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Rajasthan

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  • A woman in a red veil walks beside a colorful earthen wall  in Rajasthan, India.
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  • A farmer's brilliant yellow turban contrasts against a deep blue sky in the Great Thar Desert, near Jaiselmeer, India.
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  • A woman wearing a yellow veil balances a clay pot on her head as she takes water from a well in Rajasthan, India.
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  • Men pull their boat across the shallow Jumna River at sunrise, near the Taj Mahal in Agra, India.
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  • Women wash their brass pots in Jaiselmeer, Rajasthan, India.
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  • Women in brightly-colored saris balance water vessels on their heads in Rajasthan, India.
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  • Bathers share early morning gossip on Lake Pichola in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.
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  • A woman in a blue shawl sweeps the sandstone stoop of a Jain Temple in Jaiselmeer, Rajasthan, India.
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  • A vegetable vendor in a yellow veil weighs her produce at Pushkar, Rajasthan, India.
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  • A jewelry vendor displays her wears at the market at Pushkar, Rajasthan, India.
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  • A woman winnows grain in rural Rajasthan, India.
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  • A crescent moon hangs above the silhouette of Jaipur in Rajasthan, India.
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  • AMBER ARCHES<br />
On a scouting trip to Rajasthan, India, in Fall of 1977, I was standing on the balcony of Amber Palace, overlooking the surrounding landscape. Behind me a marble colonnade paralleled the balcony, and as I entered it on my way out of the palace, the striking pattern of repeating arches stopped me in my tracks. The scene was perfect ... it only needed the right subject to pass by. So I decided to wait and see what might develop.<br />
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Slipping into the shadows at the end of the colonnade, I made myself as inconspicuous as possible while setting up the shot. Then, with my camera on tripod and focus, exposure, and composition set, I sat down on my camera case and quietly waited. And waited. And waited.<br />
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Then two young couples entered the courtyard and walked toward the balcony. One of the women was in a beautiful blue sari that perfectly complimented the warm tone of the arches; but her companions were in western dress, and it seemed unlikely that she would separate from the group. But I kept a hopeful eye on her just in case. They stayed at the balcony for quite awhile, then turned together to leave. I could see the shot wasn't going to happen and my hopes sank with their every step. Then, as if reading my mind, the three in western dress paused briefly to talk, and my saried princess walked through the archways alone. One shot, one-thirtieth of a second, frozen in time to enjoy forever.<br />
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Many years have passed since this picture was first published, and countless models have walked this path for other photographers wanting to reproduce it. But none, in my biased opinion, will ever match the un-staged beauty of that first candid moment in time. ©Ric Ergenbright
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  • A young Rajasthani girl poses in a doorway in Jaiselmeer, India.
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  • A young Rajasthani girl smiles a friendly greeting in Jaiselmeer, Rajasthan, India.
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  • A girl in an orange sari smiles widely as she prepares dinner at Pushkar Fair, Rajasthan, India.
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  • Spectators at Pushkar Fair, in Rajasthan, India, sit patiently in their striking red, orange and yellow turbans.
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  • The men on the Ferris Wheel can see all of the grounds of the Pushkar Fair, Rajasthan, India.
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  • A sun-weathered man in a vivid orange turban squints against the sun at Pushkar Fair, Rajasthan, India.
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  • A bedizened young woman smiles from within her fuchsia veil in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India.
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  • A turbaned man waits by pink door in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
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  • Balancing water pots is a woman's job in Jaiselmeer, Rajasthan, India.
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  • A man at a green door stares at the camera in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.
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  • A woman descends the stairs with a full water pot in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.
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  • A sari-clad woman fills a brass pot at a country well in Rajasthan, India.
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  • A woman in a pretty sari pauses at the well to fill her clay pot in Rajasthan, India.
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  • The sinewy arm of a farmer pulls on the rope of a rural well in the Great Thar Desert near Jaiselmeer, Rajasthan, India.
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