In Old Delhi, just off Chandni Chowk, lies Khari Baoli market, Asia's largest spice trading centre. It's a fascinating location and one of the busiest places I've ever come across, especially in terms of the sheer amount of human labour one can see every day.
It's wonderful place to spend time with a camera and, perhaps not surprisingly, is home to the best chai wallahs in town. I've been shooting there quite a bit over the past couple of months and think that there might be the bones of a half-decent essay here.
All of this stuff is shot on Tri-X, using an Olympus OM2, with either a 28mm 2.8 or a 50mm 1.4 lens. The film was home developed in Rodinal and the scans are pretty quick and dirty, then tickled up in Lightroom. Not too much, though. I like them a bit gritty and grainy.
Other than a little light cropping in a couple of cases, these images are more or less how they fell out of the camera.
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