Vel festival - Black & White series (10)

Posted by Jeremie (Brooklyn, New York, United States) on 24 August 2008 in Lifestyle & Culture.

Hung with hooks in the skin of the back, those bold young Hindu men are made swung for the greatest pleasure of the by-standers... beyond pain!

For general comment on Vel festival, meeting point on 15th of July...

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Nikon D200
1/1000 second
F/5.6
ISO 400
27 mm (35mm equiv.)

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