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  • Wearing a turban according to the beliefs of the Sikh faith, a Metropolitan police officer helps an Asian lady citizen outside Buckingham Palace, London England UK. At a time when the 'Met' were recruiting members of ethnic minorities to demonstrate their tolerance of other communities, this man is clearly a symbol of how Britain has changed, since the 1960s to a multi-cultural society. Pointing out direction to help the lady find her way, the officer proudly wears his turban of his religion.
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  • Sitting on the floor, an elderly Hindu Cham woman weaves a priest's turban with cotton and silk threads on a back-strap loom outside her home in My Nghiep village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. The Cham people are remnants of the Kingdom of Champa (7th to 18th centuries) and are recognised by the government as one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups.
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  • Sitting on the floor, an elderly Hindu Cham woman weaves a priest's turban with cotton and silk threads on a back-strap loom outside her home in My Nghiep village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. The Cham people are remnants of the Kingdom of Champa (7th to 18th centuries) and are recognised by the government as one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups.
    A0027567cc_1.jpg
  • Sitting on the floor, an elderly Hindu Cham woman weaves a priest's turban with cotton and silk threads on a back-strap loom outside her home in My Nghiep village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. The Cham people are remnants of the Kingdom of Champa (7th to 18th centuries) and are recognised by the government as one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups.
    A0027558cc_1.jpg
  • An elderly Hindu Cham woman weaves a priest's turban with cotton and silk thread on a back-strap loom at home in My Nghiep village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. The Cham people are remnants of the Kingdom of Champa (7th to 18th centuries) and are recognised by the government as one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups.
    A0027552cc_1.jpg
  • Sitting on the floor, an elderly Hindu Cham woman weaves a priest's turban with cotton and silk threads on a back-strap loom outside her home in My Nghiep village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. The Cham people are remnants of the Kingdom of Champa (7th to 18th centuries) and are recognised by the government as one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups.
    A0027544cc rt_1.jpg
  • A Sikh man prepares his turban before leaving for work, Chita Kalaan village, Punjab, India
    20071221_india_0381_1.jpg
  • A Sikh man prepares his turban before leaving for work, Chita Kalaan village, Punjab, India
    20071221_india_0363_1.jpg
  • A Sikh man prepares his turban before leaving for work, Chita Kalaan village, Punjab, India
    20071221_india_0356_1.jpg
  • A monkey walks past a man as he ties his turban after bathing in the pool at The Surya Mandir (known as the Monkey Temple), Jaipur, India
    SFE_111029_411_1.jpg
  • A man ties his turban after bathing in the pool at The Surya Mandir (known as the Monkey Temple), Jaipur, India
    SFE_111029_400_1.jpg
  • Wearing a turban according to the beliefs of the Sikh faith, a Metropolital police officer stands outside Buckingham Palace, London England UK. At a time when the 'Met' were recruiting members of ethnic minorities to demonstrate their tolerance of other commnities, this man is clearly a symbol of how Britain has changed, since the 1960s to a multi-cultural society
    RB_119-21-04-1989.jpg
  • A Sikh man wearing a black turban standing in the doorway of a fashion shop on the 5th September in East London in the United Kingdom.
    EastLondon-P1041824.jpg
  • A Sikh man wearing a black turban standing in the doorway of a fashion shop on the 5th September in East London in the United Kingdom.
    EastLondon-P1041825.jpg
  • A Sikh man wearing a red turban outside the columned architecture of the National Gallery during a visit to Trafalgar Square, Westminster, on 9th April 2019, in London, England.
    trafalgar_square-32-09-04-2019.jpg
  • A Sikh wears his traditional turban as he stops traffic on Oxford Street, on 19th October 2017, in London, England.
    sikh_workman-01-19-10-2017.jpg
  • A turbaned guard at the City Palace, Jaipur, India<br />
The City Palace is a complex of palaces in central Jaipur built between 1729 and 1731 by Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber
    SFE_111028_117_1.jpg
  • A turbaned guard at the City Palace, Jaipur, India<br />
The City Palace is a complex of palaces in central Jaipur built between 1729 and 1731 by Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber
    SFE_111028_095_1.jpg
  • A turbaned guard at the City Palace, Jaipur, India<br />
The City Palace is a complex of palaces in central Jaipur built between 1729 and 1731 by Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber
    SFE_111028_085_1.jpg
  • A turbaned guard at the City Palace, Jaipur, India<br />
The City Palace is a complex of palaces in central Jaipur built between 1729 and 1731 by Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber
    SFE_111028_083_1.jpg
  • A turbaned guard looks through a column at the City Palace, Jaipur, India<br />
The City Palace is a complex of palaces in central Jaipur built between 1729 and 1731 by Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber
    SFE_111028_051_1.jpg
  • A turbaned guard looks through a column at the City Palace, Jaipur, India<br />
The City Palace is a complex of palaces in central Jaipur built between 1729 and 1731 by Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber
    SFE_111028_046_1.jpg
  • A turbaned guard at the City Palace, Jaipur, India<br />
The City Palace is a complex of palaces in central Jaipur built between 1729 and 1731 by Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber
    SFE_111028_037_1.jpg
  • Details of the uniform of a turbaned guard at the City Palace, Jaipur, India<br />
The City Palace is a complex of palaces in central Jaipur built between 1729 and 1731 by Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber
    SFE_111028_030_1.jpg
  • A turbaned guard at the City Palace, Jaipur, India
    SFE_111028_027_1.jpg
  • A portrait of a waiter with a turbaned headress and cumberbund in the Indian Coffee House, Baba Kharak Singh Marg, New Delhi.<br />
The Coffee House dates back almost fifty years, first in central Connaught Place, then Janpath and now at the top of a rather shabby shopping centre. Still run by the Indian Coffee Workers Cooperative Society, it was a regular haunt for politicos in Delhi and It's clientelle is still well read and intellectual.
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  • A turbaned guard at the City Palace, Jaipur, India<br />
The City Palace is a complex of palaces in central Jaipur built between 1729 and 1731 by Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber
    SFE_111028_102_1.jpg
  • A turbaned guard at the City Palace, Jaipur, India<br />
The City Palace is a complex of palaces in central Jaipur built between 1729 and 1731 by Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber
    SFE_111028_074_1.jpg
  • A turbaned guard at the City Palace, Jaipur, India
    SFE_111028_018_1.jpg
  • Local people interacting with the new fountains in Centenary Square in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The £16m redevelopment of Birminghams Centenary Square has now been formally opened. Paradise, formerly named Paradise Circus, is the name given to an area of approximately 7 hectares in Birmingham city centre between Chamberlain and Centenary Squares. The area has been part of the civic centre of Birmingham since the 19th century. From 2015 Argent Group will redevelop the area into new mixed use buildings and public squares.
    20191005_centenary square fountains ...jpg
  • Local people interacting with the new fountains in Centenary Square in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The £16m redevelopment of Birminghams Centenary Square has now been formally opened. Paradise, formerly named Paradise Circus, is the name given to an area of approximately 7 hectares in Birmingham city centre between Chamberlain and Centenary Squares. The area has been part of the civic centre of Birmingham since the 19th century. From 2015 Argent Group will redevelop the area into new mixed use buildings and public squares.
    20191005_centenary square fountains ...jpg
  • Sikh dancers in traditional costumes during the opening parade for the Birmingham Weekender Arts And Culture Festival on 23rd September 2017 in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
    20170923_birmingham weekender_B_001.jpg
  • Local people interacting with the new fountains in Centenary Square in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The £16m redevelopment of Birminghams Centenary Square has now been formally opened. Paradise, formerly named Paradise Circus, is the name given to an area of approximately 7 hectares in Birmingham city centre between Chamberlain and Centenary Squares. The area has been part of the civic centre of Birmingham since the 19th century. From 2015 Argent Group will redevelop the area into new mixed use buildings and public squares.
    20191005_centenary square fountains ...jpg
  • Local people interacting with the new fountains in Centenary Square in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The £16m redevelopment of Birminghams Centenary Square has now been formally opened. Paradise, formerly named Paradise Circus, is the name given to an area of approximately 7 hectares in Birmingham city centre between Chamberlain and Centenary Squares. The area has been part of the civic centre of Birmingham since the 19th century. From 2015 Argent Group will redevelop the area into new mixed use buildings and public squares.
    20191005_centenary square fountains ...jpg
  • Local people interacting with the new fountains in Centenary Square in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The £16m redevelopment of Birminghams Centenary Square has now been formally opened. Paradise, formerly named Paradise Circus, is the name given to an area of approximately 7 hectares in Birmingham city centre between Chamberlain and Centenary Squares. The area has been part of the civic centre of Birmingham since the 19th century. From 2015 Argent Group will redevelop the area into new mixed use buildings and public squares.
    20191005_centenary square fountains ...jpg
  • Sikh dancers in traditional costumes during the opening parade for the Birmingham Weekender Arts And Culture Festival on 23rd September 2017 in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
    20170923_birmingham weekender_A_003.jpg
  • Sikh dancers in traditional costumes during the opening parade for the Birmingham Weekender Arts And Culture Festival on 23rd September 2017 in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
    20170923_birmingham weekender_A_002.jpg
  • Scenes at Brick Lane, East London. Two Sikh men.
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  • Local people interacting with the new fountains in Centenary Square in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The £16m redevelopment of Birminghams Centenary Square has now been formally opened. Paradise, formerly named Paradise Circus, is the name given to an area of approximately 7 hectares in Birmingham city centre between Chamberlain and Centenary Squares. The area has been part of the civic centre of Birmingham since the 19th century. From 2015 Argent Group will redevelop the area into new mixed use buildings and public squares.
    20191005_centenary square fountains ...jpg
  • Children from various ethnicities including Tuareg participate in the 4th annual Youth Festival celebrating and promoting educational excellence and culture in Agadez, Niger, in the presence of the mayor of the city, Rhissa Feltou.
    20170408_niger_agadez_rf_061.jpg
  • The Sultan of the Air region in northern Niger, which includes the city of Agadez, surrounded by his entourage. The Sultanate of Agadez, also known as Tenere Sultanate of Air was a Berber kingdom centered in the city of Agadez in the Aïr Mountains, located at the southern edge of the Sahara Desert in north central Niger. It was founded in 1449 by the Tuareg. The kingdom was later conquered by the Songhai Empire in 1500. After the defeat of Songhai in 1591, the sultanate regained its independence. It experienced a steep decline in population and economic activity during the 17th century. The kingdom was later conquered by the French in 1900. .
    20170409_niger_niamey_sultan_039.jpg
  • Summertime in London, England, UK. Tourism hot spot of Piccadilly Circus public space in London's West End. Built in 1819 to connect Regent Street with Piccadilly. This is known as one of London's most famous sights and where tourists gather in their thousands especialy on sunny days.
    20150704_summer city piccadilly circ...jpg
  • Soldiers  of the Presidential Bodyguard begin the  Changing of the Guard ceremony as they march past the Central Secretariat towards the Rashtrapati Bhavan Palace. They march in formation for the 40 minute Saturday  ceremony where they will take up their posts in guarding the palace. They march from the grounds of the Palace up the Rajpath to the Central Secretariat, or Ministry of Defence and back to the palace grounds where they will hand the ceremonial keys to their replacement soldiers. The PBG is the Indian Army's preeminent regiment founded in 1773 during the British occupation, this handpicked unit began with a mere 50 men and today stands at 160 soldiers plus 50 support staff. It has a dual role, both as a ceremonial guard for the President of India, with all its finery at important state functions, as well as an elite operational unit for the Indian Army which has seen action in many battle fronts, in particular the on going disputed region of Kashmir.
    20071222_india_0242_1.jpg
  • Soldiers  of the Presidential Bodyguard begin the  Changing of the Guard ceremony as they march past the Central Secretariat towards the Rashtrapati Bhavan Palace. They march in formation for the 40 minute Saturday  ceremony where they will take up their posts in guarding the palace. They march from the grounds of the Palace up the Rajpath to the Central Secretariat, or Ministry of Defence and back to the palace grounds where they will hand the ceremonial keys to their replacement soldiers. The PBG is the Indian Army's preeminent regiment founded in 1773 during the British occupation, this handpicked unit began with a mere 50 men and today stands at 160 soldiers plus 50 support staff. It has a dual role, both as a ceremonial guard for the President of India, with all its finery at important state functions, as well as an elite operational unit for the Indian Army which has seen action in many battle fronts, in particular the on going disputed region of Kashmir.
    20071222_india_0148-3_1.jpg
  • Sikh family dressing for breakfast and shortly after heading for school lessons, Chita Kalaan village, Punjab, India
    20071221_india_0098-4_1.jpg
  • Reading from the Shri Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh holy text..Golden Temple, Amritsar, India
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  • A Bektashi Dervish elder in their mosque in Tirana Albania. The Bektashi's are an order of Sufi's, Muslim mystics and were persecuted along with all other religions under the Communist regime
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  • A Sufi follower at the Sufi shrine Amir Khusro Dehlavi (1253-1325 AD) buried at the Hazrat Nizamuddin Awlia Shrine
    sfe_050331_0014.jpg
  • A boy librarian in an ancient library, in Chinguetti, Mauritania, once one of Islam's holiest cities (today it is regarded as the seventh holiest city) it has been dated at a around seven hundred, (700) years old and is famed for it's Koranic libraries and distinctive mosque, Mauritania. From the story "The Wind and the City".
    SFE_030103_0072.jpg
  • Kartall Bhatt listens to his father singing at their home in Shadipur. Kartall, 12, is being trained to sing himself. His voice may well be ruined when it breaks. Shadipur Depot, New Delhi, India<br />
The Kathiputli Colony in the Shadipur Depot slum is home to hundreds of (originally Rajasthani) performers. The artistes who live here - from magicians, acrobats, musicians, dancers and puppeteers are often international renowed by always return to the Shadipur slum.
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  • Indian men hold a converstion in Connaught Place.<br />
Connaught Place was designed as the central business district of New Delhi by British architect Edwin Lutyens and over the last two years has been revamped by the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) as part of its 'Return to heritage Project'.
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  • A man digs himself out of his house in the morning after the wind has blown sand and covered his doorway during the night.<br />
Chinguetti is slowly being buried by the sand from the Sahara Desert
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  • A boy on his way to perform his magic act at a wedding waits for a lift by the side of the road<br />
The Kathiputli Colony in the Shadipur Depot slum is home to hundreds of (originally Rajasthani) performers. The artistes who live here - from magicians, acrobats, musicians, dancers and puppeteers are often international renowed by always return to the Shadipur slum.
    SFE_020717_0057.jpg
  • A Sikh gentleman walks towards other Londoners outside the Royal Courts of Justice The High Court on Fleet Street, on 15th July 2019, in London, England.
    extinction_rebellion-31-15-07-2019.jpg
  • Multicultural street scene in Digbeth near central Birmingham, United Kingdom.
    20180529_digbeth_009.jpg
  • The Sultan of the Air region in northern Niger, which includes the city of Agadez, surrounded by his entourage. The Sultanate of Agadez, also known as Tenere Sultanate of Air was a Berber kingdom centered in the city of Agadez in the Aïr Mountains, located at the southern edge of the Sahara Desert in north central Niger. It was founded in 1449 by the Tuareg. The kingdom was later conquered by the Songhai Empire in 1500. After the defeat of Songhai in 1591, the sultanate regained its independence. It experienced a steep decline in population and economic activity during the 17th century. The kingdom was later conquered by the French in 1900. .
    20170409_niger_niamey_sultan_041.jpg
  • Children from various ethnicities including Tuareg participate in the 4th annual Youth Festival celebrating and promoting educational excellence and culture in Agadez, Niger, in the presence of the mayor of the city, Rhissa Feltou.
    20170408_niger_agadez_rf_058.jpg
  • Children from various ethnicities including Tuareg participate in the 4th annual Youth Festival celebrating and promoting educational excellence and culture in Agadez, Niger, in the presence of the mayor of the city, Rhissa Feltou.
    20170408_niger_agadez_rf_043.jpg
  • Rhissa Feltou, mayor of Agadez, participates in the 4th annual Youth Festival day in the city celebrating education, cultural diversity and excellence in the classroom across all ethnicities in Agadez, Niger.
    20170408_niger_agadez_rf_038.jpg
  • Indian man with beard looking at camera, in traditional Rajastani dress smoking a pipe, Jodhpur fort, Jodhpur, Rajastan, India. .
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  • Office workers colin selby left and Partap Rai, right, waiting to take part in an Evac Chair training exercise . From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Summertime in London, England, UK. Tourism hot spot of Piccadilly Circus public space in London's West End. Built in 1819 to connect Regent Street with Piccadilly. This is known as one of London's most famous sights and where tourists gather in their thousands especialy on sunny days.
    20150704_summer city piccadilly circ...jpg
  • A Sikh man helps another up, beneath one of the four lions at the base of Nelson's Column in London's Trafalgar Square. As a symbol of a multi-racial, multi-ethnic Britain, we see the men from Indian descent, beneath another symbol - that of a bygone British Empire, from an era of expansion, trade and rule over the British Raj. The lion is below the memorial to Lord Haratio Nelson, Britain's navel hero who died in the Battle of Trafalgar during the Napoleonic wars, in 1805.
    asian_london05-05-03-2015_1.jpg
  • A Sikh man helps another up, beneath one of the four lions at the base of Nelson's Column in London's Trafalgar Square. As a symbol of a multi-racial, multi-ethnic Britain, we see the men from Indian descent, beneath another symbol - that of a bygone British Empire, from an era of expansion, trade and rule over the British Raj. The lion is below the memorial to Lord Haratio Nelson, Britain's navel hero who died in the Battle of Trafalgar during the Napoleonic wars, in 1805.
    asian_london04-05-03-2015_1.jpg
  • A Sikh man stands under one of the four lions at the base of Nelson's Column in London's Trafalgar Square. As a symbol of a multi-racial, multi-ethnic Britain, we see the man from Indian descent, beneath another symbol - that of a bygone British Empire, from an era of expansion, trade and rule over the British Raj. The lion is below the memorial to Lord Haratio Nelson, Britain's navel hero who died in the Battle of Trafalgar during the Napoleonic wars, in 1805.
    asian_london02-05-03-2015_1.jpg
  • Street scene on the Kings Road in Chelsea. In a selected few boroughs of West London, wealth has changed over the last couple of decades. Traditionally wealthy parts of town, have developed into new affluent playgrounds of the super rich. With influxes of foreign money in particular from the Middle-East. The UK capital is home to more multimillionaires than any other city in the world according to recent figures. Boasting a staggering 4,224 'ultra-high net worth' residents - people with a net worth of more than $30million, or £19.2million.. London, England, UK.
    20140416_west london wealth chelsea ...jpg
  • Sona Ram, a Bishnoi Caste member inspects the textil quality of a Sari also known as Orana, Guda Vishnoyan village, India
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  • Presidential Bodyguard soldier in early morning dust and mist filled horsemanship practice, consisting of jumping, daredevil riding and other such activities at the PBG's training grounds. This a regular activity as it requires the riders to perfect their horse riding skills and maneuvers for their official duties at ceremonial events.  The PBG is the Indian Army's preeminent regiment founded in 1773 during the British occupation, this handpicked unit began with a mere 50 men and today stands at 160 soldiers plus 50 support staff. It has a dual role, both as a ceremonial guard for the President of India, with all its finery at important state functions, as well as an elite operational unit for the Indian Army which has seen action in many battle fronts, in particular the on going disputed region of Kashmir.
    20071224_india_0029_1.jpg
  • Lance Corporal Daffadar  Lal prepares his horse for morning activities at the Presidential Bodyguards HQ's, New Delhi. The  Presidential Bodyguard or PBG is the Indian Army's preeminent regiment founded in 1773 during the British occupation, this handpicked unit began with a mere 50 men and today stands at 160 soldiers plus 50 support staff. It has a dual role, both as a ceremonial guard for the President of India, with all its finery at important state functions, as well as an elite operational unit for the Indian Army which has seen action in many battle fronts, in particular the on going disputed region of Kashmir.
    20071222_india_0544_1.jpg
  • Presidential Bodyguard soldier in early morning dust and mist filled horsemanship practice, consisting of jumping, daredevil riding and other such activities at the PBG's barrack training grounds. This a regular activity as it requires the riders to perfect their horse riding skills and maneuvers for their official duties at ceremonial events.  The PBG is the Indian Army's preeminent regiment founded in 1773 during the British occupation, this handpicked unit began with a mere 50 men and today stands at 160 soldiers plus 50 support staff. It has a dual role, both as a ceremonial guard for the President of India, with all its finery at important state functions, as well as an elite operational unit for the Indian Army which has seen action in many battle fronts, in particular the on going disputed region of Kashmir.
    20071222_india_0525_1.jpg
  • Jasbir Kaur opens the gate of the family home to allow her father to head to work, Chita Kalaan village, Punjab, India.
    20071221_india_0399_1.jpg
  • Jasbir Kaur hugs her father as he prepares to leave for work, Chita Kalaan village, Punjab, India
    20071221_india_0395_1.jpg
  • Jasbir Kaur prepares to leave for school whilst her father sleeps in family bedroom, Chita Kalaan village, Punjab, India
    20071221_india_0240_1.jpg
  • Jasbir Kaur takes her younger brother to school before heading onto her own one early on a misty winter  morning, Chita Kalaan village, Punjab, India
    20071221_india_0112-3_1.jpg
  • School girls heading to school, Chita Kalaan village, Punjab, India.
    20071220_india_0440_1.jpg
  • A Sikh devotee / pilgrim in prayer shortly after having bathed in the amritsagar, the water surrounding the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab, India
    20071219_india_0161_1.jpg
  • Cooks at the Golden Temple's Langar, begin the day in prayer before they start the intense day's activities of prepariing food for thousands of pilgrims which will visit the holiest of Gudwara's of the Sikh religion, Amritsar, Punjab, India.
    20071219_india_0068_1.jpg
  • A Sikh man goes to sleep after a day's work inside the Golden Temple's Langar, Amritsar, Punjab, India
    20071218_india_0707_1.jpg
  • Farmers transport  straw on their heavily laiden bicycles, much need food for their livestock, Sonepur, Bihar, India.
    20071124_india_0617_1.jpg
  • An elephant after having his forehead oiled is painted with coloured chalk at the Sonepur animal fair, near Patna, Bihar, India
    20071124_india_0318_1.jpg
  • Nobleman Nahar Singhji, also known as Rao Saheb (center left), with his wife Rani Saheb (center), son, daughter-in-law and grandaughter, enjoy a relaxed breakfast in their lake side home on the grounds of the Deogarh Mahal Palace, now a heritage hotel.  This architectural jewel was, prior to it becoming so in 1996, a fortress - palace, dating back 340 years. It belonged to the Mewar aristocracy, their magnificent fort a fitting stronghold for one of its sixteen “umraos” - the most senior feudal barons attending on the Maharana of Udaipur, Rajasthan,
    20071114_india_0063_1.jpg
  • Nobleman Nahar Singhji, also known as Rao Saheb, relaxes  with his wife Rani Saheb on a terrace of the Deogarh Mahal (Fort - Palace) a 340 year old architectural jewel. She being the chief decorator of the now heritage hotel, after the family had no way of maintaining it's upkeep. His family belonged to the Umroa’s of Udaipur. “Lords” of the State of Mewar, paying allegiance to the Maharana of Udaipur. Eight generations of his family have lived in the Deogarh fort after which in 1996 it was converted into a hotel, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
    20071113_india_0333_1.jpg
  • Nobleman Nahar Singhji, also known as Rao Saheb, with his wife Rani Saheb, daughter-in-law and grandaughter, enjoy a genteel and relaxed cup of tea on the law of their lake side home on the grounds of the Deogarh Mahal Palace, now a heritage hotel.  This architectural jewel was, prior to it becoming so in 1996, a fortress - palace, dating back 340 years. It belonged to the Mewar aristocracy, their magnificent fort a fitting stronghold for one of its sixteen “umraos” - the most senior feudal barons attending on the Maharana of Udaipur, Rajasthan,
    20071113_india_0270_1.jpg
  • Nobleman Nahar Singhji, also known as Rao Saheb, stands in discussion with his wife Rani Saheb as a local doctor attends to patients in the hospital that Rao and Rani Saheb financially support close to their fort-palace, now heritage hotel Deogarh Mahal, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
    20071113_india_0083_1.jpg
  • Pilgrims at the Golden Temple, Amritsar, India
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  • A Bektashi Dervish in the grounds of their orders' house in Tirana Albania. The Bektashi's are an order of Sufi's, Muslim mystics and were persecuted along with all other religions under the Communist regime
    sfe_970501_0001.jpg
  • The grave of a revered Bektashi Dervish in the grounds of their orders' house in Tirana Albania. The Bektashi's are an order of Sufi's, Muslim mystics and were persecuted along with all other religions under the Communist regime
    sfe_970301_0004.jpg
  • A saddhu at this camp at the Ardh Kumbh Mela 1995, Allahbad, India
    SFE_950130_0029.jpg
  • A priest with a distinctive Ethiopian cross, Lalibela, Ethiopia.
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  • An Ethiopian family in the Northern Highlands, Ethiopia.
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  • An elderly man, accompanied by a child, pumps water from a well in camp for Internally Displaced Persons called Zahri Dosht near Kandahar
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  • Two men chat and walk on a dune surrounding Chinguetti, Mauritania.
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  • The librarian of the main Mosque in Chinguetti, Mauritania reads from his Koran. Chinguetti, once one of Islam's holiest cities (today it is regarded as the seventh holiest city) it has been dated at a around seven hundred, (700) years old and is famed for it's Koranic libraries and distinctive mosque, Mauritania. The mosque is of a very ancient design and one that predates the later Arab minaret. From the story "The Wind and the City".
    SFE_030103_0090.jpg
  • Two men chat and walk on a dune surrounding Chinguetti, Mauritania. Chinguetti was a 'ksar' or medieval trading centre that was founded in the 6th century and for centuries the city was a principal gathering place for pilgrims of the Maghrib to gather on the way to Mecca. It is known for it's ancient libraries full of priceless books and Korans and is said to be the seventh holiest city in Islam
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  • A nomad man entertains guests from the desert in his tent in the Sahara Desert, Mauritania.
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  • The librarian of the main Mosque in Chinguetti, Mauritania, reads from his Koran. Chinguetti, once one of Islam's holiest cities (today it is regarded as the seventh holiest city) it has been dated at a around seven hundred, (700) years old and is famed for it's Koranic libraries and distinctive mosque, Mauritania. The mosque is of a very ancient design and one that predates the later Arab minaret. From the story "The Wind and the City".
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  • Musicians from Shadipur perform at a Mela or fair in Old Delhi, India<br />
The Kathiputli Colony in the Shadipur Depot slum is home to hundreds of (originally Rajasthani) performers. The artistes who live here - from magicians, acrobats, musicians, dancers and puppeteers are often international renowed by always return to the Shadipur slum.
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  • Musicians from Shadipur perform at a Mela or fair in Old Delhi, India<br />
The Kathiputli Colony in the Shadipur Depot slum is home to hundreds of (originally Rajasthani) performers. The artistes who live here - from magicians, acrobats, musicians, dancers and puppeteers are often international renowed by always return to the Shadipur slum.
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  • A boy walks through Shadipur on his way to a show. Shadipur Depot, New Delhi, India<br />
The Kathiputli Colony in the Shadipur Depot slum is home to hundreds of (originally Rajasthani) performers. The artistes who live here - from magicians, acrobats, musicians, dancers and puppeteers are often international renowed by always return to the Shadipur slum.
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  • Chand Pasha, a magician with a hypnotist act, Shadipur Depot, New Delhi, India<br />
The Kathiputli Colony in the Shadipur Depot slum is home to hundreds of (originally Rajasthani) performers. The artistes who live here - from magicians, acrobats, musicians, dancers and puppeteers are often international renowed by always return to the Shadipur slum.
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