A Banni embroiderer

A gracefully aging patchwork embroiderer outside her home. She elegantly posed with what I thought was one her best works…

 

An Ajrakh block printer

An Ajrakh block printer on his beedi break. You don’t see the beedi cause he very shyly hid it under his arm as we turned to capture his amazing face…

 

The potter of Khavda

She obliged me with a photograph as she decorated her wares at her home in Khavda, North Kutch

 

The monk of Than

The monk and his afternoon chai.
At the 500-year old Than monastery; once beautiful now derelict…

A Harijan woman in Banni, Kutch

Glad she was happy to pose for me 🙂