Kolkata, 2012

It’s been 12 years since I was there, but one of the things I remember, in going through the people photographs from four days in Kolkata, is a sense of acceptance of each moment, a calm center in the middle of chaos.

Visiting India was like falling into a kaleidoscope, a constant swirl of colors, patterns, textures, sounds, smells; a dense, noisy population in constant motion. But moving in close to individuals, for portraits, was met with grace and generosity, a willingness to confront the camera directly in most cases, and without artifice.

I’ve just created a new gallery on my website “Kolkata: People, Portraits.” To see those photographs, go to https://www.billdurrence.com/index/G0000J7IIfMI8aqs