In Light of India: Photography by Raghu Rai, postcard, Hong Kong International Photo Festival, August 2014, 12 x 18 cm.

Titled as Traffic at Chawri Bazaar, it was taken by famous Indian photographer Raghu Rai in 1964 in Delhi. This place has been known for its wholesale market of copper and other metal products. The young man in white in the centre of the image, perhaps the son of the owner of a small local construction company, has just bought a cart of pipes with the assistance of his two employees. Slow economic growth and increasing inflation rates of the country make his family business hard to sustain. He once thought to pursue a degree in architecture but just relinquished the idea in order to continue helping his father.

 

《微光中的印度 :洛古雷攝影展》,明信片,香港國際攝影節,2014 8 月,12 x 18 厘米。

這是知名印度攝影師洛古雷的作品,名為《Traffic at Chawri Bazaar》(義賣市場的交通),1964 年攝於德里。這市場以批發銅和其他金屬製品為主, 圖中央的白衣青年剛買了一車的水管,他也許是一家本地建築商的少東,有兩名僱員協助。受困於國家的低度經濟發展和通脹上升,這家族生意也很難維持, 他曾想過修讀建築,但為了幫父親打理生意,已打消這個念頭。
 
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