This post was triggered by this NY Post here.
I recently travelled to Pune’, India. Unlike most other travel photography, this time i decided to do it differently.
I researched the place on the Internet – Wikepedia and Mouthshut.com provided excellent reference resources on the location and its history.
I contacted fellow flickr mates regional from the area (Photographers@Pune), expressed my interest in photographing local interests as a local would see. In specific, i wanted to capture the local feel, its people and its culture – not flowers, not lakes, not mountains. This worked great!
The regional group not only set me up with some local haunts – Like the Mandai (market), but also accompanied me as guides to talk to local folks and highlighting local culture and practices. Way more than what i imagined! Of course, i had to dare drinking tea from a street vendor, eat local food Anthony Bourdain style (on street) – which i throughly enjoyed as well.
If interested in reading about my complete travel experience here.
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