The Ear Wax Digger

So many issues keeping me mentally away from a lot of things. At last I did give a try to go out and do some street photography in old Delhi. Last week end I spent time in my old Delhi home, but had not carried my camera. Some times a small camera is a great help than carrying a DSLR that one uses for commercial work. This time I did make it a point to bring along for the week end.

This morning (Saturday, 09.07.2011) Babul Bhatt drove all the way from Gurgaon for the shoot. We did meet up in Chandni Chowk and walked to Khari Baoli. It is still one of the most active place in the morning, though old Delhi is active through out most part of the waking period, be it morning, day or late night.

This time around in this post I will only share some pictures shot of an ear cleaner. During such street photography hanging around by sitting in a place helps break some ice. I sat on the many hand carts that lie on the road or side walk during that early hour. The owners of these hand carts show up later when the shops open. In the early hour it is mostly trading of flowers and flower petals that are brought tied up in fabrics. These are carried on the head by the vendors.

There are many ear cleaners moving around or have marked their spots to be found by their regular clients. I was taking time sitting on the hand carts on various spots I thought would give me some interesting captures. The guy I shot, looked decent with his very proper head gear. He had an interesting face and a good material for a photo shoot. I did a shot while he was looking away.

He broke ice by interacting with me. I showed him the frame, there after I started shooting more with a frontal shot that he liked.

In between came in an old client of his, who mentioned that he never got his ears cleaned from any other in the trade. He gets on with the job.

He shows some thing big that was pulled out of his ear.

Looking in for more wax.

It must be quite uncomfortable when the guy goes around scrapping out the wax from the ear.

I move on further to look for other actions in Khari Baoli. Some how there was not much of hustle bustle that I have seen on earlier days. The morning was not very clear, it looked like it would rain. There was no breeze at all. It was reasonably hot and humid, but not like in the past few weeks. How ever it still drains out quite a lot of energy. We ended our day with some puree- aloo subzi at Shiv Bhandar in Chandni Chowk topped up with 2 jalebees each. By the way he makes the preparations in pure desi ghee. They have added an air conditioned hall as well, quite a relief to have been sitting there to enjoy the breakfast. I do eat a little spicy food so I really felt it was quite blend that what we get in Charkhewalan. Carried about a kilo of jalebees for the family at home. Nice thing is that on request they make them thin, fine and crispy. I was made to remember by the manager that I had some after a very long time. True it was a long time as on my last visit the air conditioned hall was not there. A nice addition in old Delhi market.