__Souls of site__

photo essay 4

the workers on a construction site in Raipur, Ahmedabad and Bhosari 2012- 2016

photos by payal patel

__Souls of site__

photo essay 3

the workers on a construction site in Goa and Chennai 2011- 2015

photos by payal patel

__ arteries and veins__

Arteries and veins in a human body carry the blood to and from heart. Bones form the skeleton and skin covers it up all. The organs could be used as analogies for a building under use. Any building has all these components - services ( arteries and veins), structural system (skeleton) and facade (skin).

Its is amazing to watch the services being laid in place - the digging, chasing, tacking. So aptly and surreptitiously that one doesn't notice it until something goes amiss. Here are some images of such work in progress

@raipur 2015 by payal patel

@raipur 2015 by payal patel

@delhi 2012 by payal patel

@ Chennai 2012 by payal patel

@ bhosari 2015 by payal patel

@ raipur 2015 by payal patel

__Souls of site__

photo essay 2 

the workers on a construction site in Delhi 2011- 2012

photos by payal patel

 __ Construction Work__ 

India is a totally different place compared to other countries. The construction sites differ greatly from location to location. There are a lot of explanations and observations to this phenomenon. Relatively less developed condition, low education level, differences in culture and value, lack of exposure to the outside world, poor social security, etc. I am not going to linger on this here. In this photo essay, I have tried to capture different and interesting moments of the 'ghosts' (the construction workers) of our profession. 

Reality may not be at all pretty but this is the kind of life millions of people live in India - sometimes just a few hours away from us. 

A few images from a construction site in Chennai (2012)

__grids__

@goa 2013 by payal patel

__layers__

@bhosari 2013 by payal patel