Snap de la semaine: The Taj Mahal
The Taj Mahal is a mausoleum located in Agra, India, built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore once described the Taj Mahal as 'a teardrop in the face of eternity.' The principal mausoleum was completed in 1648 and the surrounding buildings and garden were finished five years later.
Kathryn and Daniel will post a ‘Snap de la semaine’ irregulary, but at a rate of one per week. It is an original photo not otherwise on the site—it might be fresh from our camera, a new scan of some old film, a product of our fooling around with Photoshop, or a file from the archive that we haven’t posted yet.
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Beautiful photo, I know this is odd to say but its nice that the people in it dont ruin it. Im headed there after South America and wondered if Id be able to get a decent shot. Really nicely done.
That’s not odd to say at all! There’s lots of tourists at Taj Mahal — as I’m sure you can imagine. However, its green spaces, pools avenues are expansive enough that you can usually find an unocuppied corner or angle from which to take a picture. We usually don’t go for these ‘postcard’ type shots, preferring instead tp just buy the postcard, but Taj Mahal is just one of those exceptions. It’s so beautiful, I think it impossible to take a bad photo once inside.
That is a breathtakingly beautiful photo. Nice job.
Astonishing!
Unbelievable picture! Looks like an aura of glory surrounding the top of the Taj Mahal.