When I am not “on the road”, my base is Mumbai at my parents house. Naturally, when I am there, I wish to explore and uncover interesting stories. This implies heritage walks, chit-chatting with people from different strata of life, clicking photos and so on. 😉 And here are some of these Mumbai city photos! […]
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When I am not “on the road”, my base is Mumbai at my parents house. Naturally, when I am there, I wish to explore and uncover interesting stories. This implies heritage walks, chit-chatting with people from different strata of life, clicking photos and so on. 😉 And here are some of these Mumbai city photos! See the same old hustling bustling city in a different light – black and white only!

Mumbai City Photos - Farmer's Market

Farmer’s market near Mantralaya every Sunday morning. Connecting the South Mumbai urban elite to Farmers around the city!

Mumbai City Photos - Bhuleshwar

Crowded Bhuleshwar also considered Mumbai’s Kashi

Mumbai City Photos - Vehicle Traffic

Human crowds to four wheeler crowds – one thing to depict Mumbai is the fast zipping traffic – actually not so fast due to the congestion… 😉

Mumbai City photos - colaba market

The Colaba Market square – hawkers, vendors, pedestrians, vehicles, stray animals, school kids playing everything bundled together…

Mumbai city photos - Banganga

Banganga the other Kashi of Mumbai.

Mumbai City photos

Sea gulls hanging about on Marine Drive, just the usual sight – not! 😉

Mumbai City Photos - Black and White

Just the very unusual scene – sea gulls eating gaathiya spread out by this family

Mumbai City Photos - Black and White

People of Mumbai flock to watch the Sea Gulls

Mumbai City photos - Mural

A casual cutting chai on a street corner. Earlier this was a smoking hangout but it all changed. A mural replaces the smoking.

Mumbai City photos - tricolor at CSIA

A surreal sight to see the tricolor flying proud in the sky!

Mumbai City photos - heritage

Heritage goodness – Bhuleshwar

Mumbai city photos - art deco

Kalbadevi – Art deco buildings rise majestically as people go about their daily routine!

Mumbai City photos - Art Deco

Another Art Deco building merging into the routine Mumbai scene

Mumbai City Photos - Black And White

Taking some time off with cricket. Bags become stumps and the grand old Rajabai tower the spectator 🙂

Mumbai City Photos - marine drive

Sultry early evening. The sun set is beautiful but until then the light is harsh

Mumbai City Photos - Bandra

Clothes being dried by the mangroves by the sea…. Bandra Walk

Mumbai City photos - Makar Sankranti

Festivals – Kite flying at chowpatty – Kites can hardly be seen but the humans don’t disappear so easily 😉

Mumbai City photos

Heritage gate in Bhuleshwar! Outside a bustling market, inside a crumbling heritage building with an ancient temple

Mumbai City photos

Iconic Mumbai at Flora Fountain crossing – the local bus plying down the road overseen by the victorian architecture and us pedestrians waiting for our turn with the signal

Mumbai City Photos

Night scene and empty roads

Mumbai City Photos

Iconic walk on the marine drive – Mumbai!

I took a liking to black and white photographs only a while back with my Taiwan photographs. I then created a series of 13 European City photographs and the black and white really gives some of them a very vintage feel. And now a black and white series for my many Mumbai city photos! I am sure if I dug more I will be able to add a lot more pictures to this series. But I can keep it as a part 2.

While putting together this series I realised that there is a key role for the curation too – so maybe my next series will be better curated. 🙂

Do share your feedback and tips to improve my photography – will be useful!

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