Chatting about nothing in particular

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Kinda scary

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Spicy beef patty from Allan’s Pastry Shop in Peanut Plaza. Light and not greasy. Sorry Christie’s on Flatbush, this Toronto spot has you beat.

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Whoa. I have completely slacked in keeping up blogging. So I think it’ll be easier to post a photo a day.

Tada! This is our India street dog Bogus. Actually her name is Bogey, named from the Bhogal Market near our old neighbourhood in Delhi. She’s a bit spastic, so we call her Bogus instead (which she answers to better anyway).

I just saw the video featuring one of my first shoots for Harper’s Bazaar India.  It’s shooting Purna Khatau, Harvey Nichols buyer.  Totally forgot that we were being filmed!

Here’s the link - Harper’s Bazaar

My friend’s launching a new fashion/culture mag during NYC Fashion Week but the website launched on the 1st - The Dirty Durty Diary .   They’ve published images from the Chenchu Tribe series shot for CARE India a couple months ago.  Yea!

In October 2009 heavy rains flooded the backwaters of the River Krishna in Andhra Pradeshʼs rural Mahabubnagar district. Some Chenchus, an aboriginal tribe with Primitive Tribal Group status in India, had homes on the banks of these back waters. The flooding completely destroyed their village. Forty-eight families were relocated to Amaragiri, a village six kilometres away. As of June 2010, they are still awaiting completion of permanent housing. CARE India is overseeing the construction.The following images are part of a series documenting CARE Indiaʼs flood relief program.

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You can see the full series here - Chenchu Tribe .

My first big story came out today in the Harper’s Bazaar India - Fab At Every Age.  It’s portraits of 4 women (20s, 30s, 40s, 50s), 4 outfits each.  If you’re in India, grab a copy!

Hey!  This week I shot a story for Mint Lounge, the weekend edition of Mint (essentially the Wall Street Journal in India).  It’s on an Afghan bakery in Bhogal market, a five minute walk from my neighborhood in Jangpura.  Bhogal’s great!  You can get everything for cheap, it’s vibrant and feels like “an Indian market”, unlike the fancier ones in GK or Defence Colony.

The site hasn’t updated the e-magazine yet, but you can see a version of the story here - Baked In Memory.

I’ve an image in this week’s Tehelka - “Monumental Love”.  The writer and I went to Jaipur to cover the massive restoration of Jaipur’s Water Palace.  Built in 1799 by Sawai Pratap Singh, the “pleasure pavillion” has been rotting for years in the stagnant Man Sagar Lake until the Jal Tarang Project began in 2007.  The end result will be a destination district with 2 hotels (including a high-end resort), amphitheater, shopping and museum.

I love Rajasthan with its vibrant color against the stark, desert land.  Oh BTW, I highly recommend government buses to Jaipur.  Organized, on time, actual Volvo buses and the rest area stop is fairly swanky.

Unfortunately, I can’t write more or even more eloquently.  My brain isn’t working since it’s the Fourth and I’ve just returned from the festivities at the Embassy.

Wow, June was pretty busy.  I haven’t done much personal shooting, but I did a lot of assignment work and a crap load of traveling!  Whoot whoot!  Fashion, portraiture, documentary.  Travelled to Patiala, Jaipur, Amaragiri, Kurnool, Veldurthi and Hyderabad.  Now to the post…

Ever google your name?  I’m sure you do.  I mean, I do.  Well, I just did and found that I am listed in My Fashion Database.  They only have a few stories I worked on, but it’s funny to think someone took the time to log me in.  Thanks whoever you are!

http://www.myfdb.com/people/2178-jocelyn-baun/credits#editorials