"Jantar Mantar"

I am excited to be back in the darkroom printing photographs of the “Jantar Mantars” in Jaipur and Dehli that I had taken in 1995 and 2001 and never printed.

Between 1727 and 1734, the Maharajah Jai Singh II of Jaipur constructed five astronomical observatories in west central India as he was particularly interested in learning about the sky above his head. These observatories or “Jantar Mantars”, incorporate multiple structures with striking combinations of geometric forms, each with a specialized function for astronomical measurement. The name is derived from Jantar (instrument) and Mantar (formula or calculation). The primary purpose of the observatory was to compile astronomical tables, and to predict the times and movements of the sun, moon and planets.

Here are the first photographs so you can discover these amazing structures.

The Kogi in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. One more black and white portfolio.

The Kogi in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, another black and white portfolio.

The Kogi in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, a black and white portfolio.

With the "KOGI" in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia.

A few years back, with the help of Alan Ereira who has done a wonderful new film on the Kogi,  I lead this wonderful expedition in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia to photograph the Kogi indians. I was accompanied by a local guide who took care of our survival, an anthropologist and a few mules to carry our equipment up the mountains. I spent many weeks there in different villages photographing the "Kogi" in their daily lives. For now, I will just show a few panoramic photographs that I shot along the way.