Photography in Colonial India. Edwards, S. Renata Dohman ed, Empire and Art: British India, Manchester University Press, January, 2017. ![Photography in Colonial India [link]](https://bibbase.org/img/filetypes/link.svg "link")
Paper abstract bibtex Photography appeared in India almost immediately after the invention was announced in Europe. In 1839, photography was discussed at the Asiatic Society in Calcutta and the Bombay Times carried a long account of the photographic process invented by the French artist and photographer Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre. The following year photographs were on display in Calcutta and, according to one newspaper report, portraits were being taken in Bengal. The Photographic Society of Bombay (PSB) was founded in 1854 (of its 13 founder members, three were Indian) and by 1855 had 250 members. Other societies of the same type soon developed in Calcutta and Madras. Initially, these groups were the preserve of gentlemanly amateurs; the Bombay society, for example, produced a publication entitled Indian Amateurs’ Photographic Album (1856–58). However, before long, professionals from Britain started to travel to India to undertake camera tours, producing images for a range of clients: the colonial administration, the press, the British middle class (in both India and in the UK) and elite Indian patrons. Indians also began to work as photographers. Towards the end of the nineteenth century, when photographic technology became cheaper and easier to use, more and more amateurs recorded their experiences in albums of pictures.
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title = {Photography in {Colonial} {India}},
url = {https://www.academia.edu/40325990/Photography_in_Colonial_India},
abstract = {Photography appeared in India almost immediately
after the invention was announced in Europe. In
1839, photography was discussed at the Asiatic Society in Calcutta and the Bombay Times carried a long account of the photographic process invented by the French artist and photographer Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre. The following year photographs were on display in Calcutta and, according to one newspaper report, portraits were being taken in Bengal. The Photographic Society of Bombay (PSB) was founded in 1854 (of its 13 founder members, three were Indian) and by 1855 had 250 members. Other societies of the same type soon developed in Calcutta and Madras. Initially, these groups were the preserve of gentlemanly
amateurs; the Bombay society, for example, produced a publication entitled Indian Amateurs’ Photographic Album (1856–58). However, before long, professionals from Britain started to travel to India to undertake camera tours, producing images for a range of clients: the colonial administration, the press, the British middle class (in both India and in the UK) and elite Indian patrons. Indians also began to work as photographers. Towards the end of the nineteenth century, when photographic technology became cheaper and easier to use, more and more amateurs recorded their experiences in albums of pictures.},
urldate = {2024-08-02},
journal = {Renata Dohman ed, Empire and Art: British India, Manchester University Press},
author = {Edwards, Steve},
month = jan,
year = {2017},
keywords = {Bombay, Calcutta, Colonial India, French Artist, Photography, Technology},
}
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