srinagar, 08.06.2009
my last days in srinagar and i got a cold. after one month of almost 24/7 photographing my body seems to be at the end of his resources and now i have to pay the bill for not listening to the signs of exhaustion...
but today the kashmir government again imposed curfew, so there's little to do anyway, except hanging around in the garden and sipping chai while lokking at the himalaya. not so bad...
but yet i feel a little bit fed up with srinagar right now: there's hardly any area i have't seen in the city and the visual overkill from the first few weeks is almost over. additional to that i'm no longer exited by all the protest and stonepelting, it's getting kind of boring and when i go there it's most of the time just for enjoyment and to see meet some of the guys and/or the other photographers.
right now there're two non-local photographers working here with me: zack canepari (www.canepariphoto.com) and sumit dayal, (www.sumitdayal.com) first from the us and the latter from somewhere between kashmir, delhi and nepal. check out their work!!!
below you'll find some more images from the last days, of protest, daily life (despite the former) and some private pics as well.
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Scene in the Jamia Masjid, the biggest Mosque in Kashmir.
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Scene during the Idgah-Chalo, a march to the biggest Martyr-Graveyard of Kashmir.
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A kashmiri women praying in the living room.
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Potrait of a women covered with the Hjab.
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A burqa covered women walking in the empty Jamia Masjid in Srinagar.
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View from a bridge in downtown Srinagar.
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Muba, my fixer, friend, translator and part-time mum with some of the kids of Srinagar.
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Sousia. beautiful :-)
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crossing jehlum river...
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The shah family, who lives since 40 years in the ruins of an abandon mughal-castle.
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Fishermen on dal lake, in the backround the lower himlayas
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In a madrassa
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Playing games during curfew
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Shah family
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Srinagar
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Due to the strikecall by the seperatist leaders many daily life goods like vegetables are getting more and more expensive, while so far at least the price for rice hasn't changed. But as most of the traffic is suspended, it's becoming more and more difficult for the common people to come to the supply-centers for rice.
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A kid runs his kite in destroyed building in downtown Srinagar.
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A burqa-covered women is leaving the Jamia Masjid in Srinagar.
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