22nd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Artistic
Dhobi Ghat (An Open-Air Commercial Laundry)

Dhobi Ghat is an open-air commercial laundry, usually on the bank of a waterfront, where washermen and women go to wash clothes. The image shows washed clothes being dried at a dhobi ghat on the bank of Barakar River, creating a beautifully organized pattern and symmetry, while a laundryman is standing in the middle guarding the clothes.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 09.2022
Date Uploaded: 12.2024
Photo Location: Barakar, West Bengal, India., India
Camera: NIKON D850
Copyright: © Sudipta Roy Choudhury
Awards
Photo of the Day: 11.11.25