In the fall of 2000 and 2001, I traveled to Mysore, India. While in South India, I had the opportunity to continue photographing at night. I used the opportunity, and process, as a way to compare cultures. As I worked, I initially sought Iowa nights in Indian nights, looking for the details, searching for the mundane to redefine itself. I discovered a riot of life and decay, where every truth must be qualified. My growing understanding of the richness and depth of Indian life and myth became a participant. I was no longer controlling every aspect of the photographic frame. Instead, I let go and invited chance to happen. I sought to open myself to India. Through the filter of darkness, under the spotlight of streetlights, society’s mundane--its ills, and outcastes redefined themselves.