Getting ready to submit to the Lenswork Seeing in Sixes book project. Here are the images I’m considering.
Top Contenders
Red sandstone and white marble paving stones on the courtyard surrounding the mausoleum platform.
At the foot of the outer wall of the mausoleum
Detail of a marble bas relief panel
On the east side of the platform below the mausoleum
In the courtyard in front of the mosque
Entrance to the Moti Masjid, inside the Red Fort complex.
On the Moti Masjid, Red Fort, Old Delhi
Other Candidates
The dado panels along the inside and outside of the mausoleum building are covered in bas relief carvings of flowers. All kinds of different flowers are depicted, usually uncut and growing out of a mound of earth.
Detail of a marble bas relief panel
Inside the mausoleum building.
In the courtyard around the mausoleum building
In the Guest House, to the east of the mausoleum building
In the Guest House, to the east of the mausoleum building
In the Guest House, to the east of the mausoleum building. These floral bas-relief panels are similar to those inside the mausoleum, but made in red sandstone instead of marble.
In the Guest House, to the east of the mausoleum building. Every surface you can see has some kind of decoration on it.
In the Guest House, to the east of the mausoleum building
In the Guest House, to the east of the mausoleum building
Looking down the length of the Guest House
In the Guest House, to the east of the mausoleum building
In the Guest House, to the east of the mausoleum building
Paving stones in the eastern courtyard
Looking down the east side of the mausoleum platform from the northeast corner
In the Mosque building
The Mosque at the Taj Mahal continues to be used for worship; this is why the Taj is closed to visitors on Fridays. Here in the prayer space, you can see the spaces for each worshipper marked out on the floor.
On the way into the fort
The row of scrolls supports the chhajja, which is the hindi name for the eaves that project out over the arches.
In all probability, this was a drain. But isn’t it more fun to think of it as a cat door?
On the Naubat Khana, or Elephant Gate, which is between the Chhatta Chowk and the main Hall of Public Audiences. This is where visitors would have dismounted from their elephants.
Diwan-i-Am, Red Fort, Old Delhi
Diwan-i-Am, Red Fort, Old Delhi