Kashmir Photographs

Thatched cottage at sunset in the valley of Kashmir....

Fantastical woodcarving and lattice-work decorates this mosque....

Hand tools and a foot are the Kashmiri carpenter's chief instruments. A water-pipe in the...

From the Victorian age onward, Kashmir's houseboats have attracted visitors from India for its cool...

Sunset, winter, at one of the many bridges of Srinagar, capital of the medieval city...

Magnificant 5-story homes tower over houseboats on a river in Srinagar. Boys play marbles on...

Kite flying and kite fighting are popular pastimes in Kashimir and other parts of India....

In a high-altitude meadow near Kolahoi glacier, shepherds gather drinking and cooking water from an...

Shallow boats are the quickest way to commute around the farms of Srinagar. The heart-shaped...

On market days the floating vegatable market shows off piles of peas and kholrabi. Vendors...

An ancient bridge, with enough clearance for a low paddle boat, transverses Dal Lake. In...

Women field hands take a break from working in the irrigated fields. A sweet, milky...

Farmers haul hay across Dal Lake to livestock in Srinagar. While the lake remains open...

A small medieval village in the foothills of the Kashmir valley. The houses are adobe...

There is something extremely powerful in witnessing thousands of men bowing down in unision. On...

Herdsmen gather in a village of wooden huts inhabited only during the summer while their...

The Mogul and Persian influence reached east into India and especially into Kashmir. The Kashmir...

The famous floating gardens of Kashmir are actually built up earth works in the shallows...

A grocer sits in his tiny storefront puffing on a water pipe, and holds in...

Water taxis covered in winter snow. Kashmir's temperate climate means snowfall even in the valley....

In the palace garden of a Shrinagar park (a Persian word) a family sets out...

On a late winter afternoon, Coca, the son of the owner of the houseboat I...

Each time I visited Kashmir I stayed at the same houseboat on Lake Dal. The...

A religious class meets in a Srinagar mosque. Traditionally the Kashmiris were tolerant Moslems, living...

I was staying on a houseboat in Srinagar. On a neighboring houseboat a carpenter was...