Real World

Exhibitions at galleries and museums, open to the public.

Views of Kabul

Surgeons of Kabul
Believe it or not, John Burke's photographs are on view in an exhibition in Kabul more than a century after they were shot. Organized in association with Simon Norfolk and the Tate Modern in London, it features Burke's work as well as that of four contemporary photographers of the city: Nasratullah Ansari, Simon Norfolk, Fardin Waizi and M. Hassan Zakizadeh. March 6-28, 2011.

Through the Colonial Lens: Photographs of 19th and 20th Century India

Samuel Bourne, Kutub Minar
A new exhibition at the Pacific Asia Museum includes works in private collections and features Samuel Bourne, Lala Deen Dayal, Edward Lyon and John Murray. Curated by Bridget Bray. February 3 - Sept 4, 2011.Read more

Raja Deen Dayal The Studio Archives from the IGNCA

Raja Deen Dayal
An exhibition curated by Jyotindra Jain and Pramod Kumar KG at the Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts in New Delhi from November 19, 2010 through Feb. 28, 2011 featuring the work of India's most prominent 19th century photographer.Read more

John Claude White's Early Photographs of Sikkim and Bhutan

John Claude White
John Claude White (1853-1918) was the earliest photographer of many Himalayan regions, and exhibition at the Rubin Museum in New York City until January 11, 2011 is the first to examine the works of this British civil servant. Raj photography aficionadas know that he was one of the most extraordinary photographers to have worked in the subcontinent.Read more

Historic Delhi: Early Explorations of the Camera

Chandini Chowk, Samuel Bourne, 1860s
An exciting new exhibition is showing at the National Gallery of Art in Delhi from October 1, 2010 until November 7, 2010. Based on images from the Alkazi Collection of Photography, it covers early photography of the city, with images by Bourne & Shepherd, the many darbars in the early part of the 20th century and beyond. This is probably the first comprehensive photographic exhibition of works on India's capital.

The Marshall Albums - Photography and Archaeology

Marshall album
An exhibition to coincide with the publication of a book by the same name by the Alkazi Foundation for the Arts, edited by Sudeshna Guha. It covers work by the pioneering Raj archaeologist noted for his excavations at Mohenjo-daro. The exhibition runs from Sept. 7-17 2010.

One Hundred Vintage Views of India

Bernard J Shapero Rare Books, London and Tasveer, Bangalore are pleased to present this touring exhibition, One Hundred Vintage Views of India. The collection does not by any means attempt to portray a complete group of photographs from the Indian Subcontinent during the latter part of the nineteenth century. Instead, what this show hopes to achieve is to offer a taste of the breadth and depth of this subject. The selection here offers a variety of affordable and rare early photographic prints.Read more

Samuel Bourne and Colin Murray

Temple in Gwalior Fort
Early Photography from Delhi, Agra and Rajasthan

The first in a proposed series of exhibitions highlighting the Asian Art Museum in Berlin's South Asian photography collection.Read more

The Artful Pose

Hormusji CDV back
Early Studio Photography in Mumbai 1855 - 1940

The exhibition explored the early interface between photography and art, and presented rare images of people and places in 19th century Mumbai. It took a commanding art historical view of developments in photography that closely mirrored developments in painting as it was taught at colonial art schools at the time.Read more

India Through Photography

Bourne Lucknow
Two Times, Two Photographers: Samuel Bourne - Xavier Guegan

The exhibition provides a fascinating insight into the changing face on India over the last 150 years. 'In India through Photography: Two Times, Two Photographers' Newcastle-based academic Dr Xavier Guégan compares images of modern day India with images taken in the 1860’s by the famous photographer Samuel Bourne, providing a fascinating insight into the development of visual art from colonialism to post-colonialism.'Read more

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