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Photo Essay – The Geography of Face, Around Town

April 25, 2012
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Portraits of Delhiwallas.

[Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi]

Photographing a person’s face is like stealing his or her life – a moment of it. Walking through the city, The Delhi Walla makes face portraits daily. These are long journeys, for each face is a different world.

One face, one world

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7 Responses to Photo Essay – The Geography of Face, Around Town

  1. Naushirvan on April 25, 2012 at 7:53 PM

    nice yaar. The fifth-from-last guy is kinda cute. I like his unshaven look. I am trying out something like that myself.

    • Ehsan Mir Ali Jahan on April 27, 2012 at 7:47 AM

      I like seventh-from last too :P

  2. singhisstink on April 26, 2012 at 1:05 AM

    ha ha portrait my foot! another fucking fake post by wannabe sri sri mayank austen lord. why the fuck are you so phony man? you could have been great you know had you added a pinch of humbleness in your own character. you only reinforced delhi’s weakness. why? just for throwaway accolades from the west? Sorry for the outburst, but with your skills, you should go far. i believe in you.

    • Matka on April 26, 2012 at 12:42 PM

      Why this kolaveri di?

    • Vishal on April 26, 2012 at 6:35 PM

      lol… what is this … so bitter …

  3. David Aune on April 26, 2012 at 3:09 AM

    I feel sorry for the guy in the last photograph. Wish we can help him get treatment.

    • Ehsan Mir Ali Jahan on April 27, 2012 at 7:45 AM

      The man doesn’t need your pity, he wants to be treated.

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