Photography
157 books
The British engagement with India was an intensely visual one. Images of the subcontinent, produced by artists and travellers in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century heyday of the East India Company, reflect the increasingly important role played by the Company in Indian life. And they mirror significant shifts in British policy and attitudes towards India.
The Company’s story is one of wealth, power, and the pursuit of profit. It changed what people ...
The ‘sepoy revolt’ was among the first fully photographed wars in the history of documentary photography in India. This volume offers multiple perspectives on the ‘Ghadar’ or Uprising of 1857, and deconstructs the grand narratives associated with colonial historiography. Using rare archival photographs from the Alkazi Collection, together with supplementary visual material, these essays re-evaluate the ‘evidence’ and official ...
Lord Hastings’s journal of his travel from Calcutta to the Punjab in 1814-1815, accompanied by watercolour illustrations by Sita Ram, records the events and views of this journey in more than 200 large paintings. Though Sita Ram’s picturesque paintings were a sharp departure from the accurate ‘Company’ views of Indian monuments, they nonetheless revealed his eye for architectural detail.
Taking the readers along as part of Lord ...
In The Shadow of Gaurishanker portrays the changes seen in Dolakha district in eastern Nepal over the past 40years. The photographs in colour and back & white take us back to vanishing traditions, costumes and knowledge, and the struggles of the hill people on their way to a better future. Roads, forests and potatoes are the main drivers behind these immense changes, and were only possible throught the joint eddorts of the local people, government forces, and ...
Rajas and maharajas from all over the British Indian Empire congregated in Delhi to attend the great Delhi Durbar of 1911. A new capital city was born—New Delhi. Soon after, the princely states came up with elaborate palaces in the “new” Imperial capital—Hyderabad House, Baroda House, Jaipur House, Bikaner House, Patiala House, to name a few.
Why did the British government allot prime land to the princely states and how? How did the ...
A journey through the elements of Himalayan style .Examples of architecture, sacred spaces amd interiors found in the regions of Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, and India .Features a foreword by acclaimed Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman Photographer Thomas L. Kelly and author Claire Burkert present a journey through the elements of Himalayan style focusing on the regions of Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, and India. The spirit of the place is portrayed in the stupas, chaityas, and ...
Udaipur was one of the earliest places to record the appearance of a camera in India. Used first at the Court of Mewar during the reign of Maharana Bhim Singh (reigned 1778-1828), the camera was used to collect and preserve pictures. The photographic collections of the House of Mewar constitute a significant private archive that sheds light on the period of the rule of the Mewars in India under the British. This volume introduces the collection in its entirety, ...
This is a tribute to the city of Jodhpur. It traces its history, culture, art and architecture in order to celebrate its heritage through pictures and some articles. It provides an account of its royalty and the beautiful forts and temples that form the cultural and religious heritage of the city. It covers glorious incidents of Mewar that highlight the glory and traditions of the Rathores, recounting legends and incidents relating to royal history and tales of ...
Famous photographer Aloke Mitra here presents the life and musical journey of one of India’s most cherished musicians, Ravi Shankar (1920- 2012) . The volume, a photographical tribute to the man and his genius, captures the life of the artist before he acquired fame and shows readers his continuing significance even after his death. It chronicles the inspiring story of how he achieved the status of India’s top sitarist, taking the Indian instrument to ...
The volume showcases the legend that was Satyajit Ray in black and white pictures. It is a fascinating pictorial study of the celluloid maestro. With an exclusive testimonial from Mrinal Sen, ace photographer, Aloke Mitra, here uses his exceptional sense of perception to capture wonderful images of the artiste at work. He presents an array of images that range from the candid to the serene and the contemplative, from the private moments of the filmmaker to scenes ...
