Photographer Jeffrey Becom

Bringing you some lovely photographs by well known photographer Jeffrey Becom.

I forget sometimes how much color there is in our country. Living here one tends to get so caught up in the day to day things.....politics, weather, traffic, heat and so on...sometimes you have to step back and see the country with fresh eyes! Or sometimes stumble upon photographers who have managed to capture the beauty of the country.....especially in the rural villages, the heart of India!

Enjoy these lovely images.....

Red bundle, Bundi. Rajasthan

At the temple entrance in Varanasi

Red pillars, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan

Red sari, Lahar, Madhya Pradesh

Street shrine, Varanasi

 Taj Mahal, Agra

 Street in Jodhpur, Rajasthan

 Blue passage, Jodhpur, Rajasthan

Mosaic Monday - beauty of Rajasthan

For today's mosaic - hosted by Mary - I am going to use photos that are not my own! My dear friend Param, an excellent photographer, artist and architect, has let me use his photos!

Rajasthan is a desert state in northern India.....once known as the 'Land of the Kings', the state still retains the glory and richness of those times with its marvelous monuments, colourful traditions and customs. It covers most of the area of the Great Indian desert (Thar Desert) with one edge paralleling the Sutlej - Indus river valley along with its border with Pakistan. The cities of Jaipur, Udaipur, Sanganer and Jodhpur are tourist meccas in Rajasthan, known for their fabulous block printed textiles, handmade paper, blue pottery, silver jewelry, old palaces, forts and fortresses. Music and dance thrive in these cities...here is a mosaic of a dancing girl and 2 forts in the city of Udaipur.

To read my artist profile on Param, go here!