Children of the Alley: Photography by Suchitra Vijayan http://blog.suchitravijayan.com Documenting every day fiction Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:23:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Haiti 3/24 – 4/18 http://blog.suchitravijayan.com/2010/02/haiti-324-418/ http://blog.suchitravijayan.com/2010/02/haiti-324-418/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:21:54 +0000 suchitrav http://blog.suchitravijayan.com/2010/02/haiti-324-418/ I will be in Haiti from 3/24 till 4/18. I have space to carry donations like blankets, torch lights, head lights etc. I am also carrying letters to family members back in Haiti.Thanks for your support.

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More work at : http://gallery.suchitravijayan.com/v/GAEL/

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JANUARY ART EXHIBIT – NEW WORKS
Friday, January 8th, 7PM-10PM

Venue:  Artist-Xchange Gallery
3169 16th Street, San Francisco 94103
(415)-864-1490

Music By: DJ Michael P. Orecchia

DJ Michael P. Orecchia is an enthusiast and collector of all styles of music from jazz, ambient, funk, and dub, to house, techno, and electro.  Listeners can expect to hear an eclectic, yet cohesive mix, with a heavy emphasis on groove and atmosphere.

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Dreams for an insomniac
back alleys have no name , just numbers
before plunging into structures again
recently arrived
ground charged with secrets
land of unsustained myths
street paved of lost histories
verses and darkness

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I am posting images I have shot over the years.

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First shot , first roll of film , Leeds 2004

Leeds 2004

leeds 2004

Second roll of film, shot in my room. Final year of undergrad Leeds 2004

leeds
Bhavna and Tom, on the day of my graduation. Leeds 2004.


London 2005
From my room in London, 2004.

Hague - 2006
Hague 2006.

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Barcelona, 2006

Spain
Seville, Spain 2006

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Madras , 2006

Zanzibar 2007
Zanzibar 2007

Arusha 2007
Arusha, Tanzanite 2007

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hk_264
hk_274
hk_276
hk_150

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These are a series of images shot in the Tanzanite Mining town of Merarani. Tanzanite is named after the East African state of Tanzania, the only place in the world where it has been found is in the mining town in Mererani hills of Simanjiro, in Northern Tanzania. Tanzanite is soon becoming Africa’s new bloodstained gem. Poor working conditions, wide spread exploitation of miners, lack of clean environment, no worker identifications cards, no labour contracts, poor mining gear, chronic poverty makes this yet another African story retold.

In 2001 small scale mining was suspended following the accident that claimed 39 lives. The then Deputy Mnister of Energy and Minerals, Dr. Ibrahim Msabaha promised implementation of a stricter regime to govern the working conditions of the miners. Six years after this promise, conditions have worsened for the miners. The miners still don’t have an organized Labour union to fight for or protect their collective rights.

While trying to enter the Opec mining complex in Merarani, I as diligently stopped by the guards who said I needed to pay 50 dollar to enter the premises. After much bargaining I was stopped from entering the mining enclosure. However on the way back I meet a few of the miners and spoke to them in length about their mining conditions. Some more miners joined, the informal interview became an intense heart felt conversation that lasted over an hour.

These images were shot over the course of the conversation

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Sudan Dessert

By the Pyramids

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