Under the observant gaze of a bindi-clad woman in a storefront advertisement, men discuss the day’s happenings and observe passersby on a main road in Munnar, India. Munnar is well known for its tea-growing estates, which are some of the highest in the world.
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Tricia A. Mitchell is a freelance writer and photographer. Born in Europe but raised in the United States, she has lived in Valletta, Malta; Heidelberg, Germany; and Split, Croatia. An avid globetrotter who has visited more than 65 countries, she has a penchant for off-season travel. Tricia has learned that travel’s greatest gift is not sightseeing, rather it is the interactions with people. Some of her most memorable experiences have been sharing a bottle of champagne with distant French cousins in Lorraine, learning how to milk goats in a sleepy Bulgarian village, and ringing in the Vietnamese New Year with a Hanoi family. She welcomes any opportunity to practice French and German, and she loves delving into a place’s history and artisanal food scene. A former education administrator and training specialist, Tricia has a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and a master’s degree in international relations. She and her husband, Shawn, married in the ruins of a snowy German castle. They’ve been known to escape winter by basing themselves in coastal Croatia or Southeast Asia. Her writing has appeared in Fodor’s Travel, Frommer’s, and International Living. View more posts
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Great photo and love the title.
Thanks, Mark!
That is a super capture, Tricia. I love the juxtaposition, its impact enhanced by your decision to go with B&W.
Rachael, many thanks. Ironically in the Munnar Tea Fields, it’s the women who are under the watchful eye of their male supervisors, so I thought this photo offered an interesting contrast!
It’s been a while since your last post Tricia. Glad your travels remain interesting.
Victor, you’re correct about my writing hiatus. :) We’re back visiting in Germany now (more from Deutschland to share in the coming weeks!) I hope I’m not disorienting my dear readers by flitting from continent to continent!
I so look forward to your posts. Your photographs are evocative and unusual. You do beautiful work. Bravo. Virginia
Virginia, how kind. Again, I’m humbled by your supportive comments. To belocchio, I say grazie, grazie!
wonderful capture Tricia!
Thanks, Marina! The men looked at me oddly as I snapped this one, then flashed big smiles when they saw the lady over their shoulders. :)