Avillage off the beaten track in northern India is the subject of a new photography exhibit that opens tomorrow at Coquitlam's Place des Arts.
Four years ago, while in the country for his wife's conference in Delhi, Alan Maples captured the people and landscapes of Tordi, Rajasthan, using a Sony NEX-7.
"It's such an unspoiled village," the North Vancouver artist and architect said. "It has a nice sense of community and happy people who appeared not to have seen tourists before."
During his visit, schoolchildren followed him and his group around. And Maples gave one of the older children a small camera to picture him while photographing Tordi.
Maples described the village as being ideal to snap.
"Rajastan is very dry and has intense sunlight," he said. "The women wear the most incredible coloured saris and jewellery.
"With the colours they paint the buildings and the ochre of the earth, it makes for a beautiful palette that really glows."
Maples, who in 2009 exhibited his images under a collection called Water and Light at Place des Arts, will have 20 framed pieces in Colors of Rajasthan.
And he hopes soon to display his portfolio of recent trips to Japan, Hong Kong and the Philippines.
Colors of Rajasthan will be in the Atrium Gallery at Place des Arts (1120 Brunette Ave., Coquitlam) from Sept. 5 to Oct. 5. The opening reception for the exhibit will be held on Thursday, Sept. 12 at 7 p.m. to coincide with the Kim Vergil's media media show, One Day... week, month, year, and the facility's annual teacher and staff exhibit, Art Feats.
