Yuvan

Yuvan

Yuvan

Waiting
 
 
Watching
 
 
Wishing
Waiting 
                              Watching
                                                                   Wishing

Time stands still on a warm, balmy day on the western coast of India. The air hangs low. And beads of sweat crown the brows of passersby.  Goa)   

It’s as if Life is passing by, but you have been plucked out to watch the proceedings. Just like a mirage in a desert, one gets the feeling there is nowhere to go. Or maybe it’s reality. 

The players appear — not too scarcely nor in abundance — to be reflective, motivated both by solitude and companionship.

Waiting for the next thing.
Watching the action take place
or Wishing for a quiet second.

Such is the juxtaposition to India’s trademark bustle, captured across the states of Kerala and Goa:

Waiting, Watching Wishing was published in Alma Magazine in December 2020.

Sea, beach, sand, dogs, sunset time, golden hour. Original photographys by Yuvan Kumar.
East Meets West
Silhouettes of five men photographed against the world famous Chinese fishing nets. Sunset, sea, shadows. Original photographs by Yuvan Kumar.
Their Eyes Were Watching
A man rows a boat full of people using a long bamboo stick as an oar on the Vembanad River
The Keeper of Secrets
A rag picker in India walks away on a street in Thekaddy, Periyar, Kerala, India. The street is lined with shops and residences. Street and travel and Indian photography. Original photographs taken by Yuvan Kumar.
A woman is pictured on the Goan beach of Benaulim in Goa, India. In the foreground is a bright and vivid and colourful parachute used for parasailing at these very Goan beaches. Travel photography, Taj Exotica Goa. Original photographs taken by Yuvan Kumar.

Of rags and riches 

A Caucasian woman with ginger hair is sitting in a cafe/restaurant in Kochi, Kerala, India. There is a light bulb hanging over her and the facade of the building is built in red brick. She is sitting alone, perhaps a tourist, a traveller on vacation to South India. This photograph is an original taken by journalist and photographer Yuvan Kumar.
A Matter of Time
A black and white photograph of four pigeons sitting on an electrical wire. In the background we can see palm trees. This photograph was clicked by journalist and photographer Yuvan Kumar in the South Indian state of Kerala. Kochi, India is the town.
A woman is pictured against a tall facade of the All Spices Market in Kochi, India. The state is Kerala. The facade has a bright orange roof while painted entirely grey, the colour of cement. This is categorized as travel photography, India tourism, abstract art, minimalist photography. It is an original photograph clicked by journalist and photographer Yuvan Kumar in 2019.
Three silhouettes are pictured in this golden hour photograph taken on Ashwem Beach in Goa, India. One is to the left, a woman. One to the right, a man. And one above the sun in the sky. This last silhouette is a crow flying past. This photograph was clicked originally by Yuvan Kumar, journalist and photographer. The photograph is minimalistic, travel photography, indian photographers, beach photography, sunset photography, golden hour.
A Caucasian couple are sitting at the cabinet-like windows in a restaurant in the South Indian town of Kochi, in Kerala, India. To the right of them, on the facade of the building is a mural of fishermen on a beach sorting through the catch of the day. This photograph has been clicked and belongs to Yuvan Kumar, journalist and photographer. It can be categorised as travel or street photography.
Tenterhooks
Two fishermen are pictured in their boat in a bay at golden hour, sunset in Siolim, Goa, in Southern India. Th photograph was originally clicked by Yuvan Kumar and can be categorised as travel photography, minimalism, silhouettes.
Two fishermen are pictured in their boat in a bay at sunset in Siolim, Goa, in Southern India. Th photograph was originally clicked by Yuvan Kumar and can be categorised as travel photography, minimalism, silhouettes.
Two fishermen are pictured in their boat in a bay at sunset in Siolim, Goa, in Southern India. Th photograph was originally clicked by Yuvan Kumar and can be categorised as travel photography, minimalism, silhouettes. The colours are pink, orange.
A bay at sunset in Siolim, Goa, in Southern India is pictured here. The photograph was originally clicked by Yuvan Kumar and can be categorised as travel photography, minimalism. The colours are pink, orange.

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