Grape leaf bundles at a marketplace in Baalbek, Lebanon. Stuffed with rice seasoned with spices of the region and from faraway eastern lands the vine leaves find use after the grape harvest, and the local staple has become a delicacy popular far beyond the Levant’s Mediterranean shores.
Fish at a local market in Goa where local fishermen report smaller catches each season. Mechanised trawlers have depleted the fish stocks in the waters off the coast of India. It is a problem common to many parts of the world as humanity fails collectively to see its impending demise.
Salt flats near the coast of Mandvi, Gujarat, where the sea recedes up to a mile at low tide, making it one of the most unique natural habitats of the world. This coastline is under threat from exploitation by or-profit groups and so-called industrial development of the coastline that is changing even the cultural heritage and social structures.
Leaves of the betel tree sold at a market in Shillong, India are used to wrap crushed areca nut, slaked lime, along with other flavouring ingredients including rose petals in syrup, and make ‘paan’ which is popular across Asia.
Blue paint marks out the brahmin houses in the old city of Jodhpur, India. The walls of these houses announce caste hierarchy, as yet another visible marker illustrating the complexities of India.
Posters of films and political candidates cover a wall in Fort Kochi. Across India's densely populated settlements the enormous diversity of public art often crosses over into 'direct marketing' on every available surface.