Photographer's Note
The idols of goddess Durga are being prepared. The preparation has reached its last stages, since the artists have not much time before the ceremony commences in two weeks time on 9 October.
Here I catch one of the artists working on the face of an idol. The half colored statue has to be worked on the face, the ritual is called "Chakhkhudaan" (giving the goddess her eyes) and traditionally done on the first day of Debipakhshya (the fortnight of the goddess). Times have changed, and work pressure has made artists to compromise, and they do it earlier than they used to do years back.
The kaarigar (artist) is seen working on the face, to be precise, he is painting the lips. Again, this is sequel and I will put more posts on this event. The exact moment of painting the eyes will be seen in the following posts.
Albrecht, dondenize, partha, sabyasachi1212 marcou esta nota como útil
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sandip
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(3492) 2005-09-28 9:44
thought of a higher POV..but anywawy it is a nice one.. it is eventually growing up my passion to go next time and shoot.
mrbialy
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(2568) 2005-09-28 10:18
Hello. Interesting and original for me. Your colours here is strong like fire- I like it. So many false hands, hands on the bottom right corner is false to but on the first moment looks like real. Very good composition and captured. All image is so bizzare like from horror. Only your mada-man is a litle to dark. good luck
Albrecht
(11283) 2005-09-28 11:15
Hi Arnab
Thanks for sharing and the note. Interesting to see and a good picture with beautiful colours and good POV.
Gr.Albrecht
clodreno
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(0) 2005-09-28 12:54
beautifully done Arnab. great light in this image.
I really would love to see that.
really nice to have the 3 arms on the right as a repetition.. very nice..
entrelec
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(8328) 2005-09-28 14:00
Wonderfull image, so well composed, so insolite.
And thiscolor which flows like blood.
confrontation between a nude woman god and half nude mortal man.
All theese arms.
Deep meaning...
Great ,really; I take it in my favorites
regards
joel
dondenize
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(51) 2005-09-29 1:08
great catch - i thought it was forbidden to take photo of this until the idol is finished-
partha
(14023) 2005-09-29 14:07
Oh Arnab,Very nice contemporary pic.Everything in this pic is going right.Only the portion of "Lungi" of the person painting is little bit distracting.
Your write up is excellent and informative.
Thanks for sharing.
Luan
(12971) 2005-10-17 8:27
Hello Arnab,
Peru was a fantastic trip. This country is amazing...like your picture here. The framing is excellent, I like this low angle shoot, very respectful in front of Durga. The orange color is very intense.
See you
Luan
sabyasachi1212
(19779) 2006-05-09 6:36
Hi Arnab,
What a brilliant image. Beautiful colours, nice angle with lots of inner meanings to be derived.
TFS
Sabyasachi
Waxlyric (42) 2007-12-03 3:25
Hi Arnab, I love the contrasts of this image, the artists head gets a little lost in the rafters due to the darkness and angle of view, nothing a little post production couldn't fix. Thanx for sharing this beautiful image.
Matt
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Photo Information
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Copyright: Arnab Chatterjee (arnabchat)
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(7233) - Genre: Pessoas
- Medium: Cor
- Date Taken: 2005-09-24
- Categories: Festivais, Arte, Momento Decisivo
- Camera: Olympus C350 zoom Camedia
- Versão da Foto: Versão Original
- Tema(s): Durga Puja 2005 [view contributor(s)]
- Date Submitted: 2005-09-28 8:27
- Favoritos: 1 [ver]
Discussions
- To sandip: pov (1)
by arnabchat, last updated 2005-09-30 08:39 - To mrbialy: false hands (1)
by arnabchat, last updated 2005-09-30 09:46 - To entrelec: favorite! (1)
by arnabchat, last updated 2005-09-30 09:49 - To dondenize: forbidden? (1)
by arnabchat, last updated 2005-09-30 09:51 - To partha: thanks (1)
by arnabchat, last updated 2005-09-30 09:56 - To fanfois01: hi (1)
by arnabchat, last updated 2005-10-17 08:33
