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!
Farmer’s market near Mantralaya every Sunday morning. Connecting the South Mumbai urban elite to Farmers around the city!
Crowded Bhuleshwar also considered Mumbai’s Kashi
Human crowds to four wheeler crowds – one thing to depict Mumbai is the fast zipping traffic – actually not so fast due to the congestion… 😉
The Colaba Market square – hawkers, vendors, pedestrians, vehicles, stray animals, school kids playing everything bundled together…
Banganga the other Kashi of Mumbai.
Sea gulls hanging about on Marine Drive, just the usual sight – not! 😉
Just the very unusual scene – sea gulls eating gaathiya spread out by this family
People of Mumbai flock to watch the Sea Gulls
A casual cutting chai on a street corner. Earlier this was a smoking hangout but it all changed. A mural replaces the smoking.
A surreal sight to see the tricolor flying proud in the sky!
Heritage goodness – Bhuleshwar
Kalbadevi – Art deco buildings rise majestically as people go about their daily routine!
Another Art Deco building merging into the routine Mumbai scene
Taking some time off with cricket. Bags become stumps and the grand old Rajabai tower the spectator 🙂
Sultry early evening. The sun set is beautiful but until then the light is harsh
Clothes being dried by the mangroves by the sea…. Bandra Walk
Festivals – Kite flying at chowpatty – Kites can hardly be seen but the humans don’t disappear so easily 😉
Heritage gate in Bhuleshwar! Outside a bustling market, inside a crumbling heritage building with an ancient temple
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
Night scene and empty roads
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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