India, part 6: Jaipur: Palaces and Amber fort
December, 2004
by Norman Koren

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Boy, City Palace doorway

Jaipur Lake Palace, on the way to Amber and Tiger forts

The Amber fort is 11 km north of Jaipur. It was the Maharaja's palace before the city of Jaipur was built, in the early eighteenth century.

Ganesh, Amber Fort doorway

Grillwork, Amber Fort

Picnicing at Amber Fort
I was attracted to this image because the light and gestures resembled George Seurat's famous painting, "Sunday Afternoon at the Grande Jatte" (a park on the Seine, west of Paris). The one difference was the monkeys. Or so I thought.

Merchants, Amber Fort
They were ignoring me only because other tourists were present.

Sunset, Tiger Fort

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Images and text copyright © 2000-2013 by Norman Koren. Norman Koren lives in Boulder, Colorado, founded Imatest LLC in 2004, previously worked on magnetic recording technology. He has been involved with photography since 1964.