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Hapgood, Susan (Author). Early Bombay Photography, 2015 | 00801958

Hapgood, Susan (Author). Early Bombay Photography. Ahmedabad: Mapin Publishing, 2015 | Authored Book | Photography | 00801958
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Susan Hapgood (Author)
TitleEarly Bombay Photography
Document TypeAuthored Book
PublisherMapin Publishing, Ahmedabad
Date of Publication2015
First Edition2015
Pages144 | ills. 95
BindingPB
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-8189995928

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Photography Arrives

2. Narayan Daji

3. Early Publications, Ethnography, and Hurrichund Chintamon

4. Agendas, Patronage, and Clientele

5. Architecture, Archaeology, and Topographical Views

6. Industry, Trade, Transportation, and Commissions

7. In the Artistic Context: Shapoor N. Bhedwar and Pictorialism

8. Expanding Histories

Endnotes

About the Publication

Early photography flourished throughout India, with particular vigour in the city of Bombay. British colonizers and indigenous Indians were both active within just a few years of the medium’s invention. Long before the invention... Read More

About the Author

Susan Hapgood is an art historian and curator based in New York who lived in Mumbai from 2010–2014. She was the inaugural visiting professor of curatorial studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, founding director of the Mumbai Art... Read More