Saturday, January 17, 2009

# 1228 : step-well


ahmedabad, gujarat, india. december 2005
krvia : 2nd yr : 12 on 12 seminar at cept

at the step-well at adalaj. my first experience of this particular architectural typology, that mixes an every-day water-fetching chore with religion and provides facilities for traders enroute. a fabulous play of light and shadow, along with perception of depth and three dimensional vistas makes this quite an enthralling experience. more about this particular step well here
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this number actually had a video under it, and the posted pic is a still from the video. hence the pixelated quality.

1288 : picked by maitri shah : for being the time at the moment she commented
photo-number range: 00001 - 13665

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