faces_of_kolkata Photo Gallery by Pauletta Johnson at pbase.com

Kolkata (Calcutta) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Kolkata along with the suburbs has a population of approx. 15.7 million residents making it the third most populous metropolition area of India. Now shown through my (western) point of view. Due to security restrictions, I was unable to capture some spectucular buildings, scenery and places of interest. Note some images may be very distrubing.

Series	_DSC4012.jpg	Glazed Stare	_DSC2042.jpg	_DSC1989.jpg
store owner	lime lady	brushing teeth 2-images	rickshaw driver having a smoke	lunch break
welcome	_DSC5764.jpg	_DSC2304.jpg	_DSC2322.jpg	heavy load
logger	gardening	_DSC3953.jpg	making chat puri	_DSC2018.jpg
_DSC4931.jpg	_DSC4933.jpg	_DSC5228.jpg	cleaning dishes	tea vendor
_DSC5841.jpg	_DSC1930.jpg	_DSC1937.jpg	_DSC1952.jpg	shoe shine
_DSC3111.jpg	_DSC3113.jpg	father and daughter	taxi driver	engaging in smoking
_DSC3217.jpg	_DSC5253-2.jpg	_DSC5868.jpg	_DSC4343.jpg	_DSC5742.jpg
_DSC5886.jpg	The Doorkeeper 2-images	_DSC2673.jpg	_DSC4449.jpg	_DSC3833.jpg
_DSC3832.jpg	_DSC2238.jpg	_DSC5065.jpg	_DSC2131.jpg	_DSC2200.jpg
_DSC2166.jpg	_DSC1923.jpg	_DSC2211.jpg	servant	_DSC3852.jpg
_DSC3274.jpg	_DSC3800.jpg	_DSC5040.jpg	panhandler	grounds maintenance worker
_DSC5342.jpg	_DSC5794.jpg	_DSC2044.jpg	_DSC2167.jpg	_DSC3829.jpg
_DSC3835.jpg	_DSC3766.jpg		chewing tobacco (paan)	broken glasses
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Konrad Busslinger		16-Jul-2017 20:33
Excellent gallery.For all this images you spend a lot of time. Thanks for sharing.

Jean D		29-Jul-2013 20:37
Excellent collection of well varied candid portraits. ~

Guest		15-Nov-2012 13:57
Superb gallery. Best. J

CM Kwan		02-Oct-2012 12:25
Every picture in this gallery is outstanding, Carl! V

Alain Boussac		09-Sep-2012 15:08
Wonderful street portraits imagery. Beauty and humanity. Great work. Voted.

Jean D		05-Sep-2012 22:04
Excellent collection of well diversified candid portraits. Super work from Calcutta. ~V

janescottcumming		17-Aug-2012 11:37
An outstanding gallery of portraits! Wonderfully seen and perfectly composed. Excellent work Carl! V

J S Quesada		02-May-2012 12:56
Impressive work! V

Michel Duval		12-Mar-2012 19:54
All those portraits are impressive. V

Blandine Mangin		05-Mar-2012 09:24
very beautiful gallery ! v

Guest		02-Mar-2012 16:55
excellent, touching, impressive work Carl.

George McCarten		24-Feb-2012 05:01
Superb by all accounts. You have obviously spent a bit of time here. Not what one would expect from someone stopping by for three or four days.

Jeff Real		21-Jan-2012 14:36
These portraits are very powerful and very beautiful. I salute your photography. ~V~

Stephanie		17-Jan-2012 08:22
This is a wonderful gallery Carl! You're a great candid photographer being able to bring out the soul of the people in pixels! V

Apostolos Tikopoulos		04-Dec-2011 10:42
Excellent and impressive gallery. V.

Buba Jafarli		03-Dec-2011 20:21
People for whom every rupiah matters! Very good gallery! V.

Tim van Woensel		02-Dec-2011 07:49
Love these portraits! India is the best country in the world for people photography IMO.

Hank Vander Velde		14-Nov-2011 01:49
A great collection of candid portraits Carl.

Ali Majdfar		07-Nov-2011 15:24
Outstanding collection of greatly captured faces! ~V

Paolo Peggi (aka Bracciodiferro)		06-Nov-2011 14:22
Excellent in every respect.BV Paolo

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