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20th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Travel
Portrait of the Unknown

Personal transport for residents of small towns in India is usually two-wheeled. They mostly ride bicycles, mopeds and motorcycles. It seems that this person represents the average Hindu, but this is not entirely true. Often people who asked me to take their picture started playing. They assumed unnatural poses and smiled with a learned smile. But this man is captured as he was. He has a strong-willed look, meaningfulness in his eyes. He was passing by, stopped, motioned for me to take a picture of him and drove on without delay. When I look at the photo for a long time, it begins to seem to me that he has something to say.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 10.2022
Date Uploaded: 11.2022
Photo Location: India
Camera: X-E1
Copyright: © Hanna Burdo