Thirty years after..., a photo from Madhya Pradesh, Central

Photographer's Note

Taken at the entrance to Taj-ul-Masajid, the largest mosque in India, that is situated in Bhopal. It was started in the 19th century and finished around one century later.
Bhopal became famous for the worst possible reasons: it was here that the worst industrial disaster took place, a gas leak in a pesticide plant majority owned by Union Carbide Corporation. It was in december 1984 and almost 20.000 died from the disaster or from diseases related with it.
Bhopal is worth a visit and this mosque also. It was really hot to walk there barefoot, but I liked it.

ikeharel, papagolf21, macjake, PaulVDV, adramad, jjcordier, swapankumarroy, PiotrF, stego, claudeD, eldancer1, abmdsudi, Angshu has marked this note useful

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lousat (138541) 2014-10-23 2:17

Hi Ana,beautiful capture from this city,famous for the chimical disaster.Now the life is back as i can see,and the view of mosque is truly beautiful,perfect POV and the usual excellent quality,i like it! Have a nice day and thanks,Luciano

papagolf21 (152605) 2014-10-23 2:50

Bonjour, Ana,
Tr鋊 belle sc鋝e de la vie quotidienne, l'on en vient � regretter de ne pas pouvoir regarder cette composition en version large tant le sujet pr廥ente beaucoup d'int廨皻.
Amiti廥.
Philippe

carlo62 (81265) 2014-10-23 3:28

Ciao Ana
bellissima prospettiva, mi piace molto l'inserimento delle persone, soprattutto quelle sulla moto che creano un forte contrasto con l'ambiente circostante.
Saluti
Carlo

macjake (98260) 2014-10-23 4:29

Hi Ana
there are only 3 pages worth of phots of this city in TE, and only 2 or 3 photos of this large Mosque!

I wonder why there have been so few posted here.

without a doubt your post today is the best of the Mosque. I'd love to see more of it.

the pale blue colors are famous in some of the Indian cities, nice to see it here too.
the clouds fill out the frame nicely.

thanks for posting this unique scene.
cheers
craig

holmertz (101890) 2014-10-23 7:43

Hello Ana,
I was here in 1991, only 7 years after the disaster. I don't quite recognize this entrance but otherwise I have clear memories from inside the mosque. I remember Bhopal as generally a rather nice city with a very good museum of contemporary art, which surprised me a lot. This is a very fine view with nice details and excellent colours. I like the look of the old man crossing the street. You were lucky to snap this a brief moment before the motorbike would have disappeared.
Kind regards,
Gert

PaulVDV (62752) 2014-10-23 8:56

Hello Ana,
I remember the toxic disaster in 1984 and the extremely long struggle of the victims in order that company Union Carbide would take responsibility for the disaster.
Bhopal is a name that long dominated the news but for a very long time I haven't heard of it anymore. I also never met a traveler who has been there.
This picture shows a much more optimistic image of the city. I like the smile of the guys on the motorbike, presumably they were not yet there at the time of the catastrophe.
The mosque looks very huge. Too bad the domes couldn't be included on the picture.
The clouds in the sky reveal a beautiful weather.
Well composed and beautiful natural colours.
Best regards, Paul

adramad (72526) 2014-10-23 11:31

Hola Ana.
Una composicion maravillosa, con el muro y puerta de entrada a la mezquita, a la vez que en la parte derecha de la imagen, podemos ver el fantastico minarete y parte de la fachada y cupula, precioso cielo que es un gran bonus, el personaje cruzando la calle y la moto, son unos complementos que dan mucho ambiente.
Perspectiva y profundidad, muy agradables a la vista.
Nitidez y claridad est嫕 captadas excelentemente.
Muy buena composici鏮, magn璗ica presentaci鏮.
Pasa un buen dia.
Calidos saludos.
Luis.

willperrett (14195) 2014-10-23 12:21

Hello Ana

As you say, Bhopal is famous for all the wrong reasons. I should say infamous. And I don't think I've seen photographs from here before. So it's good to show this place. It looks normal! People are going about their everyday business, the sun is shining, the architecture is beautiful. I wonder if anyone's ever posted photographs from Chernobyl...

Regards

Will

jjcordier (79299) 2014-10-23 22:14

Ana
Un bien tragique souvenir! La vie semble avoir repris ses droits dans cette ville bien mise en image dans ta bonne composition anim嶪.
Amicalement
JJ

SWEETFREEDOM (24623) 2014-10-25 4:45

hi Ana,
an interesting architecture, good details and colors.
i like the people fg adding life to the picture.
regards
Alessandro

swapankumarroy (3769) 2014-10-25 11:18

Hello Ana,

You captured this road and entrance of famous Taj-ul-Masajid in bright day light under the deep blue sky with white clouds to make the picture very gorgeous and more vivid, nicely shot it with good detailing and maintaining natural color.

warm regards and have a nice weekend,

swapankumarroy

ikeharel (112393) 2014-10-26 1:46

ola Ana,
I remember the Bhopal disaster, some long time before people around the world became aware of the environmental-hazards of Chemical and other notorious factories around our planet.
Taken a wonderful pic. at the gate of the impressive mosque and walls, white and brown mingle beautifully, and some street action as well.
Bom domingo,
Ike

Tue (91478) 2014-10-26 3:52

Hello Ana,
Great photo of the mosque, the composition is really good with the road leading up towards the gate. The light and blue sky and clouds are wonderful too. I like the inclusion of the people to add an idea of daily life.
Lars

PiotrF (54246) 2014-10-27 17:07

Hello Ana,
interesting and unique place.Good framing, clarity and sharpness.Very well composition, lovely presentation.
Thank you for the detailed notes and for sharing this beautiful work.
Regards
Piotr

stego (24132) 2014-10-27 17:30

Ol� Ana,

Nunca tinha ouvido falar desta mesquita, mas vista daqui parece ser interessante, escolheste um belo enquadramento, com a ajuda de umas nuvens fotog幯icas. E o Riclopes n緌 faria melhor no uso de nativos para dar vida � composi誽o e, pelas roupas e demais detalhes, ajudar a identificar o pa疄.

Um abra蔞, Jos�.

claudeD (47754) 2014-10-29 0:49

Hello Ana,

wonderful street scenery from Bhopal showing this very interesting view. Excellent composition, fine colors and sharpness. Very informative note.I like the shot very much.TFS.

With regards from Luxembourg

JC

eldancer1 (36343) 2014-10-29 6:41

Very nice capture of this small part of the huge country and thank you for the wonderful information. Learn something everyday on TE. Good lighting and sharp details. Good to have the people for scale. Well done, tfs.

abmdsudi (95869) 2014-10-29 6:42

Hi Ana
Such a sad human tragedy and the pictures of the victims will forever haunt us, tks for uploading this shot and a reminder that capitalism unfettered and insane. Whereas Union Carbide still survives, the locals I believe still struggle daily with the challenge of contaminated land and water. And this same system repeats itself in poorest places but not in the developed world!!!
As for this shot, it's speckless, sublime in colours and clarity as well as strong compositionally with the placement of the minaret is spot on at the third. Human presence has been captured at exactly the right moment in that gap in between. A delightful photo, enjoyed this a bundle and a very interesting piece of work also a lovely narrative. How vulnerable our little world is!! Great photo work, Congrats.
Best regards

Angshu (56760) 2014-10-30 6:20

Ola Ana
I have not visited Bhopal, but other places in this state. I like the perspective here, well created leading to the mosque door. You got nice clouds in the sky!
Best Regards
Angshu

jmdias (114170) 2014-11-22 4:14

ana

imagino que vc tome muitas precau踥es nessas usas viagens � 璯dia devido ao ass嶮io de homens malucos. a gente ouve cada hist鏎ia...
muito boa a imagem com personagens em movimento e a arquitetura do lugar apresentada mais al幦.
por vezes o homem e seus erros s緌 capazes de matar muito mais que as causas naturais.

abra蔞s

jorge