Barber-ism

Barber-ism, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

Barbers is a set on Flickr I have shot the street barber extensively , I have shot a child's religious Mundan and a couples Religious Tonsure at Haji Malang my best pictures of this ritual..

I never got another opportunity to shoot the tonsure at Haji Malang ever again.


The one place you can shoot the largest numbers of barbers in Mumbai on one single day is Pitru Paksh at Banganga Walkeshwar a day before Navratri begins.

This is a once in a life time scene for a Mumbaikar like me ,in the South there are temples like Tirupati but I have not shot there as yet.

This barber shop is at Chinchpokli Road at Bandra I like to shoot here once in a while as I can add my signature shot to the frame.


I would shoot the kid barbers near my house on road side saloon but I stopped it completely.

Nor do I shoot the roadside Bandra Reclamation barbers.

Going bald is a pain in the ass I prefer long hair but the Mumbai heat made me shave of my scalp..being a diabetic I am prone to boils in my head so this was another reason why I went bald.

Shooting barbers is a passion and barbers are creative artists and life style designers even if they operate on the road

Armpit shaving is classical art and it is like shooting a live poem being composed.

I have written many a poem glorifying the Induan male armpit that it stinks like a sewer in the local trains most of the time is not part of my poetry.

The railways with or not without the armpit have caused quite a stink whether you call it an accident or a sabotage.

The ministers nor rogue trains ever stop at the station is a understatement of life and the tragedy of our times.