Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar » Barber http://www.parrikar.com/blog Satyam Shivam Sundaram (Truth, Divinity, Beauty) Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:08:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Tailor of Korgaon http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2011/08/27/the-tailor-of-korgaon/ http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2011/08/27/the-tailor-of-korgaon/#comments Sat, 27 Aug 2011 18:42:06 +0000 Rajan P. Parrikar http://www.parrikar.com/blog/?p=7116 Note: To see full-size images in this post, please view the original post by clicking here.

We had a close shave with the barber of Korgaon sometime ago. Today we meet Suresh Hiroji, the tailor of Korgaon, an enchanting village in north Goa. Once the staple of all, rich and poor, bespoke has now gone out of fashion. Hiroji and his tribe are on their last legs but the perpetual grin on his visage is eternal.

The first two images below were taken in July this year. In the first, a candid seen from the street, the logo of the Merritt sewing machine invented by Isaac Singer is visible. The final image was made in 2009, at a shutter speed of 1/20s, a demonstration of the excellent image stabilization capabilities of Canon’s EF 24-105L lens.

Suresh Hiroji, the tailor of Korgaon
5D Mark II, Zeiss ZE 100 f/2 Makro Planar

 

Suresh Hiroji
5D Mark II, Zeiss ZE 100 f/2 Makro Planar

 

The Art of Bespoke
5D Mark II, 24-105L

 
 
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I was loitering in Korgaon in northern Goa when I descried the village barber Apa Korgaonkar in action. Armed with my wide angle 14 mm lens, I decided to go head-to-head with Apa’s weapons.

For 15 minutes I watched the proceedings, with my lens barely 8″ or so away.

Village barber Apa Korgaonkar in Korgaon, Goa
5D Mark II, 14L II

 
 

Village barber Apa Korgaonkar in Korgaon, Goa
5D Mark II, 14L II

 
 

Village barber Apa Korgaonkar in Korgaon, Goa
5D Mark II, 14L II

 
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