The ballet of water carriers dressed in shimmering colors and with a haughty bearing. Hans Silvester highlights the beauty of these women and his eye, like a radar of beauty, knows how to translate the elegance and the light of the desert.

The first time Hans Silvester went to India, it was not a complete success. Attacked by the misery, the overcrowded and grey cities, he swore he would never return. In the mid-1970s, he broke his promise and discovered the Thar Desert in Rajasthan. He went there about ten times in 3 years to better understand this modest people. It is thanks to his empathy, his patience and his emotional intelligence that he gained the trust of these "princesses of the desert" and was able to tame the light of this country.

Retour De Voyage selected this photograph for the elegance, dignity and grace of these desert princesses.