One of the things I was excited about doing when I went to India was street shooting. I was admittedly trepidatious about doing so on my own. I spoke to a photographer friend of mine, Penny de los Santos and of course she had a fixer for me. Fixers are an essential for photographers traveling around the world who need access to certain areas. Penny is such a photographer. With clients like National Geographic and Saveur Magazine, she is used to setting up fixers in different countries and navigating her way through each assignment that she is given. I am not such a photographer (although I remain constantly envious) so I was delighted and relieved when Penny introduced me to Vineet Modi. Vineet guided me all around the streets of old Delhi. He’s also a photographer, so he was patient with me and very encouraging of me to interact with the people I met on the street. For some reason, I ended up doing a lot of quick portraits. This is pretty unusual because I am so used to shooting on the fly and capturing moments. While I have many photos of life happening on the streets of Old Delhi, here is a sampling of my favorite portraits:
OMG, Guns N’ Roses sweater vest!!
Thank you again, Vineet for such a fun day!
Wow Ashley. These are stunning!
these made my day and i felt transported. thanks for sharing!
Beautiful work Ashley! I can see you were inspired while you were there.
The faces in India are so beautiful. Thanks for sharing your work and for your kind words!
Ash. I am speechless. Pride and envy, the best versions of both have got me choked up. Life altering trip. Way to go.
xo
These are beautiful Ash. Thank you for connecting us to the loveliness in each of these people.
Absolutely beautiful!!
Love these and the guy in the GNR is nice to look at.
WOW, these are incredible and inspiring, they blew me away!