Sensory overload is a good word to describe photographer Mary Viducich’s first impression of India.
“(It’s) chaotic, for sure. The driving is a pretty good picture of how everything around there works. Just about every one of your senses are overloaded. The noises, colors, heat, smells, and spices,” she said.
Viducich, who is from Hillsboro, Ore., recently spent a month in the Bengali city of Kolkata with Youth With A Mission team from California. The team worked all over the city, with Life Connection, Kings Kids, Light of Hope, and the Mother Teresa Homes. Amid the chaos of this volatile city, Viducich also found beauty and hospitality.
“The people there are so hospitable there,” she said. “The first day we were there, a few of us were in the market and a woman befriended us. She later invited us into her home, her church, and just shared her life with us. She also gave us some insight into the city.”
Viducich used her Nikon D50 SLR to document the many layers of India and walked away with a collection of photographs that touched on the many stories and faces she encountered along the way.
“I love photographing things that tell a story. People, objects, textures – I’m pretty much down with all of it,” she said.
“The concept that photography can be a tool – a method of transferring information, ideas and truths – is fascinating to me and challenges me every time I pick up a camera.”
Below is a slideshow of Viducich’s work. To read commentary about each photograph, click the white talk bubble on the left hand side.
Great pictures! They really capture a view of the city.
This girls pictures rock …. “I’m pretty much down with all of it”
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These photos are truly an awesome peek of life in India. The lighting and colors of the car makes me wonder! Thanks
Wow these are truly incredible. The best I’ve seen from India, you make me want to live there.
So full of life…the girls jumping in the ally way, the eyes of the people, from a home of poverty joy is captured…beautiful!