Hair Trader On the KR market in the south Indian metropolis Bangalore all kinds of goods are traded. The market is famous among tourists especially for its flower market, but there sometimes one can also find some hair traders.

Indian Lady The colours of her clothes dominate this picture, which, like many of my portraits, was taken in the Indian city of Hampi. The lady sits in front of the entrance of her house and observes what is going on in the street.

Indian Boy Not desperate, but much more out of breath, this boy looks at me when I took this picture. Before that he followed me with his friends and wanted to impress me with his soccer skills.

Boy on Cart The boy poses almost proudly on a blue cart in an Indian side street. Proud not because he climbed it, but because I took the time to take a picture of him. This picture is not a snapshot from the hip, actually I was asked by him to shoot the picture [...]

Child in Door I had to be quick to portray this little girl in her front door. Shortly after the shot, her mother came, not to close the door, but to straighten the headgear and make her smile for the picture, which then would ruin the authenticity.

Boy with blue Shorts With a sceptical expression this boy looks into my camera lens while I portray him. The blue-yellow contrast of his clothes gives the picture additional expressiveness.

Smiling Boy If you try to portray a person, one of the biggest challenges is to remain unnoticed as a photographer, so that the situation remains authentic and unadulterated. In this situation, as so often in India, I didn't succeed, but even if the boy noticed me and started to smile, a great picture [...]

Playing Kids There is always something new to discover on the streets. During this walk, a group of playing children crossed my path.

Girl in Rickshaw The eyes give her and thus the picture its expressiveness. A girl looks out of a rickshaw in a small side street in the Indian city of Hampi.

Boy on Stonebench A boy rests on a stone bench in Hampi, India.