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HAIR INDIA #87 Rajasthani Barbershop
In a break from the rest of the collection, #87 offers not a portrait of a single person, beard or moustache. Instead we conclude with a shot of the most elaborately decorated barbershop encountered during extensive travels across the whole of the Indian sub-continent.
All this facial hair requires endless trimming, shaving, massaging, shampooing, conditioning and dyeing. In this image, therefore, we honour the essential role played by India's much overlooked and under-appreciated army of hair dressers!
The customer with slightly worried look in his eyes, sitting behind the barber holding an open cut-throat razor here is priceless as, too, are all the treatments adventurously offered by his establishment. 'Hair Beets', anyone?
NB. On a personal note - if you would be so kind as to indulge - the photographer left home at a tender age to begin his nomadic wanderings across the Asian continent in 1987, never yet to return. The number '87', thus, holds personal significance, as well as being the ideal number of offerings for this collection.
From the book ‘Hair India’, photography by Chris Stowers
Edition 1/1
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Location: Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, 2006
The Hair India Collection consists of 87 images taken in India between 2006-2008
Anyone who has travelled the Indian sub-continent will have encountered an amazing number of bizarre beards and magnificent moustaches. Such facial hair carries religious, military and personal significance, for millions.
For two years I trekked across India, hunting down fancy follicles. From the chilly heights of the Himalayas to the balmy south, and all points between, the mission grew!
Only 1000 copies of 'Hair India' - the book - were ever printed. That 2008 edition is fast becoming a cult classic. Time is of the essence! Modern Indian men seem to prefer a close shave. Soon sightings of a fine French Fork or massive Mutton Chop will become a thing of the past.
Listing the ‘HAIR INDIA’ Collection on Opensea marks a stunning new chapter in the life of these iconic images. I hope this technology will be a driver for change, and a new generation interested in adopting hirsute styles all of their own will be inspired!
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HAIR INDIA #87 Rajasthani Barbershop
In a break from the rest of the collection, #87 offers not a portrait of a single person, beard or moustache. Instead we conclude with a shot of the most elaborately decorated barbershop encountered during extensive travels across the whole of the Indian sub-continent.
All this facial hair requires endless trimming, shaving, massaging, shampooing, conditioning and dyeing. In this image, therefore, we honour the essential role played by India's much overlooked and under-appreciated army of hair dressers!
The customer with slightly worried look in his eyes, sitting behind the barber holding an open cut-throat razor here is priceless as, too, are all the treatments adventurously offered by his establishment. 'Hair Beets', anyone?
NB. On a personal note - if you would be so kind as to indulge - the photographer left home at a tender age to begin his nomadic wanderings across the Asian continent in 1987, never yet to return. The number '87', thus, holds personal significance, as well as being the ideal number of offerings for this collection.
From the book ‘Hair India’, photography by Chris Stowers
Edition 1/1
Digital image
2538px X 3000px
Location: Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, 2006
The Hair India Collection consists of 87 images taken in India between 2006-2008
Anyone who has travelled the Indian sub-continent will have encountered an amazing number of bizarre beards and magnificent moustaches. Such facial hair carries religious, military and personal significance, for millions.
For two years I trekked across India, hunting down fancy follicles. From the chilly heights of the Himalayas to the balmy south, and all points between, the mission grew!
Only 1000 copies of 'Hair India' - the book - were ever printed. That 2008 edition is fast becoming a cult classic. Time is of the essence! Modern Indian men seem to prefer a close shave. Soon sightings of a fine French Fork or massive Mutton Chop will become a thing of the past.
Listing the ‘HAIR INDIA’ Collection on Opensea marks a stunning new chapter in the life of these iconic images. I hope this technology will be a driver for change, and a new generation interested in adopting hirsute styles all of their own will be inspired!
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