Rasha Yousif: The Vedic School

Rasha Yousif is a photographer from the island nation of Bahrain, and is only the second Middle Eastern participant in my photo expeditions...

POV: Is May 10 The Day For Leica?

Photo Courtesy GIZMODO May 10th. That's when Leica will announce a "whole range of product launches" in Berlin. Am I waiting w...

Update: The Oracles Of Kerala

Photo © Tewfic El-Sawy-All Rights Reserved As I always do on completion of a trip, I shall be writing a comprehensive 'post-mortem' ...

Fatimah Of Kodungallur Medresa

Photo © Tewfic El-Sawy-All Rights Reserved Well, the photo shoot at the  Cheraman Juma Masjid was a dud. I had expectations that the first M...

Final Day: The Oracles Of Kodungallur

Photo © Tewfic El-Sawy-All Rights Reserved I must've traveled to India over 20 times since 1998, and criss-crossed in length and breadth...

The Oracles of Kerala Workshop & Ambika Temple

The pressure was on yesterday, as I asked the participants in my The Oracles of Kerala Photo Expedition/Workshop™ to complete a full multim...

Update: Thirunakkara Festival

Photo © Tewfic El-Sawy Yesterday saw the penultimate day of the Thirunakkara Festival in Kottayam, which was attended by thousands of worshi...

Update: Tolpavakoothu

Photo © Tewfic El-Sawy-All Rights Reserved As a surprise photo-shoot for the photographers participating in my The Oracles of Kerala Photo E...

Update: Kathakali Photo Shoot

Photo © Tewfic El-Sawy-All Rights Reserved Last night saw one of the most intense Kathakali performances I have ever witnessed (and I have s...

Vedic Gurukul

Photo © Tewfic El-Sawy-All Rights Reserved Another quick post as to the progress of The Oracles Of Kerala Photo Expedition-Workshop. Yesterd...

Thirunakkara Utsavam Festival

Photo © Tewfic El-Sawy- All Rights Reserved  I barely have the time to post this today since the internet connection is somewhat iffy, but t...

Vietnam: Photo Expedition & Workshop

I am pleased to announce the Vietnam: North Of The 16th Parallel Photo Expedition/Workshop™ during which we are planning to explore the str...

Mark Coughlan: Maha Shivatri

Photo © Mark Coughlan-All Rights Reserved Well, I'll be on my way to India in about 24 hours...and what better way to start the trip tha...

The Big Picture: Lathmar Holi

Photo © Adnan Abidi/Reuters-All Rights Reserved I know....I've featured photographs of Lathmar Holi and of the main Holi festival a litt...

Mary Calvert: Bhutan: The Art of Archery

Photo © Mary Calvert-All Rights Reserved Bhutan's national sport is archery, and Mary Calvert documents the sport in her Bhutan: The Art...

Smithsonian 9th Annual Photography Contest

Photo © Kyaw Kyaw Winn-All Rights Reserved I never participate in photography contests, but I know many of my readers do, or would like to. ...

MSNBC: Lathmar Holi

Photo ©  Manan Vatsyayana / AFP - Getty Images I featured quite a number of posts on Holi in the past weeks, and I'm not about to stop n...

Alfonso Moral: Machine Man: 69th POYi

" Allah has said that a woman should behind 5 fences " Alfonso Moral and Roser Corella were awarded POYi's First Place Award f...

Richard Van Lê: Cao Dai

I've recently found this updated short movie on Cao Dai by Richard Van Lê , which fits my current mindset, as I am thinking of a photo e...