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A photograph of a palm-lined residential street in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, with white dotted lines painted across the road and strings of yellow-green leaf garlands hung along the shopfronts and walls. On the left, a small roadside shop with a red-brown roof and dangling garlands stands beside a parked bicycle. A woman in a red sari with gold-patterned border and a man in a white dhoti and shirt stand at the shop counter, while a man in a checked shirt stands nearby. Further down the street on the right, a few people stand near a gate, and a yellow auto-rickshaw travels along the road under tall coconut palms and a large green tree beside two-storey pale houses.

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November 25 20062006-11-25A quiet residential street in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, lined with low concrete compound walls, tall cypress-like trees and palm trees. Several people walk along the road, including a man in a checked shirt and a woman in a sari, with a few other figures further ahead. On the right, a roadside shop has hanging bags, packaged goods and a banana plant, and a bicycle is parked nearby. Dotted white markings line the road edges, and a sign on a building reads Sri Ganesha Computer Systems and Internet Cafe. Power lines run overhead. No one is clearly identifiable as a person.2006-11-25A photograph of a narrow town street lined with low concrete buildings, a tall palm and mango trees on the right. Strings of yellow-green leaf festoons hang between poles along the roadside, and white dot markings line the tarmac. Two men stand near a thatched wall on the right, one in a red shirt and one in a white shirt with a yellow lungi. Banana plants flank the doorways.2006-11-25A street scene in a town with pale blue and cream multi-storey buildings, hanging yellow leaf garlands on doorways and a lattice window, and banana-leaf decorations. Three women walk along the road: one in a black outfit, one in a pale yellow salwar kameez, and one in a pink-and-white patterned sari carrying a folder. Bicycles are parked on the left and a few more people and a vehicle appear further down the street. Telephone lines cross overhead, and shop signs advertise mobile and telecom services including Airtel, BSNL and Aircel.2006-11-25November 25 20062006-11-25A street scene in an Indian town. Three people in plain white dhotis and white shirts walk across a concrete road away from the camera, toward a green cylindrical structure on the right. Two women in red and orange saris stand at the right edge. A yellow multi-storey house with an external staircase, barred windows and a rooftop railing lines the left side, with laundry hanging on a balcony. Overhead tangled electric wires run across the grey sky and a street lamp stands on the right. The third walker and the dhoti-clad figures are not clearly identifiable as a person by appearance, so no candidate is recorded.A wide dirt road runs through a residential street lined with palm trees, a large green tree and flowering shrubs. Two-storey houses with balconies, barred windows and low white boundary walls stand on either side, and overhead power lines cross the sky. A man in a white shirt and dark trousers walks on the road, a woman in a pink sari rides a motorcycle, and a small yellow auto-rickshaw is further down the street. No a person candidate is visible; this is an ordinary town street scene.2012-07-08A village street lined with palm trees, leafy trees, utility poles and power lines, with a small orange-roofed house on the left. Three people walk along the dusty road: a girl in a pink top and blue trousers in the left foreground, a man in a white shirt and dark trousers, and an elderly woman in a white sari carrying a bag. On the right, a tall orange poster on a pole shows a figure with a saffron head wrap, rudraksha beads and a gold necklace, with Tamil text reading Dhyana Satsangam, a meditation gathering. Two bicycles are parked by a wall. The scene is a Tamil Nadu neighbourhood with a banner advertising the event.2006-11-25A busy street in a South Indian town with a wide paved road running through the centre. Pedestrians walk across the road, including a man in a white dhoti and a woman in a green sari. Several black motorcycles are parked on the right beside a row of shops, and yellow auto-rickshaws sit on the left. A white minibus stands in the middle distance. Tall trees line the left side, and utility poles with overhead wires run along the road. A large billboard on the right shows portraits of men, though the figures are too small to judge clearly. Power lines and a low hill appear in the distance under an overcast sky.2012-05-09 +1 copiesJuly 08 20122012-07-08A photograph of a dusty village street in Tamil Nadu on a bright day. A man in a white shirt and beige trousers walks away from the camera on the left. Further up the road a man in a white shirt and dhoti rides a bicycle carrying a large orange pot, and two women in colourful salwar walk near the shops. Leafy palms and trees line the street, with strings of paper triangles and leaf decorations strung across shop fronts. A red and white sign hangs above the left shops, and motorbikes are parked near the buildings. Telephone poles and a tower rise against the sky.2006-11-25July 08 20122012-07-08