Atget’s Corner – 856-860, Delhi Photos
The visible city.
[By Mayank Austen Soofi]
Delhi is a voyeur’s paradise and The Delhi Walla also makes pictures.
I take photos of people, streets, flowers, eateries, drawing rooms, tombs, landscapes, buses, colleges, Sufi shrines, trees, animals, autos, libraries, birds, courtyards, kitchens and old buildings. My archive of more than 25,000 photos showcases Delhi’s ongoing evolution. Five randomly picked pictures from this collection are regularly put up on the pages of this website.
The series is named in the memory of French artist Eugène Atget (1857-1927), who, in the words of a biographer, was an “obsessed photographer determined to document every corner of Paris before it disappeared under the assault of modern improvements.”
Here are Delhi photos numbered 856 to 860.
856. Daryaganj
857. Lajpat Nagar
858. Paharganj
859. Humayun’s Tomb
860. Place Unknown
Nice…Its always a delight to see delhi through your posts and pictures sir 🙂
Are you sure 859. was taken somewhere inside the Humayun’s Tomb complex? Scalloped arches of that sort became popular only after Shahjahan came to power.
Yes, Naushirvan.
Nice 🙂 is it nihari in the last picture?