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  • 29th October, 2012, Mehrauli, New Delhi, India. Local painter 22 year old Sheikh Nazir Udin washes himself in the water of the Gandhak Ki Baoli in Mehrauli <br />
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At the turn of the last century, Delhi had more than 100 baolis, today, many of them have caved in or dried up owing to the declining water table. The number has shrunk to about 15, according to the ASI. Stepwells (Baolis) are examples of the many types of storage and irrigation tanks that were developed in India, mainly to cope with seasonal fluctuations in water availability. <br />
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  • 27th September, 2014, Mehrauli, India. A boy jumps into Gandhak Ki Baoli in Mehrauli,on the 27th September, 2014, Delhi, India<br />
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At the turn of the last century, Delhi had more than 100 baolis, today, many of them have caved in or dried up owing to the declining water table. The number has shrunk to about 15, according to the ASI (Acheological Survey of India). Stepwells (Baolis) are examples of the many types of storage and irrigation tanks that were developed in India, mainly to cope with seasonal fluctuations in water availability. <br />
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PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE a photographer in Delhi<br />
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email: simon@simondetreywhite.com
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  • 27th September, 2014, Mehrauli, India. A boy leaps into the Gandhak Ki Baoli in Mehrauli,on the 27th September, 2014, Delhi, India<br />
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At the turn of the last century, Delhi had more than 100 baolis, today, many of them have caved in or dried up owing to the declining water table. The number has shrunk to about 15, according to the ASI (Acheological Survey of India). Stepwells (Baolis) are examples of the many types of storage and irrigation tanks that were developed in India, mainly to cope with seasonal fluctuations in water availability. <br />
<br />
PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
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+ 91 98103 99809<br />
+ 91 11 435 06980<br />
+44 07966 405896<br />
+44 1963 220 745<br />
email: simon@simondetreywhite.com
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  • 30th August 2014, Yamuna River, New Delhi, India. An elephant fills its trunk with water from a tap in New Delhi, India on the 30th August 2014. One of the biggest challenges the elephant keepers face is providing enough fresh water for the animals who each need up to 200 litres per day<br />
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Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants. The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
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  • A woman prays quietly as Hindu's celebrate Holi in the Banke Bihari Temple in Vrindavan, in the Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh, India ,1st March 2010. <br />
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Holi, also called the Festival of Colours, is a spring festival celebrated by Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jains and others. It is primarily observed in India, Nepal, Srilanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and countries with a large Indian diaspora populations, such as Suriname, Guyana, South Africa, Trinidad, UK, USA, Mauritius, and Fiji. In West Bengal of India and Bangladesh it is known as Dolyatra (Doul Jatra) or Basanta-Utsav ("spring festival"). The most celebrated Holi is that of the Braj region, in locations connected to the god Krishna: Mathura, Vrindavan, Nandagaon, and Barsana. These places have become tourist destinations during the festive season of Holi, which lasts here to up to sixteen days.<br />
The main day, Holi, also known as Dhulheti, Dhulandi or Dhulendi, is celebrated by people throwing coloored powder and colored water at each other. Bonfires are lit the day before, also known as Holika Dahan (burning of Holika) or Chhoti Holi (little Holi). The bonfires are lit in memory of the miraculous escape that young Prahlad accomplished when Demoness Holika, sister of Hiranyakashipu, carried him into the fire. Holika was burnt but Prahlad, a staunch devotee of god Vishnu, escaped without any injuries due to his unshakable devotion. Holika Dahan is referred to as Kama Dahanam in Andhra Pradesh.<br />
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  • Hindu's celebrate Holi in the Banke Bihari Temple in Vrindavan, in the Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh, India , 1st March 2010. <br />
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Holi, also called the Festival of Colours, is a spring festival celebrated by Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jains and others. It is primarily observed in India, Nepal, Srilanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and countries with large Indic diaspora populations, such as Suriname, Guyana, South Africa, Trinidad, UK, USA, Mauritius, and Fiji. In West Bengal of India and Bangladesh it is known as Dolyatra (Doul Jatra) or Basanta-Utsav ("spring festival"). The most celebrated Holi is that of the Braj region, in locations connected to the god Krishna: Mathura, Vrindavan, Nandagaon, and Barsana. These places have become tourist destinations during the festive season of Holi, which lasts here to up to sixteen days.<br />
The main day, Holi, also known as Dhulheti, Dhulandi or Dhulendi, is celebrated by people throwing colored powder and colored water at each other. Bonfires are lit the day before, also known as Holika Dahan (burning of Holika) or Chhoti Holi (little Holi). The bonfires are lit in memory of the miraculous escape that young Prahlad accomplished when Demoness Holika, sister of Hiranyakashipu, carried him into the fire. Holika was burnt but Prahlad, a staunch devotee of god Vishnu, escaped without any injuries due to his unshakable devotion. Holika Dahan is referred to as Kama Dahanam in Andhra Pradesh.<br />
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PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
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+ 91 11 435 06980<br />
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email: simon@simondetreywhite.com photographer in delhi
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  • Hindu's celebrate Holi in the Banke Bihari Temple in Vrindavan, in the Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh, India ,28th February 2010. <br />
<br />
Holi, also called the Festival of Colours, is a spring festival celebrated by Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jains and others. It is primarily observed in India, Nepal, Srilanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and countries with a large Indian diaspora populations, such as Suriname, Guyana, South Africa, Trinidad, UK, USA, Mauritius, and Fiji. In West Bengal of India and Bangladesh it is known as Dolyatra (Doul Jatra) or Basanta-Utsav ("spring festival"). The most celebrated Holi is that of the Braj region, in locations connected to the god Krishna: Mathura, Vrindavan, Nandagaon, and Barsana. These places have become tourist destinations during the festive season of Holi, which lasts here to up to sixteen days.<br />
The main day, Holi, also known as Dhulheti, Dhulandi or Dhulendi, is celebrated by people throwing colored powder and colored water at each other. Bonfires are lit the day before, also known as Holika Dahan (burning of Holika) or Chhoti Holi (little Holi). The bonfires are lit in memory of the miraculous escape that young Prahlad accomplished when Demoness Holika, sister of Hiranyakashipu, carried him into the fire. Holika was burnt but Prahlad, a staunch devotee of god Vishnu, escaped without any injuries due to his unshakable devotion. Holika Dahan is referred to as Kama Dahanam in Andhra Pradesh.<br />
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PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
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+ 91 98103 99809<br />
+ 91 11 435 06980<br />
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+44 1963 220 745<br />
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  • 16th May 2014, Yamuna River, New Delhi, India. A six image series as an elephant sprays water over itself with its trunk under a bridge in the Yamuna River, New Delhi, India on the 16th May 2014<br />
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Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants. The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
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  • 4th September 2014, New Delhi, India. An elephant loaded with fodder pillaged from the city's trees is ridden by a handler across a busy road as a passing cyclist clasps his hand to his chest in veneration, New Delhi, India on the 4th September 2014. Elephants are revered in India due to their enshrinement in many and various religious traditions and beliefs. <br />
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Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants. The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
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PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE + 91 98103 99809<br />
email: simon@simondetreywhite.com<br />
Photographer in Delhi
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  • 25th May 2014, Yamuna River, New Delhi, India. Elephant handlers scrub an elephant and chat as it bathes under a bridge in the Yamuna river in New Delhi, India on the 25th May 2014. The river is terribly polluted and deemed only fit for industrial cooling, the elephants cannot drink it<br />
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Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants.The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
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PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
+ 91 98103 99809<br />
email: simon@simondetreywhite.com photographer in delhi
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  • 6th September 2014, New Delhi, India. An elephant ridden by a mahout squeezes past a gate to a colony in New Rajinder Nagar on its way to a wedding ceremony in New Delhi, India on the 6th September 2014<br />
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Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants. The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
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PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
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  • 6th September 2014, New Delhi, India. Celebrants dance in the street around an elephant handler and groom atop a prostate elephant decorated for an Indian wedding at New Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi, India on the 6th September 2014<br />
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Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants. The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
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PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
+ 91 98103 99809<br />
email: simon@simondetreywhite.com photographer in delhi
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  • 25th May 2014, Yamuna River, New Delhi, India. An elephant handler folds his clothes on a small island in the Yamuna river in New Delhi, India on the 25th May 2014<br />
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Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants.The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
<br />
PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
+ 91 98103 99809<br />
email: simon@simondetreywhite.com photographer in delhi
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  • 2nd September 2014, Yamuna River, New Delhi, India. An elephant ridden by a handler descends steps and passes Hindu worshippers on the 5th day of the Ganesh Chaturthi religious festival at the Yamuna River, New Delhi, India on the 2nd September 2014<br />
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Ganesh Chaturthi is the Hindu festival celebrated in honour of the god Ganesha, the elephant-headed, remover of obstacles and the god of beginnings and wisdom.<br />
<br />
Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants.The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
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PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
+ 91 98103 99809<br />
email: simon@simondetreywhite.com photographer in delhi
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  • 1st December 2014, New Delhi, India. A boy paddles a raft on the Yamuna River in New Delhi, India on the 1st December 2014<br />
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People eke out a living on the Yamuna River by searching for coins and items they can sell that are thrown into the river by Hindus as offerings<br />
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PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
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  • 4th September 2014, New Delhi, India. An elephant loaded with fodder pillaged from the city's trees is ridden by a handler across a busy road as a passing cyclist clasps his hand to his chest in veneration, New Delhi, India on the 4th September 2014. Elephants are revered in India due to their enshrinement in many and various religious traditions and beliefs. <br />
<br />
Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants. The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
<br />
PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE + 91 98103 99809<br />
email: simon@simondetreywhite.com<br />
Photographer in Delhi
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  • 13th Jan 2015, Yamuna River, New Delhi, India. A view of the elephant handlers camp by the Yamuna River at dusk, New Delhi, India on the 13th Jan 2015<br />
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Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants.. The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
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PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE, a photographer in Delhi<br />
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  • 1st December 2014, New Delhi, India. A boy paddles a raft on the Yamuna River in New Delhi, India on the 1st December 2014<br />
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People eke out a living on the Yamuna River by searching for coins and items they can sell that are thrown into the river by Hindus as offerings<br />
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PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
<br />
+ 91 98103 99809<br />
email: simon@simondetreywhite.com<br />
photographer in delhi
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  • 4th September 2014, New Delhi, India. An elephant loaded with fodder pillaged from the city's trees is ridden by a handler  across a busy road as a passing cyclist clasps his hand to his chest in veneration, New Delhi, India on the 4th September 2014. Elephants are revered in India due to their enshrinement in many and various religious traditions and beliefs. <br />
<br />
Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants.The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
<br />
PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
+ 91 98103 99809<br />
email: simon@simondetreywhite.com photographer in delhi
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  • 12th September 2014, New Delhi, India. Elephants ridden by mahouts at dusk on a busy road in New Delhi, India on the 12th September 2014<br />
Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants. The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
<br />
PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
+ 91 98103 99809<br />
email: simon@simondetreywhite.com photographer in delhi
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  • 6th September 2014, New Delhi, India. While an elephant handler has breakfast at a restaurant children feed the elephant snacks and try to touch her trunk, near New Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi, India on the 6th September 2014<br />
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Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants. The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
<br />
PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
+ 91 98103 99809<br />
email: simon@simondetreywhite.com photographer in delhi
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  • 6th September 2014, New Delhi, India. A mahout steers his elephant with his feet as they walk through the city near New Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi, India on the 6th September 2014<br />
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Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants.The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
<br />
PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
+ 91 98103 99809<br />
email: simon@simondetreywhite.com photographer in delhi
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  • 25th May 2014, Yamuna River, New Delhi, India. A mahout interacts with an elephant as it bathes under a bridge in the Yamuna river in New Delhi, India on the 25th May 2014<br />
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Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants. The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
<br />
PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
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  • 16th May 2014, Yamuna River, New Delhi, India. A mahout jumps from one elephant to another under a bridge in the Yamuna River, New Delhi, India on the 16th May 2014. <br />
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Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants.. The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
<br />
PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
+ 91 98103 99809<br />
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  • 16th May 2014, Yamuna River, New Delhi, India. A mahout's camp at dusk with the Rajghat coal-fired power station in the background, New Delhi, India on the 16th May 2014<br />
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Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants. The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
<br />
PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
+ 91 98103 99809<br />
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  • 29th August 2014, Sarojini Nagar, New Delhi, India. Ecstatic devotees welcome female elephant Gulabo for Gaja (elephant) pooja at the Sree Vinayaka Mandir in New Delhi, India on the 29th August 2014. <br />
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Ganesh Chaturthi is the Hindu festival celebrated in honour of the god Ganesha, the elephant-headed, remover of obstacles and the god of beginnings and wisdom.<br />
<br />
Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants. The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
<br />
PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
+ 91 98103 99809<br />
email: simon@simondetreywhite.com photographer in delhi
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  • 28th May 2014, Yamuna River, New Delhi, India. Mahouts stand on bathing elephants in the Yamuna river  in New Delhi, India on the 28th May 2014<br />
Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants. The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
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  • Three Smooth-Coated Asian otters kept by Dharia (otter) fishermen or sea-gypsies swim together on the 28th November 2006 in the Sunderbans National Park, Khulna Division, Bangladesh.   <br />
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  • Santos Dafos smokesin the early morning on the roof of the otter's bamboo cage where he slept the night  <br />
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Dharia (otter) fishermen or sea-gypsies and their animals which they use in their fishing practices; Sundarbans National Park (worlds largest littoral mangrove belt, granted UNESCO World Heritage status, December 1997 ); Khulna Division photographer in delhi photographer in delhi photographer in delhi
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  • 28th May 2014, Yamuna River, New Delhi, India. A Mahout rides an elephant in the Yamuna river at dusk with a metro train and the Indraprastha Power Station in the background, New Delhi, India on the 28th May 2014<br />
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Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants. The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
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  • 9th November 2011, Sonepur, Bihar, India. The banned 'Ankush' or bullhook is used by mahouts to control elephants in India by inflicting pain<br />
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Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants. The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
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  • 5th May 2014, Yamuna River, New Delhi, India. A mahout lying down on male elephant Gangaram at the handler's camp, with an iron bull-hook to hand, as the animal lies on its side exposing the cracked soles of its feet, New Delhi, India on the 5th May 2014<br />
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Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants.The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
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  • 12th February 2015, Mathura, India. A banned ankle chain used by elephant handlers in India to tether and inflict pain on elephants, on show at the Elephant Care and Conservation Centre, run by Wildlife SOS, Mathura, India on the 12th February 2015.<br />
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Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants. The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
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  • 21st August 2014, Yamuna River, New Delhi, India. A bas-relief representation of the Hindu deity Ganesha near a shrine on the banks of the Yamuna River, New Delhi, India on the 21st August 2014. In Hinduism the elephant-headed god Ganesh, the remover of obstacles, is invoked before every new endeavour and is particularly revered by all Hindus. <br />
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Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants.The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
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  • 2nd September 2014, Yamuna River, New Delhi, India. An elephant ridden by handlers and a Hindu devotee carrying a Ganesh idol for immersion walks near the Yamuna River on the 5th day of the Ganesh Chaturthi religious festival at the Yamuna River, New Delhi, India on the 2nd September 2014. Devotees pay for the elephant to carry the idol into the river as its seen to be auspicious<br />
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Ganesh Chaturthi is the Hindu festival celebrated in honour of the god Ganesha, the elephant-headed, remover of obstacles and the god of beginnings and wisdom.<br />
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Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants. The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
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  • 6th September 2014, New Delhi, India. An elephant handler assesses his work of decorating his elephant for an Indian wedding as a street sweeper walks by, at New Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi, India on the 6th September 2014<br />
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Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants. The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
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  • 1st May 2014, Yamuna River, New Delhi, India. A mahout throws a bundle of grass towards a tethered elephant in the late afternoon while another relaxes on a bench near a bridge over the Yamuna River, New Delhi, India on the 1st May 2014<br />
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Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants. The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
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  • 11th October 2013, Floating vegetable market on the Dal Lake in Srinagar, Kashmir on the 11th October 2013<br />
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  • 29th August 2014, Sarojini Nagar, New Delhi, India. Female elephant Gulabo ridden by her handler leads a  Sidhi Budhi Vinayaka procession through the streets as a firework goes off, near the Sree Vinayaka Mandir in New Delhi, India on the 29th August 2014 as part of the Ganesh Chaturthi religious festival<br />
<br />
Ganesh Chaturthi is the Hindu festival celebrated in honour of the god Ganesha, the elephant-headed, remover of obstacles and the god of beginnings and wisdom.<br />
<br />
Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants. The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
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PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE + 91 98103 99809<br />
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  • 11th September 2014, Yamuna River, New Delhi, India. Elephant handlers wait-out a monsoon shower inside their lean-to shelter near the ITO bridge in New Delhi, India on the 11th September 2014<br />
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Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants. The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
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  • 9th May 2014, Yamuna River, New Delhi, India. A handler leads female elephant Ganchal by pulling her ear on an island in the Yamuna River, New Delhi, India on the 9th May 2014<br />
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Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants. The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
<br />
PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
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  • 4th September 2014, New Delhi, India. An elephant loaded with fodder and a handler crosses a busy road as a cyclist clasps his hand to his chest in homage, New Delhi, India on the 4th September 2014. Elephants are revered in India due to their enshrinement in many and various religious traditions and beliefs. <br />
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Elephant owners (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive by giving rides to passers by and hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants. The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
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PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
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  • 25th May 2014, Yamuna River, New Delhi, India. An elephant handler folds his clothes on a small island in the Yamuna river in New Delhi, India on the 25th May 2014<br />
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Elephant owners (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive by giving rides to passers by and hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants. The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
<br />
PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
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  • 4th September 2014, New Delhi, India. An elephant loaded with fodder pillaged from the city's trees is ridden by a handler across a busy road as a passing cyclist clasps his hand to his chest in veneration, New Delhi, India on the 4th September 2014. Elephants are revered in India due to their enshrinement in many and various religious traditions and beliefs. <br />
<br />
Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants. The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
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PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE + 91 98103 99809<br />
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  • 12th February 2015, Mathura, India. A display board of banned tools used by elephant handlers in India: spiked ankle chains used to tether and bullhooks (known as 'ankush') to inflict pain on elephants, at the Elephant Care and Conservation Centre, run by Wildlife SOS, Mathura, India on the 12th February 2015.<br />
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Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants. The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
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PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE, a photographer in Delhi<br />
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  • 6th September 2014, New Delhi, India. An elephant handler decorates his elephant for an Indian wedding while a boy swings on a vine behind at New Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi, India on the 6th September 2014<br />
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Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants.<br />
The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
<br />
PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE + 91 98103 99809<br />
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Photographer in Delhi
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  • Workers dismantle a chunk of ship on a beach turned into a ship-breaking yard, in Chittagong, Bangladesh, 12th December 2006.<br />
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Chittagong’s ship-breaking yards in Bangladesh are the second largest shipbreaking operation in the world after India. At high tide vessels are driven at full speed up onto one of the world's longest and now most polluted beaches. Here, half of the world's supertankers are hacked and torn apart by an army of workers using blowtorches, sledgehammers and plain brute force. The number of accidents and casualties at the yard is believed to be the highest in the region. Workers cut steel plates continuously without eye protection. Many don't wear uniforms, protective gloves or boots. However, Bangladesh is dependent on shipbreaking for its domestic steel requirements and the industry employs, directly or indirectly, an estimated 100,000 Bangladeshis.<br />
<br />
In recent years shipbreaking has become an issue of major environmental concern. <br />
Shipbreaking yards in developing nations like Bangladesh have lax or no environmental controls, enabling large quantities of highly toxic materials to escape into the environment causing serious health problems among shipbreakers and the local population. Environmental campaign groups such as Greenpeace have made the issue a high priority for their campaigns. <br />
PHOTOGRAPH BY SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
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  • 25th May 2014, Yamuna River, New Delhi, India. An elephant ridden by a handler walks on the Yamuna Bank near a bridge at dusk in New Delhi, India on the 25th May 2014<br />
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Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants. The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
<br />
PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
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  • 29th August 2014, Sarojini Nagar, New Delhi, India. Female elephant Gulabo ridden by her handler leads a  Sidhi Budhi Vinayaka procession through the streets as a firework goes off, near the Sree Vinayaka Mandir in New Delhi, India on the 29th August 2014 as part of the Ganesh Chaturthi religious festival<br />
<br />
Ganesh Chaturthi is the Hindu festival celebrated in honour of the god Ganesha, the elephant-headed, remover of obstacles and the god of beginnings and wisdom.<br />
<br />
Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants.The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
<br />
PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
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  • 28th August 2014, Yamuna River, New Delhi, India. A male elephant tethered by a rope and a shackle with spikes inside under a bridge crossing the Yamuna River, New Delhi, India on the 28th August 2014<br />
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Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants. The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
<br />
PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
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  • 6th May 2014, Yamuna River, New Delhi, India. A handler stands on one of three elephants in the Yamuna River and beats it with a bamboo stick, New Delhi, India on the 6th May 2014. <br />
Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants. living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
<br />
PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
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  • Workers pass in front of Canadian ship on a beach turned into a ship-breaking yard, in Chittagong, Bangladesh, 12th December 2006.<br />
<br />
Chittagong’s shipbreaking yards in Bangladesh are the second largest shipbreaking operation in the world after India. At high tide vessels are driven at full speed up onto one of the world's longest and now most polluted beaches. Here, half of the world's supertankers are hacked and torn apart by an army of workers using blowtorches, sledgehammers and plain brute force. The number of accidents and casualties at the yard is believed to be the highest in the region. Workers cut steel plates continuously without eye protection. Many don't wear uniforms, protective gloves or boots. However, Bangladesh is dependent on shipbreaking for its domestic steel requirements and the industry employs, directly or indirectly, an estimated 100,000 Bangladeshis.<br />
<br />
In recent years shipbreaking has become an issue of major environmental concern. <br />
Shipbreaking yards in developing nations like Bangladesh have lax or no environmental controls, enabling large quantities of highly toxic materials to escape into the environment causing serious health problems among shipbreakers and the local population. Environmental campaign groups such as Greenpeace have made the issue a high priority for their campaigns. <br />
PHOTOGRAPH BY SIMON DE TREY-WHITE photographer in delhi
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  • 25th May 2014, Yamuna River, New Delhi, India. An elephant ridden by a handler walks back towards the handler's makeshift camp on the Yamuna Bank near the ITO bridge at dusk<br />
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Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants. The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
<br />
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  • Naughty pupils banished to the outdoors to study at the Greenfield Paramount School, Kusumpur Pahari Slum, near Vasant Vihar, South West Delhi, 27th November 2009<br />
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  • 14th May 2014, Yamuna River, New Delhi, India. Handlers load fodder onto the back of an elephant at dusk on an island in the Yamuna River with a Gas Turbine Power Station behind, New Delhi, India on the 14th May 2014<br />
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Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants. The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
<br />
PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
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  • 9th May 2014, Yamuna River, New Delhi, India. A handler cuts elephant fodder on an island in the Yamuna River, New Delhi, India on the 9th May 2014<br />
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Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants.The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
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  • 11th September 2014, New Delhi, India. An elephant loaded with fodder pillaged from the city's trees is ridden by handlers on a busy road in monsoon rain in New Delhi, India on the 11th September 2014<br />
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Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants.The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
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  • 29th August 2014, Sarojini Nagar, New Delhi, India. Female elephant Gulabo passes a rupee note placed in her trunk by a devotee to her handler during Gaja (elephant) pooja at the Sree Vinayaka Mandir in New Delhi, India on the 29th August 2014. <br />
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Ganesh Chaturthi is the Hindu festival celebrated in honour of the god Ganesha, the elephant-headed, remover of obstacles and the god of beginnings and wisdom.<br />
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Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants.The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
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  • 6th September 2014, New Delhi, India. Close-up of an elephant decorated for an Indian wedding at New Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi, India on the 6th September 2014<br />
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Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants. The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
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PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
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  • A chunk of ship lies on the strand at shipbreaking yard, Chittagong, Bangladesh, December 2006.<br />
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Chittagong’s shipbreaking yards in Bangladesh are the second largest shipbreaking operation in the world after India. At high tide vessels are driven at full speed up onto one of the world's longest and now most polluted beaches. Here, half of the world's supertankers are hacked and torn apart by an army of workers using blowtorches, sledgehammers and plain brute force. The number of accidents and casualties at the yard is believed to be the highest in the region. Workers cut steel plates continuously without eye protection. Many don't wear uniforms, protective gloves or boots. However, Bangladesh is dependent on shipbreaking for its domestic steel requirements and the industry employs, directly or indirectly, an estimated 100,000 Bangladeshis.<br />
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In recent years shipbreaking has become an issue of major environmental concern. <br />
Shipbreaking yards in developing nations like Bangladesh have lax or no environmental controls, enabling large quantities of highly toxic materials to escape into the environment causing serious health problems among shipbreakers and the local population. Environmental campaign groups such as Greenpeace have made the issue a high priority for their campaigns. <br />
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PHOTOGRAPH BY SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
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  • 12th September 2014, New Delhi, India. An elephant loaded with fodder pillaged from the city's trees is ridden by a mahout on a busy road in New Delhi, India on the 12th September 2014<br />
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Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants. The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
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PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
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email: simon@simondetreywhite.com photographer in delhi
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  • 13th August 2014, Yamuna River, New Delhi, India. An elephant handler yawns in the early morning as he guards an elephant near a bridge over the Yamuna River, New Delhi, India on the 13th August 2014<br />
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Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants. The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
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PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
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email: simon@simondetreywhite.com photographer in delhi
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  • Men with no safety gear carry steel plates cut from broken ships in a ship breaking yard in Chittagong, Bangladesh, on the 12th December 2006.<br />
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Chittagong’s ship-breaking yards in Bangladesh are the second largest shipbreaking operation in the world after India. At high tide vessels are driven at full speed up onto one of the world's longest and now most polluted beaches. Here, half of the world's supertankers are hacked and torn apart by an army of workers using blowtorches, sledgehammers and plain brute force. The number of accidents and casualties at the yard is believed to be the highest in the region. Workers cut steel plates continuously without eye protection. Many don't wear uniforms, protective gloves or boots. However, Bangladesh is dependent on shipbreaking for its domestic steel requirements and the industry employs, directly or indirectly, an estimated 100,000 Bangladeshis.<br />
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In recent years shipbreaking has become an issue of major environmental concern. <br />
Shipbreaking yards in developing nations like Bangladesh have lax or no environmental controls, enabling large quantities of highly toxic materials to escape into the environment causing serious health problems among shipbreakers and the local population. Environmental campaign groups such as Greenpeace have made the issue a high priority for their campaigns. <br />
PHOTOGRAPH BY SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
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  • 26th March 2014, Yamuna River, New Delhi, India. Three female elephants walk towards the Yamuna river in  New Delhi, India on the 26th March 2014<br />
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Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants. The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
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PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
+ 91 98103 99809<br />
email: simon@simondetreywhite.com photographer in delhi
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