cafe -1

on the podium at speakers' corner

a man at rest

lion country

Ladies Day Out

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lioness in her natural milieu

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the scene

application of 'mehendi'

the beach

the duet

the craftsmanship

the shelter

a statuette

the Analyst at his desk

another symbol of the man

an ethos to live by

movements 1/8s

A Private Matter 1

T Sq

Hard Rockers - Ryders with Lids

family portrait through glass

brisk business

the urban conundrum

Reflections 1

indoors in natural light, unposed

26 June 2010, 04:48:04

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cooling off

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a ride in Central Park

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floater

...in the hollow (pls see larger)

on the bench

a Central Park view

tanner

11:02am

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"There was once a child..."

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A Private Matter 2

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sipper

rester

quality time

timeserver

the New York Dog Shop

Adams, Barth, et al

dressier

expresser

carrier

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Reflections 2

Reflections 4

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snacker

Ever 21

Forever 21 - 2

Forever 21 - 1

Columbus

A Woman Waiting

the batter and his babe

Lion's Den

the challenge

4th of July, just before the fireworks

4th of July fireworks - 1

gravity

bud

4th of July fireworks - 2

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relaxation

remnant

Everyday Poetry 1: Fashion Design Basics

Everyday Poetry 2 - Flagged

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Everyday Poetry - 3: Up!

two photographers and a musician

level

Everyday Poetry - Snip

13 July 2010, 23:55:00

Central Park cameos

the Double Bass Player

the lonely one

two

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america

是不是一个伟大的镜头？

a family

Notice

rain mist 2

rain mist 1

lunch break

singing for a cause

children on an outing

lunch break 2

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lunch break 3

lunch break 4

manhattan view from staten island

Street Performance In Red

a working man

a man on a bench

the street performer

a woman with a key

Manhattan from across the Hudson

23 July 2010, 06:01:18

negotiations perhaps

conversing with a fairy in the park

holding on

the waiting percussionist

she waited by the fountain

pairs in the park

the sleeper

sunset 3

the Buddha

compression

देसी दुकान

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a Brooklyn view

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sleeper II

shoes and smiles

dancing

a nicely constructed burrow

harmonium and dholak

a barrel full

eye contact

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Hi!

posed

encash

verticals

raindrops

the ferry to Staten Island

a bird at liberty

by Brooklyn Bridge

bipeds

another working girl

the Bartender

cruise ship on the Hudson

photo-op

torpidity - I

torpidity - II

NYC connectors

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enthused

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30 July 2010, 20:43:51

31 July 2010, 05:15:21

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tribute to mothers

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hands

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Love All

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Painter

the shaver

Gardener

Glass Painting - Ganesh

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1/25s - best seen larger

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13:40

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nestled in the hills (best seen larger)

a lover of light

the Gardener 1

2:55pm

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a house in the hills

under cloud cover

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Orchids

Rose

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the Wood Gatherer

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shrouded massif

cross the bridge into the light

a classic candid

heavenly light

Sri Padmavathi Devi Alayam 2

selling flowers

New Dream Bangle Store

a vendor in front of the temple

flower seller at the temple gates

bangle sellers in front of the temple

w.o. comment

Peddlers at the Temple Gates

the old man on the street

taking a rest

another flower seller (ver.2)

a friend with a baloon

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Sculpture 08

a View of Uttarayan Art Centre

another view

'sculptured' landscape

yet another view

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a panoramic view at night

Sculptures (see larger)

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checking out the art indoors

a beginning

enthused

the Founder and Financier

the way up

the thoughtful photographer

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pruning tea bushes

multiple views - tea gardens

spraying pesticides

building a bridge

bridge in a tea estate

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Barak River (best seen larger)

sifting soil

rest house in a tea garden

biofertilizer

the tea estate bungalow

Curzon's bathtub!

an old shrine

the ferry

banana leaf 1 (2 and 3 below)

little ones have sharp eyes

to the river with the washing

at the river with the washing

rush hour on the Barak

transit

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by the Barak

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bamboo

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the boatman

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the boatman (revised)

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vegetable farmer

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casual portrait with camera flash

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Please take our photo!

a man on the street

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breaking up concrete (1)

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zoomed candid

on the street

cold wait

15:08:57 C.S.T. Nov 30, 2011

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hair is hair, here or there

the sentinels of Lake Michigan

...and they shall live happily ever after...

Cloud Gate

the happy tourist

the drummer

the promise

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School's Out

Little People

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Different Strokes

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The Photographer Intrudes Into His Own Composition

Bahá'í House of Worship

...and they shall live happily ever after... (II)

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The King of the Swing

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Cafe Du Monde

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Gators (m)

Gators (c)

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the Light

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The Famous Door

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Musical Legends Park, New Orleans

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Looking and Seeing

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Up or Down

Chaiti

Shane and Chaiti

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Ugh! ...it's ugly... I can't see anything to discuss about this work.. Can you?

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Beehive Ginger

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monsoon miasma

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the view from my window

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The Unlit Lantern

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Pichola Lake

a bird at sunset (m)

a bird at sunset (c)

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the walkway

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Gul Mahal

Lake Palace

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2013 Timecell (1 of 2)

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A Work-In-Progress

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