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North India Photo Diary

My journey through the North of India was at once enchanting and exhausting, full of the inescapable contradictions that are as inherent to India as dahl and roti. Never have I felt so much, or been so aware of my own emotions, pulsing quietly just below the surface of my skin like a heartbeat. By the time I left, flying to Kathmandu through a night sky full of lightning, I was done; asleep-on-my-feet-tired like a small child at the end of a long day. India takes everything you have and spits it back at you, irreparably changed.

I slept under the desert stars, meditated on a rooftop at sunset with a yogi, and crashed a wedding in Delhi. I watched the sun rise over the desert and set over the Ganges, saw children dance and bodies burn. I explored temples and palaces and ancient cities; travelled on trains and local buses, rickshaws and camels. My memories are a kaleidoscope of swirling colours that splinter and glow in a thousand glittering shards. It is for me to piece them back together into a picture that I can understand, but these things take time. For now, here’s some of the moments that echo in my head.  

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At Jantar Mantar observatory in Jaipur, a girl in a red dress considers the other-worldly structure of the ancient astronomical instruments.

 

 

 

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A camel carries a family over the dunes of the Thar desert in Rajasthan at sunset.

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A sitar player collects money on a lavishly embroidered shawl in Jaisalmer.

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The Taj Mahal, breathtaking in its symmetry in the pale dawn light.

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My favourite street stall breakfast, puri and dahl.

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A woman sits thoughtfully in the courtyard at the red fort in Agra.

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A local family on the blue streets of Jodhpur in Rajasthan.

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The palace on the lake, Udaipur.

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The blue painted walls of Jodhpur.

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  1. Alana - Paper Planes says

    September 15, 2014 at 5:50 pm

    That Taj Mahal photo is GORGEOUS!

    • Clare says

      September 29, 2014 at 3:31 pm

      Thanks Alana 🙂

  2. Ashley of Ashley Abroad says

    October 2, 2014 at 5:30 pm

    Wow I have huge photo envy! I was just in Northern India and my photos didn’t turn out nearly this good. You have a real gift for portrait photography!

    • Clare says

      October 2, 2014 at 6:20 pm

      Thank you so much Ashley 🙂 I hope you loved India as much as I did!

  3. shikhar says

    October 10, 2014 at 7:04 pm

    Great pics, but missed the captions 🙁

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