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Freelance photographer Amit Bhargava wanted to get some intimate photographs of Muslims breaking fast during Ramadan in New Delhi.
“I went to the Jama Mosque and its adjoining areas with just one camera body and a telephoto lens tucked into my small lens case,” says the 32-year-old who was born and lives in New Delhi.
Amit, who is represented by Corbis and whose pictures have appeared in many international publications including Life, Der Spiegel, Focus, Stern, Time and Newsweek, said he went to the old part of New Delhi to take his shots.
“I like to shoot close and be a part of the crowd, “ says the former participant of a World Press Photo seminar in India.
“I kept a low profile and mixed with the people. That gave me better access than acting like a professional photographer”.
“Ramadan is the Holy Month of the Muslims. It is a time of worship and contemplation. Muslims do not eat from dawn to dusk and refrain from alcohol and sex during the period.”
“There was so much life out there that I wanted to shoot during this festival month.”
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Muslims pray at dusk in an old section of New Delhi, India.
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