Barbers of India he photos in this Journal are from a recent trip to India where I focused on Barbers. I photographed 68 barbers from Kashmir in the north to as far as Mumbai. The choice to do barbers was simply a fascination with humans love of hair and my own hair loss.

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Rustic charm meets a brand new hair style as this barber grooms his subject with the precision of a surgeon. Huts like this are a common place for barbers and often a community of five or six barbers huts can be seen, with all the barbers sharing banter and trade between them.

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A young barber freshly shaves a wiser yet trusting customer as the medley of mirrors battle for reflections. Young barbers are common in India and the trade is seen as a sociable and respectable position among India's classes.

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Barbers of India he photos in this Journal are from a recent trip to India where I focused on Barbers. I photographed 68 barbers from Kashmir in the north to as far as Mumbai. The choice to do barbers was simply a fascination with humans love of hair and my own hair loss.

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