Pune Camp
Colonial-era arcades, old bakeries and shopfronts that have not been redesigned in decades — a place to photograph buildings and the light under them.
- Late afternoon and the hour before sunset, when the sun reaches under the arcades.
- East of the river, centred on MG Road. Easy to reach and easy to park compared with the old city.
- 2 walks · 2 photographs
Camp is the cantonment, and it is built differently from the peths: wider streets, deep arcades along the shopfronts, and a lot of architecture that has been left alone. The arcades are the photographic feature. They throw a hard edge of shade across the pavement, and people walk in and out of it all day.
MG Road and the lanes off it hold the old bakeries and tailors. Signage here is worth a walk on its own — hand-painted, faded, and often older than the shop behind it.
Late afternoon is when the arcades do the most. The sun gets low enough to reach under them, and the columns start throwing long shapes down the pavement.
Pul Gate at the other end is busier and less tidy, which is a compliment.
What there is to photograph
- Arcades and the hard shade they throw
- Old bakeries, tailors and their hand-painted signage
- Colonial-era facades along MG Road
- People walking through the edge of shade
- Pul Gate, for something busier
Just random
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- What is worth photographing in Pune Camp?
- The arcades and the old shopfronts. Camp was built as a cantonment, so it has wide streets, deep colonnades and a lot of unrenovated architecture — including bakeries and tailors with hand-painted signage older than the businesses.