India: Pioneering Photographers 1850-1900

Author: John Falconer

Publisher: The British Library (2002)

Binding: Paperback, 144 pages

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An important exhibition catalogue and source of information by the Curator of photographs at the India Office Library and one of the most reputable and informative writers in the field.

After the public announcement of the invention of the camera in 1839, photography spread swiftly round the world, and by the early 1850s the medium had become well-established in the Indian subcontinent. In a land characterized by the variety and splendour of its architecture and landscapes, and the diversity of its people and customs, India offered the photographic artist an unsurpassed range of subject matter. Drawn from the collections of The British Library, and Howard and Jane Ricketts, this work is illustrated with some of the finest photographs produced in India during the latter half of the 19th century, many never previously reproduced.