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A busy street market in an Indian town, photographed from street level. A man in a helmet rides a motorcycle toward the camera along a narrow lane lined with shops selling clothing and bright goods. A bearded elderly man in an orange-brown kurta and white turban walks on the right beside a shop front. On the left, a man in a dark shirt walks past stalls with blue tarpaulin and hanging colourful items. Shop signs above read Santosh Hosiery and other clothing names. Hanging garments and bags fill the storefronts.

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A crowded narrow market street filled with pedestrians in dense movement. In the foreground, a bearded man in a white shirt wears a saffron-orange shawl over his shoulders. Around him, people in white dhotis, pink and red headscarves, and yellow saris walk past shopfronts and hanging cloth awnings in faded blue and tan. A blue tarpaulin stretches overhead above shop signs, and a black shop sign with white and yellow lettering hangs on the right.2005-05-25A busy narrow market lane with pedestrians walking past shuttered shopfronts and stalls selling bangles, sweets and bags. A bearded elderly man in a white kurta and orange turban holds a wooden walking stick and wears a mala. Beside him a woman in a pink sari and a figure in an orange robe with an orange turban walk among others. A yellow sign reading CYCLE hangs above a shop. Several men in shirts and trousers and a woman in a light blue sari are visible.2003-01-01A photograph of a narrow city street lined with shops and hanging blue awnings. A long-haired man in a saffron-orange robe and rudraksha mala walks at the centre, holding a tall silver staff topped with an ornate finial. Beside him a man in an orange shawl and a man in a white shirt walk alongside, and several onlookers in light clothing stand on the left. Shop signs in Hindi script and a yellow banner with red lettering are visible above. Appearance-based label: a person, carrying the staff in a procession-like walk through the market.2005-05-25A woman in a flowing saffron-orange robe and a long rudraksha mala walks along a busy city street with her hair loose past her shoulders. Several people in ordinary clothes move around her, including a man in white and a man in a dark shirt on the right. Parked cars, a green auto-rickshaw, shops and shop signs line the street under an overcast sky.2005-05-25A photograph of a crowded narrow market lane at dusk or early evening, lined with stalls selling clothing, bags and printed items on hangers and tables. A man in a bright orange turban and orange robe stands at the right of the frame beside a younger man in a dark jacket and white trousers, with a child in front of them. A man in a white head wrap and white shawl stands at left with his back partly turned, and several other people in jackets, caps and shawls mill about the stalls. The scene is a busy street bazaar in an Indian hill town.2005-05-25January 19 20142014-01-19A narrow stone-paved lane in an old Indian town, lined with shuttered buildings, shopfronts and parked motorbikes. Several people walk toward the camera. In the centre, a man in ochre-saffron robes with a long rudraksha mala and a gold pendant walks beside a shaved-headed man in orange-red robes and a bead mala. Behind them, men in white kurtas and a woman in a patterned sari walk along the lane. A man in a beige shirt and checked lungi stands at left near a pillar, and posters are pasted on the walls at right.2015-05-04January 06 20062006-01-06A busy street in an Indian town, photographed from a temple doorway. Golden carved temple pillar edges the right foreground, and a golden sculpted figure appears at the bottom. Many pedestrians walk along the road, including a man on a bicycle in a white shirt and trousers and a woman in a pink-orange sari. A yellow auto-rickshaw with a black-and-yellow tag passes on the right. Shops line both sides, selling colourful hanging clothes, textiles and striped cloth, with signboards and posters on the walls.2006-10-23A narrow Varanasi market lane seen from under a stone archway, lined with shopfronts and hanging signs. A bald man in an orange-and-white top stands in the crowd, and a uniformed police officer in a khaki cap stands at right beside a shop hung with colourful wares. A man in a grey jacket with a teal scarf and backpack faces away at lower right, and a curly-haired person is seen from behind at lower left. Overhead, tangled electrical wires cross the sky between old buildings. The signs read Sumun Hotel, Seattle Music Centre, and Sri Kunju Sao; the scene shows a crowded street-level pilgrimage bazaar.2006-01-06A crowded street scene in a bazaar lined with shops, including a sweet shop with a sign reading 'SWEETY' and a shop labelled 'Ganga Jali and Brass Decoration Pieces'. A large crowd of people, many in orange or saffron clothing, presses along the street. In the centre, a figure in white with a shaved head holds up a raised hand while a decorated palanquin or ratha with red and white canopy fabric and a small golden structure is carried through the crowd. Devotees in orange shirts and dhotis surround the procession, some with raised arms, and a shop front shows a large ornamental display.2005-05-25July 02 20082008-07-02