Tag Archive for: Candid Photography

An Old Woman of Bodh Gaya by Ryszard Wierzbicki
Bodh Gaya is a holly place for Buddhists. However, it is a place where the roots of Buddhism are coming from. You still can observe a coexistence and mixture of Hindu elements with Buddha tradition. Poor people are an immanent part of the local…

A Cheerful Smile by Ryszard Wierzbicki
The photograph was taken in Ajmer in India in July 2011. I met a mother with two kids, begging for food on the street. I did a session of 10 photos portraying this girl. I bought cookies for these kids and in exchange I was given smiles. The…

Oldness in Two by Ryszard Wierzbicki
Bodh Gaya is the birthplace of Buddhism. About 2,500 years ago, Prince Siddhartha Gautama (born in 566 BCE) sat down under a pipal tree here and received the enlightenment that would inspire one of the world's great religions. Not far from Bodh…