Comments on: Music Man of Jaipur by Sam W Stearman

By: Deborah Flowers

Deborah Flowers — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:53:57 +0000

Definitely a ‘Pro’ Shot! I love everything about it! Colours, low angle, perspective…
elementally it’s a fabulouis image.

By: Lester

Lester — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:34:07 +0000

An old local musician man, mixed and deep-rooting in its own environment.

By: renee

renee — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:15:00 +0000

very interesting shot!

By: Photos by Nik

Photos by Nik — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:15:23 +0000

A great contrasting shot

By: mike

mike — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:14:37 +0000

Very cool.

By: Su

Su — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:05:12 +0000

I regularly look at this guys sight, such lovely shots.

By: sreekumar

sreekumar — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:10:27 +0000

Instrument is Ravanhasta, some times (incorrectly) called as Sarangi!

Ravanhasta is the most important instrument in the folk music of Rajasthan. Probably the ancestor of violin, It is of a very simple construction.

One starts by taking a half coconut shell and covering it with a membrane; this forms the resonator. This resonator is penetrated by a length of bamboo; this forms the neck of the instrument. This length of bamboo has a number of tuning pegs attached to it. The strings attach directly to these tuning pegs and then pass over a bridge which rests on the taught membrane of the resonator. Finally these strings terminate at the other end. The ravanhasta is then played with a bow of horsehair…

By: Su

Su — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:54:52 +0000

I think the instrument may be a sarod, I loved this image.

By: Varanasi

Varanasi — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:52:58 +0000

Lovely. I wonder what he is looking at. The hues are so vibrant!

By: a.

a. — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:34:23 +0000

“Hey mister music man, play a song for me. In that jingle jangle morning I come following you.”
While those were more or less Bob’s words, they reminded me of this man quite a bit.