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India in the photographer's mirror.

India in the photographer's mirror.

Rmn-Grand Palais Editions / National Museum of Asian Arts - Guimet
€13,50 €0,00
N° d'inventaire 26185
Format 14.1 x 18
Détails 96 p., numerous color illustrations, hardcover.
Publication Paris, 2019
Etat Nine
ISBN 9782711874620
Barely had the announcement of the advent of photography been made in Paris in 1839, when the British press relayed this exceptional news to major Indian cities. A decade later, Madras and Calcutta had become the hotbeds of photography's development, both technically and artistically. The fifty or so photographs published here, from the prestigious photographic collection of the Musée national des arts asiatiques - Guimet, retrace this epic journey through the eyes of great photographers such as Baker & Burke, Linnaeus Tripe, and the celebrated Samuel Bourne.
Taken mainly in northern India, these photographs of landscapes, architecture, scenes of daily life, and even people illustrate the majesty of the sites and the grandeur of Indian civilization.
Barely had the announcement of the advent of photography been made in Paris in 1839, when the British press relayed this exceptional news to major Indian cities. A decade later, Madras and Calcutta had become the hotbeds of photography's development, both technically and artistically. The fifty or so photographs published here, from the prestigious photographic collection of the Musée national des arts asiatiques - Guimet, retrace this epic journey through the eyes of great photographers such as Baker & Burke, Linnaeus Tripe, and the celebrated Samuel Bourne.
Taken mainly in northern India, these photographs of landscapes, architecture, scenes of daily life, and even people illustrate the majesty of the sites and the grandeur of Indian civilization.