India - Number One For Street Still Photography

It's difficult to find other countries that can match India's vast diversity for photography. Whether one is a landscape photographer, a portrait photographer, an Astro buff, a wildlife photographer, or like myself, a street photographer, India contains everything one dreams about to photograph. I don't call India "a photographers paradise" for nothing. For sure, I'm not alone with the many thousands who have spent considerable time and probably countless visits traveling with photo gear through India.      

You read a lot travel jive chit chat through search engines of which country holds the most diverse atmosphere for all types of different photography. India certainly ranks at the top for street photography. You want to photograph wildlife? No problem, travel to the many wildlife sanctuaries scattered through the country during the winter months. You want to capture street portraits of locals? No problem, just walk out on to any street, and use your interaction skills to photograph locals. You want to capture moon, sunset, and astro shots? Again no problem, just find the appropriate locations and bobs your uncle. The same goes for random still captures within markets, melas, fishing villages, tribal territory, and pilgrim sites, etc.
Riding a Royal Enfield through India will blow your mind with countless opportunities capturing still snaps and video en-route. Even when transiting on trains,  and onboard rural bush buses through India, one can capture some pretty amazing shots. If that's not enough, riding on the top of buses within certain locations through the Indian Himalaya still exists (at your own risk).

Street photography within big cities or rural villages throughout India is hard to beat. Every location holds its own ambience of daily routine. Since the mid 80s, I've returned to India countless times, and it still remains the number one country for random street photography. A close second, Ethiopia with Myanmar coming in third. Below, mid 1980s SLR roll film street portrait. India Page