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If walls could talk, the Gateway of India would have an unending story to tell. It would speak of the hundreds that have passed under its arches and the millions that have sat in the adjoining harbour. Fortunately, those that work under the shadows of these walls have some stories they can tell us. Meet the ever-active photographers of the Gateway.
These are white-shirt-black-pants uniformed men who will entice you with their glossy, immaculate photo albums and greet you in a variety of ways – “Hello madam, madam ji photo, very good photo madam, only 30 rupees, madam, ek photo please madam.” Rising above the babble of the tourists, you hear, “Haath thoda aur upar karo, thoda left, haan bas, ab smile karo.”(Raise your hand a little more, a little to the left, that’s it, now smile.)From Polaroid to Kodak, to reel camera, to the DSLR and the portable Epson printer he now carries on his back, this man has come a long way, in terms of skills, experience and humour.
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