Tag: People
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Different worlds
Different worlds Witnessing this scene, I felt a slight sense of vicarious embarrassment. Photo of the week: Fête des Couleurs, Aigle, Switzerland 2025
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Fête des Couleurs
Fête des Couleurs Connect 4 connects 2. Photo of the week: Jeu de connexion, Fête des Couleurs, Aigle, Switzerland 2025
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Candyfloss
Candyfloss A Festival of Colours, Fête des Couleurs – not the Hindu festival of Holi, but a multicultural festival celebrating everyone’s heritage. Photo of the week: Candyfloss, Fête des Couleurs, Aigle, Switzerland 2025
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A reflection
A reflection In her installation ‘Black Gold’ at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Yasmin Jahan Nupur has charted the economic significance of black pepper throughout the centuries. Along with this significance, she has also traced the trade routes by land and sea, and the colonial domination by Europe of overseas territories where this ‘black gold’ was found.…
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Seen from behind
Seen from behind Two girls at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, seen from behind. Two works of art, created by Mother Nature. The girl on the left has grown naturally from a fertilised egg; the girl on the right has been carefully crafted from driftwood by Raj Mahanand. Photos of the week: Visitor at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale,…
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Niqab and hijab
Niqab and hijab Two niqabis and a hijabi at Isa Khan’s tomb. They choose for themselves or let their husbands or families decide how they dress in public, but they keep their smartphones close at hand, just like you and me. Photo of the week: Isa KhanTomb, New Delhi, India 2026
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Life is a celebration
Life is a celebration Boys and girls, after spending a day together in the woods. Photo of the week: Boys and girls, Pokhara, Nepal 1996
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Life is hard
Life is hard Children who have the daily task of fetching water. Photo of the week: Boys fetching water, Pokhara, Nepal 1996
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Weeping Beech
Weeping Beech More than 50 years ago, in 1972, the Floriade world horticulture exhibition opened in Amsterdam. One of the young trees in what is now called Amstelpark has grown into this beautiful weeping beech.From the very beginning, individuals and couples in love have carved arrows and hearts with their names or initials into the…
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The St. Bavo organ
The St. Bavo organ In 1738, word must have spread like wildfire among organists and composers that Christian Müller had built one of the largest organs in the world for installation in the Grote St. Bavo Church in Haarlem. As early as 1740, Georg Friedrich Händel came to the city to play the Müller organ.…
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