Photographer: Lindsay Hebberd, Scottsdale, Arizona Image Title: Holi Festival Category Runner-Up: Indigenous Cultures   Technical Details: Nikon F3, 85mm f/1.4 IF ED lens, Fuji Provia 100 ASA film Location: Uttar Pradesh, India Description: The photo was taken from the rooftop of the temple, still within reach of jets of water. Holi, the 'festival of color,' is a lively celebration when normally strict social mores are relaxed. Symbolically reenacting the playful god Krishna's habit of tossing buckets of water on passing milkmaids, Holi is an occasion when no individual out in public is safe from being pelted with colored powder and dyed water. It is celebrated throughout India for a period of three days, except in the region of Uttar Pradesh, where the god is believed to have lived. There, the festival lasts for a week and takes on exceptional exuberance. Notice the woman pulling on a man's hair. He pitched a bucket of water in her face and tried to run but was slowed by the crowd and she caught up with him to exact revenge! This scene was photographed for the 'Religion' section of Hebberd's "Cultural Portraits of India" book and photo exhibition.   Lindsay Hebberd, an internationally acclaimed photographer, publisher and producer of educational photographic exhibitions, spends the majority of each year documenting distinctive cultures, traditions and environments around the world. For the past 18 years she has worked on assignments and on her own series of books and exhibitions on various countries. Her work is published regularly in magazines and books, especially in the areas of travel and the arts. Hebberd's photography is represented by the stock agencies Corbis (Seattle) and Woodfin Camp & Associates (New York City).   Hebberd produced two large solo photographic exhibitions, "Cultural Portraits of Indonesia" and "Cultural Portraits of India" and CPP, Inc. tours these non-profit educational exhibitions to museums and large galleries in the USA and abroad. She also conducts Creative Art Workshops with children as a way for them to express what they have learned through Hebberd's photos and text about the different cultures. Please visit her web site to see sample photos and the children's art.   Lindsay Hebberd Cultural Portraits Productions, Inc. (CPP, Inc.) Phone: 702-614-6673, 480-661-8271 or 702-610-2723 E-mail: lensee@aiol.com Web: www.culturalportraits.com     Return to 2003 Galleries | Return to 2003 Indigenous Cultures Gallery     Home | Contact Us | Copyright