The Bawas Of Mahim

The Bawas Of Mahim, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

Shooting the Bawas Rafaees or Malangs is a great help in study of faces and Sufi portraiture , but the problem is some dont like their pictures being taken , they call it haram or a taboo against their faith religious beliefs ,, I shoot them first and if they object I dont shoot them ..there have been moments when the person I shot got wild bit I managed to control the situation and avoided shooting the person next time .

Of late I dont have much problem as most of them know I dont mean them harm..