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Lucknow

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Lucknow in December smells of coal smoke and roasted peanuts. Everyone walks a little slower, as if the fog asked them to.

LucknowZoya Siddiqui
Strings of lights over a night market
LucknowAfter Ten at ChowkArjun Mehta
Kites over flat rooftops
LucknowKite season. The whole sky is somebody's.Zoya Siddiqui
The arched facade of the Bara Imambara in warm light
LucknowA Hall With No BeamsZoya Siddiqui
Domes and minarets against a dusk sky
LucknowThe Hour of DomesZoya Siddiqui
White chikankari embroidery on pale muslin
LucknowWhite on WhiteZoya Siddiqui
An arched blue wooden door in a warm wall
LucknowBehind the Blue DoorZoya Siddiqui
A bridge over a misty river at morning
LucknowGomti, seven in the morning. The bridge disappears halfway across.Zoya Siddiqui

I printed forty photographs this week and kept four. The other thirty-six were fine. Fine is the problem.

LucknowZoya Siddiqui

Lucknow in December smells of coal smoke and roasted peanuts. Everyone walks a little slower, as if the fog asked them to.

LucknowZoya Siddiqui
White chikankari embroidery on pale muslin
LucknowWhite on WhiteZoya Siddiqui
The arched facade of the Bara Imambara in warm light
LucknowA Hall With No BeamsZoya Siddiqui
Domes and minarets against a dusk sky
LucknowThe Hour of DomesZoya Siddiqui
Kites over flat rooftops
LucknowKite season. The whole sky is somebody's.Zoya Siddiqui
A bridge over a misty river at morning
LucknowGomti, seven in the morning. The bridge disappears halfway across.Zoya Siddiqui
Strings of lights over a night market
LucknowAfter Ten at ChowkArjun Mehta
An arched blue wooden door in a warm wall
LucknowBehind the Blue DoorZoya Siddiqui

I printed forty photographs this week and kept four. The other thirty-six were fine. Fine is the problem.

LucknowZoya Siddiqui

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