Photographer's Note
13 th June,2007. The monsoon rain hits Kolkata. She appeared so violently. More than 100 mm rain. As per report 8 km of rain cloud hanging over Kolkata just before the rain. It broke down upon the city and completely disrupts the life. Almost 20 people died. I was coming to my home from my workplace, I found lot of opportunities to shoot. Accompanying one of my friends we started exploring. When we reached to College street it was more than knee deep water and there were some entrance examination was going on, it was full of chaos there. The depth of water increased as we were approaching from Keshab Sen Street towards Amherst Road. We found its not safe to go further when it crossed my waist level. This shot is the first of the water clogged Kolkata.
Hope you like it
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oochappan
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(4880) 2007-06-18 3:58
Quite an up to date document Partha showing us clearly the terrible situation, I had that once in Chennai, within half an hour the water up to my knees and the guthers can't cope with it, but lucky 2 hours later all the water was gone and the sun shining again.
I hope these people will be spared from worse.
greetings
Henk
ninaL
(21348) 2007-06-18 4:02
Hi, Partha.
Very strong documentary photograph...
Powerful...dynamic and true.
Best regards. Grazyna.
faubry
(35447) 2007-06-18 4:14
wowww, amazing shot... we can seems atmospher town, very good cadrage,really reportage picture,thanks
francine
sunilshukla
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(844) 2007-06-18 4:16
So Calcutta still gets waterlogged like this. Bad for the city but good for photo oportunities. The rickshawpullers have been well used.
Sunil
arjun_das
(1851) 2007-06-18 4:20
excellent capture of the chaotic situation prevailing there at college street on that day. it was really very hard to walk through at some parts of kolkata due to waist level water clogging. nice sharp and well balanced shot indeed. tfs.
regards,
arjun
holmertz
(103520) 2007-06-18 4:32
Hi Partha,
This is a kind of documentary picture that we don't see very often on TE. It's an excellent capture and very informative. Technically impeccable, maybe tilting a bit, but that adds to the drama. I have been to Calcutta many times, but never during the monsoon. I guess I missed some fine photo opportunities.
Regards,
Gert
xuaxo
(6854) 2007-06-18 11:09
Hello Partha
This is a very interesting picture of a monsoon effect.
Regards,
F
sidstakes
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(772) 2007-06-18 12:20
Very good ... good to see this ...great mess isn't it? Good to see you have photographed it...I couldn't go out to shoot the mess..was feeling lazy..
zeca
(19762) 2007-06-18 19:34
Very good register! Its a nice documentary! Good depth and nice colours. So many interesting details to look at...
Regards,
Zeca
jmcl
(14535) 2007-06-18 21:03
Hi Partha,
What a frozen moment of chaos .. the water .. the people .. the color .. all work together to amplify what your are trying to communicate.
take care,
John
Graal
(103040) 2007-06-19 2:14
Hi Partha,
interesting scene and reportage, amazing flood in the town, good captured the dramatic moment. Well done photo.
Gr., Aleksander
hay_kes
(31439) 2007-06-19 2:25
Hi Partha,
Very interesting and different compo.Well taken.TFS.
Best wishes.
hAyAti
delic
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(6735) 2007-06-19 7:03
Great photojournalism, Partha. The image conveys the state of disarray amid a disaster rather well. The pov, which shows the situation almost through the eyes' of the man on the right, is superb. Regards,
Hakan
korbee
(6619) 2007-06-20 15:46
Wauw,this is what you call a god journalistic monsoon picture partha!
jan
kajspice
(4542) 2007-06-24 20:43 [Comment]
Photo Information
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Copyright: Partha Pal (partha)
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(14023) - Genre: Lugares
- Medium: Cor
- Date Taken: 2007-06-13
- Categories: Momento Decisivo
- Camera: Canon 30D, 17-40 f/4 L USM Canon
- Exposição: f/9.0, 1/160 segundos
- More Photo Info: view
- Versão da Foto: Versão Original
- Tema(s): K O L K A T A- c I T Y o F j O Y, Floods of monsoon, WATER CLOGGED KOLKATA, Rikshaw Pullers of Kolkata [view contributor(s)]
- Date Submitted: 2007-06-18 3:36
