{"id":618,"date":"2010-01-28T17:55:37","date_gmt":"2010-01-28T21:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.warrensenders.com\/journal\/?p=618"},"modified":"2010-01-29T08:34:46","modified_gmt":"2010-01-29T12:34:46","slug":"india-photoblogging-pune-1985-1991","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.warrensenders.com\/journal\/india-photoblogging-pune-1985-1991\/","title":{"rendered":"India Photoblogging: Pune, 1985-1991"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I took a lot of pictures while wandering around Pune in the mid-1980s and early 90s.  I was using a Minolta SLR which I still have somewhere in a box; digital cameras have now taken over completely, so I haven&#8217;t looked through the lens of my 35mm camera in a very long time.  Getting interesting results when you&#8217;re photographing scenes on an Indian street is not difficult; Indian streets are inherently interesting.  Here are some of my favorites.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i614.photobucket.com\/albums\/tt226\/WarrenSenders\/Pune%20Miscellany%201985%20to%201991\/PuneStreetCyclist.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Somewhere in City section; I have a vague recollection this was in the vicinity of Appa Balwant Chowk, but that&#8217;s probably just my senility kicking in.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i614.photobucket.com\/albums\/tt226\/WarrenSenders\/Pune%20Miscellany%201985%20to%201991\/PuneBaskets.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Shukrawar Peth, most likely.  Probably somewhere close to Phule Market.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i614.photobucket.com\/albums\/tt226\/WarrenSenders\/Pune%20Miscellany%201985%20to%201991\/Pune1986022.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Damned if I know&#8230;but I really like this picture!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i614.photobucket.com\/albums\/tt226\/WarrenSenders\/Pune%20Miscellany%201985%20to%201991\/Pune1986021.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On Laxmi Road.  I love the cluttered, high-event-density feeling of the Indian urban environment.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i614.photobucket.com\/albums\/tt226\/WarrenSenders\/Pune%20Miscellany%201985%20to%201991\/PuneWhoresquarters.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The whores&#8217; quarters.  I had to go into that section of town periodically because the drum-makers&#8217; shop was there.  I bought quite a selection of frame drums and miscellaneous percussion before recording the Antigravity CDs.  In subsequent years I went down to buy goat-skins for drum-making of my own in the US.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i614.photobucket.com\/albums\/tt226\/WarrenSenders\/Pune%20Miscellany%201985%20to%201991\/Punebaskets002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Probably somewhere close to Phule Market, again.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i614.photobucket.com\/albums\/tt226\/WarrenSenders\/Pune%20Miscellany%201985%20to%201991\/Pune1986006.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Construction workers.  I don&#8217;t have a clue where this was taken.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i614.photobucket.com\/albums\/tt226\/WarrenSenders\/Pune%20Miscellany%201985%20to%201991\/Punestreet004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the road heading out of Alaka Chowk, if I recall correctly.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i614.photobucket.com\/albums\/tt226\/WarrenSenders\/Pune%20Miscellany%201985%20to%201991\/Pune1986010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Still life with discarded boxes.  That blue wash is the commonest color for building exteriors.  I wonder what its chemical makeup is?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i614.photobucket.com\/albums\/tt226\/WarrenSenders\/Pune%20Miscellany%201985%20to%201991\/PUNEPICTURES04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rangwalas outside Phule Market.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i614.photobucket.com\/albums\/tt226\/WarrenSenders\/Pune%20Miscellany%201985%20to%201991\/PuneCity1987022b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Phule Market, again.  I have a lot of good photos of this wonderful bazaar.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i614.photobucket.com\/albums\/tt226\/WarrenSenders\/Pune%20Miscellany%201985%20to%201991\/PUNEPICTURESD.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Phule Market.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i614.photobucket.com\/albums\/tt226\/WarrenSenders\/Pune%20Miscellany%201985%20to%201991\/PuneFishmongers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fishmongers on the bridge near Kumar Wada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I took a lot of pictures while wandering around Pune in the mid-1980s and early 90s. I was using a Minolta SLR which I still have somewhere in a box; digital cameras have now taken over completely, so I haven&#8217;t looked through the lens of my 35mm camera in a very long time. Getting interesting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,11],"tags":[180],"class_list":["post-618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-india","category-photoblogging","tag-pune"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.warrensenders.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.warrensenders.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.warrensenders.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.warrensenders.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.warrensenders.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=618"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.warrensenders.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":629,"href":"http:\/\/www.warrensenders.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618\/revisions\/629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.warrensenders.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.warrensenders.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.warrensenders.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}