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The walls of South India show a bewildering variety of colors and unusual often glaring color combinations; the relentless climate - hot and humid - constantly attacking the outer surface of the walls necessitating frequent repainting; political propaganda in the form of painted party symbols, posters stuck on walls, torn off, covered with new posters; walls covered top to bottom with advertising, often whole compounds taken over by one message repeated over and over in glaring colors...more »

The walls of South India show a bewildering variety of colors and unusual often glaring color combinations; the relentless climate - hot and humid - constantly attacking the outer surface of the walls necessitating frequent repainting; political propaganda in the form of painted party symbols, posters stuck on walls, torn off, covered with new posters; walls covered top to bottom with advertising, often whole compounds taken over by one message repeated over and over in glaring colors...

And then the small details: the writing on the wall, the hand prints and finger painting, the graffiti; layers upon layers of paint, peeling off, painted over, peeling off again; always messy little bits, lines with drying clothes and improvised power lines, shopping bags hung up on a nail, details that are just a little bit broken.

I just could not stop photographing those walls!
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