During our coverage of Arattu festival we attended one of the major attractions which was Peacock Dance (Mayilattom). Both dancers were male dressing up in a very colorful peacock costume! They danced with their wooden stick legs at the temple’s compound and people gave them money to have their blessings.
Pink girl and fishermen
You gotta love the Indian fashion style ! So colorful anywhere! everywhere!
At the Madrasa (video)
My latest video from India trip. This is the third soundslides production I made after The light Festival and Five Hundred year school. I loved working on this video the children were delightful to be around. Their eyes are full of innocence and life. The photos didn’t need color to be alive their […]
Widow with children
I met this lady nearby the beach in Punnapra after we were done shooting the fishermen. I needed to wash my feet from the sand before going to the bus. Our driver Harris took me to a house where I met this lady with her kids. She started talking about how she had no support after she lost her husband. She is […]
Indian Dance Drama
This is my favorite shot of the Kathakali performance. Very colorful and intense! This is the same guy that was dressing up on in my earlier post here
Pumping water with a smile!
She was around 7 years old pumping water manually in the streets of Cochin. The whole family including the grandfather were racing to fill their buckets with clean water from the water pump at the street. The thirsty city of Cochin suffers from water shortage which triggers many environmental and health problems. The mother of the girl said this problem has been going on for […]
A Mother’s kiss
Emotional moment captured at the last day of Thirunakkara Arattu Utsavam festival
هذا من فضل ربي
“This is by the grace of God” Quranic verse written on an auto rickshaw in Kodungalur
Arabian Sea – The daily fishing trip through my iPhone
“No artificial sea can be more beautiful than god’s own creation” that’s how I described the beach in Kerala when I first laid my eyes on it. The sand is as so soft and warm as the locals reception to tourists! There was nothing fancy at this beach, everything was very basic but it was beautiful in its own […]
Islamic Madrasa girls
Another photo from the Islamic Madrasa we visited in Kodungallur located at Thrissur district in the State of Kerala, India. You might also want to see my earlier post on the Madrasa here
My Favorite photos from the Five Hundred years Vedic School
Sharing some of my favorite shots from my first video slide-show shared previously here
Ladies & Men of the Ginger Palace
Couple of my photos from the first day of shooting in India at the ginger palace in Cochin
Cochin through my iPhone
I will Start sharing my India through my iPhone series with my first destination in Kerala that is Cochin. I traveled to India to be part of an expedition and multimedia photography. The workshop Oracles of Kerala Photo Expedition-Workshop with the well-known photographer Tewfic El-Sawy aka The Travel Photographer. I’m a big fan of the travel photographer’s work and […]
Kathakali pose
Another character from the Kathakali show in India. Doesn’t he looks fabulous ?!
Kathakali makeup
Another sneak peek from my Kathakali gallery as I mentioned earlier here Hopefully I will find some time to do another video slideshow soon :)