People & Encounters

Chai in Amritsar

After visiting the Golden Temple, my daughter and I stopped for chai masala.

Close portrait of an older man in a knitted cap and green sweater at the tea stall.

The man serving us caught my attention, and I made a few photographs during that ordinary pause in the day.

The visit to the tea stall was brief, but his face and the encounter stayed with me.

The man facing the camera in a second portrait at the tea stall.
The man seated beside a cup, his head lowered into his hands.