1961 January - India. Ooticamund [now Udhagamandalam], Tamil Nadu state. Tea picking in the Nilgiri Hills. At an altitude of just over 7000 feet the Nilgiris and 'Ooty' rivalled Simla [now Shimla] in the Himalayan foothills. Many British tea planters settled there and the plush Ooticamund Club offered a haven from the humid heat of the coast. On my journey with the University Expedition we were given 'tea at the Club' by the last of the long time planters.

Camera - MPP Microflex Twin Lens Reflex with F3.5 77.5mm Taylor Taylor Hobson lens - yellow filter 1x. Film Kodak Verichrome Pan at F8 - 1/300 second. Developed by hand in Colombo, Ceylon using May and Baker Promicrol at normal dilution.

Negative India 61/31 © Tony Morrison