“When a Camera Panes towards an adolescent Nomad Teenager”

A Tale of Nomadic Innocence

5 Dariya News (Yawar Shafi)

Srinagar 01-Sep-2015

It was a luminous Friday afternoon here in summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, On our habitual job Me and my  Photojournalist decided to execute an exceptional but accustomed story for our organization, thus we left for “Asthan Marg” Just about 23Kms away in North side of Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) situated on the top of Zabarwan hills surrounded with mountains all around. Almost 50 minutes of our journey we arrived to this place. Now we started to ascend as we glimpsed only few houses around us.  Tracking upwards we came across a small one storey house, plastered with mud looks like of an ancient period. 

While entering into the house, a little boy who’s age was just 5 years just about offered us a glass of water, he was lonely at his  home as his parents both mom and dad were on daily routine of earning livelihood and bringing essential commodities for  their solitary son. After completing our assignment and capturing some moments of this pretty boy and his house of just 2 rooms, a kitchen and a small hideaway for some cattle’s, We were on way to our office when we saw a nomad girl in taking an apple on the roadside over a huge rock, As my Photo Journo panes his camera towards her so that we might snap her facial expressions and her  life living in nomadic community, She felt shy and frequently hides her face with her scarf. It is common in Kashmir that people are still feeling shy to face the Camera or taking snap shots. The coyness of the girl reflects simplicity of nomads that still exist in this contemporary era.