100 Percent Proof On The Streets of Drunken Despair

100 Percent Proof On The Streets of Drunken Despair, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

100 Percent Proof On The Streets of Drunken Despair

100 Percent Proof On The Streets of Drunken Despair, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

The Kids Call Me a Computer Photographer

The Kids Call Me a Computer Photographer, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

I met a little kid and older than this girl and he calls me computer photographer , he saw my pictures on the net , I was in a hurry so I did not pay much attention to him.. but his words stuck to my soul.


I dont give copies of my pictures to people I shoot if I did I would be bankrupt by now as I have 139823 images on the net all at Flickr.

All shot of people and places my mind has visited I shoot my surroundings , my Mumbaikar ethos as only certain situations find me leaving the city where I live .

I shot more pictures last year than this year last year a single month like August 2009 I had shot over 7000 photo blogs in a month.

This year I am low profile and less prolific in my uploads to Flickr .

I cross blog some of my posts to Blogspot Wordpress where I have my web presence but the other tw places are Facebook and Twitter .

I had a site Firoze Shakir .com I surrendered it I could not afford the steep yearly charges .

And I blog to keep myself awake to the reality of my soul my angst so to speak and in a few minutes I will begin my 18 fast down below my house I can hear the voice of the Awakeners calling out to wake up for the fast but I am too tired and sleepy to go down and shoot them.

And life has not been very kind to me always attacking me when I least expected it and has almost flattened me out , the blogging process makes me empty out my pain through pictures softly silently.

Another place where I ink my blogs from Flick is Indivine at Indi Bloggers a group of Indian bloggers led by Renie Ranvin..A nice place to learn about blogging with a very vibrant forum that has versatile bloggers from all walks of life their inputs their love blogging is astonishing and holistically healing to say the least.


And I got an Invitation to shoot the Dahi Handi at Than by a young enterprising lad Purvesh Sarnaik son of Pratap Sarnaik leader of Shiv Sena part in Thane.

I had shot the world record breaking Dahi handi the nine teared one by the Talwadi Mitra Mandal of Mumbai.

But leaving Dadar is an idea I cant take up, I shoot Ranade Road or other areas of Dadar in the day time barefeet dressed in saffron and Dahi Handi is the best time to meet other street photographers both from media and my camera club PSI of India Mumbai

My friend Raju Langewal of Lal Bagh Cha Raja wants me to come and shoot hi Dahi Handi too..and I dont have wheels and it is tough getting cabs on Gokul Ashtami.

And I shall miss my Nikon AF 2'8 80- 20 Lens that I sold ff to shoot Ajmer Sharif.

I was really broke my business in the slumps this year and last year too.. and the year before last too.

My computer broke down I blog on my sons spare computer till I get a new one which will take some time I type with a single finger of my permanently damaged right hand..

A blog is a river of words that once it flows it touches shores of another mans Mind and Imagination...

Marziya Shoots on Nikon D 80

Marziya Shoots on Nikon D 80, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

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And here she surpasses her Master too
marziya shakir shoots the soul of
her grand father with a shot she slew
over the head of a blogger she flew
the decisive moment now or never
before she hit the shutter button
she knew a karmic connection
endearingly true not through
the viewfinder but from her inner soul
she captured her photo guru

Om Mani Padme Hoon

Om Mani Padme Hoon, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

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Shot by Marziya Shakir on Nikon D 80

She shot several shot and now she can also tilt the camera by herself while perched on the bed or dining table...

For me it does not matter how Marziya shoots or what Marziya shoots but I know she shoots me like a poet too , a picture open to all metaphoric interpretations...

The Mochi

The Mochi, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

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he polishes
repairs your shoes
restitching the heels back
tightening the straps
that have gone lose
or giving new soles
to old shoes out of use
on the dance floor
of life you arduously
fucked and abused
he watches you standing
on one leg all amused
while he finishes work
on the other shoe
you call him a mochi
but he is more creative
than you
street photography
captures the soul
of life on the street
its true

The Common Man On The Street

The Common Man On The Street, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

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his comments
they love to delete
because
he is the soul
of mankind
politics could
not defeat
for getting his vote
they place their
ill gotten wealth
at his feet
once elected
to power
more to
wealth to
accumulate circle
complete
not just the nation
but everything
that the nation stands
for they cheat
swiss bank accounts
their hands in
every scheme
their acumen
their conniving minds
you cannot beat
the story of
our saintly
schematic
sanctimonious
leaders
bitter and sweet
now modern net savvy
on blackberry's their views
they tweet
their life size cut outs
at every street corner
you meet on their
birthdays garlands
of black money
round their necks
their posteriors
stuck to their seats
hoisting the national flag
on our independence day
to the blaring of
patriotic geet