Faces on Buses: In rural India, where private car ownership is minimal, the bus is essential to life. The bus is ubiquitous. I found the faces peering at me from the bus windows to be...

Graham Smith Loc: Cambridgeshire UK

In rural India, where private car ownership is minimal, the bus is essential to life. The bus is ubiquitous.

I found the faces peering at me from the bus windows to be fascinating subjects. They were open friendly faces, always smiling. They were instant friends for just a fleeting moment.

Then they were gone, leaving only memories.

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Frank2013 Loc: San Antonio, TX. & Milwaukee, WI.

Wonderful series Mr. Smith as is your treatment of them.

Cwilson341 Loc: Central Florida

Your description of these people and the shots is perfect. It is exactly the feeling I had as I viewed them. Very enjoyable and excellent craftsmanship!

R.G. Loc: Scotland

Something tells me you were doing a lot more than just pointing a camera at these people. So what's the secret? Were you wearing a Kermit the Frog costume?

Graham Smith Loc: Cambridgeshire UK

R.G. wrote:

Something tells me you were doing a lot more than just pointing a camera at these people. So what's the secret? Were you wearing a Kermit the Frog costume?

I was in a place where a westerner with a camera is something of a curiosity. That and the Kermit costume

R.G. Loc: Scotland

Graham Smith wrote:

I was in a place where a westerner with a camera is something of a curiosity. That and the Kermit costume

Ah - so that's the secret - you were a curiosity. I found that the Kermit costume on its own just doesn't work for me

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NJFrank Loc: New Jersey

Terrific series. You can see the joy in their faces over a simple act of taking their photographs.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

I enjoy themed series, and this is no exception. Joy and open curiosity or friendship - wonderful shots, Graham!

minniev Loc: MIssissippi

Wonderful themed series, Graham, and I love the order, which is clearly not random and contributes to the story. It is in your usual technically sound style in terms the captures and the framing, but the processing takes it the extra mile. Thank you for sharing a set that should inspire all of us to pay closer attention to the world and people around us, and take good care of their beauty when we make our images.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Graham, as usual, great work. You managed to capture these folks right at the optimum expression of their desire, an reaction, to be photographed.
--Bob

Graham Smith wrote:

In rural India, where private car ownership is minimal, the bus is essential to life. The bus is ubiquitous.

I found the faces peering at me from the bus windows to be fascinating subjects. They were open friendly faces, always smiling. They were instant friends for just a fleeting moment.

Then they were gone, leaving only memories.

Graham Smith Loc: Cambridgeshire UK

rmalarz wrote:

Graham, as usual, great work. You managed to capture these folks right at the optimum expression of their desire, an reaction, to be photographed.
--Bob

Hello Bob, the eagerness of the majority of the Indian people to be photographed puzzled me somewhat. A few would see their picture in the LCD for a moment, most wouldn't.
I now realise, after talking to a few people about it, that it was their generous nature, they wanted to give me a gift, a memory of them to take home with me.

Graham

John N Loc: HP14 3QF Stokenchurch, UK

Nice set, no.3 is perhaps my favourite. Particularly like the detail you've bought out right down to the screw heads and water damage on plywood panel.

ebrunner Loc: New Jersey Shore

Graham Smith wrote:

In rural India, where private car ownership is minimal, the bus is essential to life. The bus is ubiquitous.

I found the faces peering at me from the bus windows to be fascinating subjects. They were open friendly faces, always smiling. They were instant friends for just a fleeting moment.

Then they were gone, leaving only memories.

All quite different. I like the idea very much. As you mentioned in your intro, these people were there and an instant later gone. It is a wonderful representation of the "moment". Well done.
Erich