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between
the head and the bleeding blade
a widening wedge holding
wisdom and knowledge
salutations to the martyrs of karbala
faith as sharp as a razors edge
ya hussain a solemn pledge
MARZIYA SHAKIR YOUNGEST STREET PHOTOGRAPHER
Marziya Shakir Youngest Street Photographer Bandra
Marziya Shakir
Goodbye Uncle Rajesh Khanna Babumoshai
Goodbye Uncle Rajesh Khanna Babumoshai
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Faith As Sharp As A Razors Edge
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
The Worlds Youngest Street Photographer Marziya Shakir
The Worlds Youngest Street Photographer Marziya Shakir, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
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After Marziya Shakir, my grand daughter shot me she asked me to take her picture and this is humble tribute to a gifted street photographer just 3 year old who shoots on the Nikon D 80.
Marziya has shot the kids zanjir matam at the Guru Nanak Park Juloos.
A Shia Blogger Shot By Marziya Shakir 3 Year Old..
A Shia Blogger Shot By Marziya Shakir 3 Year Old.., originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
shot by marzya on my arrival from hussain tekri jaorah where i did chehlum ad kamazani
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
Grandfather Shot By Marziya Shakir 3 Year Old
Grandfather Shot By Marziya Shakir 3 Year Old, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
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This is my head on the following day after I had cut my head at Kurla in a Shia ritual called Kamazani .
I removed the bandage myself and cleaned my self inflicted wound wit rose water and Marzya shot this and the following pictures too.
Marziya is my 3 year old gifted grand daughter full fledged street photographer.
She shoots on the Nikon D 80.
Marziya Shakir Shoots On Nikon D 80
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Here she must have hit the trigger giving birth to all the following images.. my Nikon D 80 is not in the best of health and physique and I am too broke to buy a new camera and lens..
Aiee Shot By Marziya Shakir 3 Year Old
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Aiee means mother in Marathi.
Thats what both Marziya and I call her .. with respect and with devotion for her station in life.
She stays at Chinchpokli road Bandra
I have been shooting her for a long time now but we hardly talk , she smiles considers me mad shooting her pictures , but when Marziya held the camera in her hand and took this shot she realized perhaps , even madness gives birth to creativity.. whether Marziya is a product of my street madness I dont know,but Marziya at 3 years makes me unlearn photography, from a manual which is not written by any eminent photographer.
I taught Marziya to hold the camera when she was very young, and camera etiquette , Marziya will never take the camera without placing the strap around her fragile neck, and the Nikon D 80 is a heavy camera for a child.
I made Marziya take the next few shots too , and she does it with a passion that is clearly from within the soul of the camera.
Marziya at times is very impulsive , she likes to shoot pictures when sh is in a mood, otherwise she refuses to take the camera in her hand.
Even when she stands before my camera I have to ask her , or she will turn her face or howl at me, so she knows when to stop and when to begin .
Every morning she wears my Press Card , when we go down to the bazar to pick up the newspapers , she shoots the Desi Murgiwala , or we come back home , without shooting anything.
Marziya does not get intimidated by crowds that gather around her when she shoots she just looks through them, she sees what she has shot avidly on my lap top, but most of the time I show her pictures I shot when she was born, 11900 on my Flickr stream, she has only seen a few and she knows the chubby kid is her, she will tell me proudly Dada that is me.
So I teach my elder sons daughter Marziya Shakir the art of living in peace with a camera, mans gift to Humanity.
And I want Marziya Shakir to be able to see life and shoot good pictures , and here photography is a means to an end not for money fame or iconic glory.
After seeing some of the shit that I come across in newspapers I think Marziya is million light years away from the way they handle their high end cameras.
And Marziya Shakir has her own Nikon D 80 a present from her Guru her Godfather Dr Glenn Losack MD of Manhattan New York.. in a way Glenn is my Guru too..
The first lesson in photography Marziya learnt is humility , she kissed the hand of the Marathi lady Aiee after she has taken all the shots.
And than I shot them both together.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Monday, January 17, 2011
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Grandfather Shot By Marziya Shakir 3 Year
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I have just entered my house , face cleaned head bandaged , I had gone to shoot my dear friend Pappu Bhais Kurla Juloos 2011 , this is one juloos I try not to miss if I am in Mumbai , as this was the juloos I shot with my American friend mentor Dr Glenn Losack MD .. and the Shias cant forget this kindly American man , who shot our Shia angst, our pain that we call Ghame Hussain.
I saw the guys cutting their heads Kamazani this evening and with my camera round my neck I grabbed a long dagger leaping into the air I did Tandav on the Soul of Shimr my dance of Death..
My bleeding would not stop, but the JUST guys did a great job, cleaning it with rose water , and doing the needful..
I came home and Marziiya said Dada you have done Kama and shot this picture ,, Marziya is 3 year old the worlds youngest street photographer who shoots like a professional on the Nikon D 80..
This is my humble introduction to Pappu Bhais juloos with 17 Zujanas taboots alams ...and the Shias of Mumbai in the forefront.
The Worlds Youngest Street Photographer Marziya Shakir
Camera Nikon D 80
Age 3 Years
Shooting pictures since the age of 2 hand held..
Teacher Dr Glenn Losack MD Manhattan New York
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