***CURIOUS!!!***, a photo from West Bengal, East

Photographer's Note

I SHOT IT AT TOTOPARA IN JALPAIGURI DISTRICT.(WEST BENGAL,INDIA).LENS=28-80MM.
The Toto is a primitive Indo-Bhutanese tribe residing in a small enclave called Totopara in the Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India. .Totopara lies 22 km from Madarihat, the entrance of the famous Jaldapara National Park. So, we can safely assume that the Totos live near the northern edges of this forest.
Anthropologists agree that the Toto culture and language is totally unique to the tribe, and is clearly distinguished from the neighbouring Rajbongshis, Koch or the Bhutanese Sharchop tribes.
Totos were nearly becoming extinct in the 1950s, but recent measures to safeguard their areas from being swamped with outsiders have helped preserved their unique heritage and also helped the population grow. In the 2001 census, they numbered about 1184 - all living in Totopara.
Totos don't generally have more than one wife living. After their wife's death, they can marry the deceased wife's younger sister, but a woman cannot marry her deceased husband's brother. On the death of a spouse, the husband or wife has to remain single for twelve months before they can remarry again. There is no custom of divorce among the Totos.
BY COURTESY;-WIKIPEDIA.

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alper_ayhan (581) 2007-04-01 7:15

Impressive faces... Green, brown colours go so well together.
Good work, thanks for sharing,
Alper Ayhan

jorbe (319) 2007-04-01 7:18

good colors and i like the litle grain in this photo.
impressive faces and their mom backside smiling makes a nice extra to this photo. Nice work

Luciano75 (0) 2007-04-01 7:38

Hello Subir

Impressive shot...i must say...a documentary picture.
The faces are well captured...at the right moment.
Always a pleasure to see such a photographs.
TFS

Regards

maduixeta (1795) 2007-04-01 7:38

Hi Subir,
impressive portrait! The composition with the person in the background a little bit soften is great, and the colors are good too.
Greetings,
Sònia.

muscovado (1572) 2007-04-01 8:08

Hi Suber,
Greatly composed picture. The facial expressions are convincing and the skin tone is nice remarkable. TFS
Czaldy

gbeli (1970) 2007-04-01 8:31

Just overwhelming

tomauer (316) 2007-04-01 8:39

very impressive faces, i really like the expressions.. Thanks for sharing,

vagabondtravels (6511) 2007-04-01 8:39

Hi Subir

Nice dof and very sharp where it needs to be. Good comp and colors. Nice documentary style image. Well done.
Ben

luisafonso (862) 2007-04-01 11:02

Great composition with perfect placement of the three children. Your direct pov is wonderful. It's very direct, very immediate, very striking. The light on their faces is superb. Good dof. Like it a lot!

isabela_sor (47748) 2007-04-01 11:26 [Comment]

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sabyasachi1212 (19779) 2007-04-01 12:26

Hi Subir,
Excellent double portrait (triple infact!) in their natural surrounding. The nonchalant face of the main subjects contrast nicely with smiling face in the BG.
Best Wishes
Sabyasachi

Burberry1 (6041) 2007-04-01 17:06

Excellent shot,
fantastic close-up double portrait and great light:)

I love it,

A.

arnabchat (7233) 2007-04-02 1:02

always good to see people coming back with shots of this endangered tribes. a photograph with a lot of expressions and a welth of composition.
quality work indeed.
TFS, Arnab

nirajsinha (857) 2007-04-02 4:21

Hi Subir,
They are looking at you so curiously. Yes colour tone is unique and probably best suited on this picture. Composition is excellent.

Regards

Niraj Sinha

partha (14023) 2007-04-02 5:25

Hi SUBIR,
Yes I can remember them.
Excellently captured foreground and nicely balanced by the boy at the further end. Good perspective,
A little botheration regarding quality, its bit grainy and lacks clarity.
Regards.
Partha

Angshu (56760) 2007-04-02 6:46

Hello Subir
The colours are good...the looks are nonchalant. Excellent double portrait & the light is so good. Even though this is an old photo & I presume scanned, the effect is no less than a digital. Wonderful Subir
With Regards
Angshuman

patdeph (35750) 2007-04-03 12:59

hello Subir
I like these two children expression.the colors and the light are very good also.I didn't know anything about this population.Thanks for sharing.
Pascale

prumod (8300) 2007-04-15 12:53

hi subir...
a great shot is this...
i liked very much the childrens expression and the overall greenish tone...
well done...
greetings...