Rajasthan, India; 1983; INDIA-1021.

“McCurry cites this picture in the workshops he holds around the world. The lesson, he says, is this: ‘you cant get hung up on what you think your “real” destination is. The journey is just as important.’ McCurry made this picture while on a highway heading somewhere else in India. He had been stopped by a severe dust storm. Looking out of his car windows, he saw these road workers near Rajasthan, huddled together against the elements. ‘You have to be prepared and open to what you are seeing along the way. And then to stop and make the picture.'” – Phaidon 55

I was in a beat-up taxi traveling through the desert to a town called Jaisalmer on the India-Pakistan border. It was in June, and as hot s the planet ever gets.The rains had failed in this part of Rajasthan for the past thirteen years. I wanted to capture something of the mood of anticipation before the monsoon. As we drove down the road, we saw a dust storm grow -a typical event before the monsoon breaks. For th