Candid Camera

First Online: August 15, 1997
Last Updated: September 03, 2026

Introduction

Kamat has always traveled with his camera. The pictures in this series are candid shots of India, mostly taken without modeling or photographic preparation. - Ed.

All Photographs by K. L. Kamat

Table of Contents

• At the Marketplace
• Attack of the Goats!
• Boys taking turns to the joy ride the water buffalo
• Co-existenace of Man and Cows
• Community Cooking for a Wedding
• Decorated Tribal Dancers Using Firelogs to Light Cigarettes, Madhya Pradesh
• Devotees Offering Prayers in the Front Yard of their Home
• Friends in Long Skirts Walking Home
• The Gambling Brahmin
• Girl bathing in a public pond
• Man Cleaning a Bird for a Special Meal
• Man Reads Election News
• Man Rushing to Puja ( Prayer) House
• The Milk Girl
• On Way to School with Mom
• The One Legged Typist
• Protection from Rain, Protection from Creditors!
• A Roadside Cobbler
• The Sheep Girl
• Trimming the Mustache
• Woman who delivers everyday!

 

See Also:

• Kamat House of Pictures -- thousands of pictures searchable by keywords
• How Green Was My Valley -- Relive the life in India before the Internet, television, cars, or telephones.
• House of Commons -- Habitats of Commoners in India; includes homes, temples, doors, and windows.