Mastering the lens before and after Cartier-Bresson in Pondicherry : [this publication is produced in conjunction with the Exhibition Mastering the Lens: before and after Cartier-Bresson in Pondicherry, curated and supported by Alkazi Foundation for the Arts ...]
This publication emanates from an exhibition by the same title, displayed for the first time at the Alliance Francaise de Delhi. It is an attempt to trace the development of photography and the other allied visual arts in Pondicherry spanning the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Drawn exclusively...
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Mapin Publishing u.a.
2012
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | This publication emanates from an exhibition by the same title, displayed for the first time at the Alliance Francaise de Delhi. It is an attempt to trace the development of photography and the other allied visual arts in Pondicherry spanning the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Drawn exclusively from The Alkazi Collection of Photography, at the core of this initiative is the unpublished album by renowned photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, co-founder of Magnum Photos, who visited the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in April 1950. He took the last pictures of Sri Aurobindo Ghose in the company of his spiritual companion, 'the Mother'. In addition, he meticulously penned his observations almost daily, creating a meta-text around the images, which presents a biographical and anecdotal supplement for his photographic endeavour |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 83) Catalog produced in conjunction with an exhibition curated and produced by the Alkazi Foundation for the Arts, with support of the Institut Français en Inde/ French Embassy in India and Alliance Française de Delhi |
| Beschreibung: | 83 S. überw. Ill., Kt. 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 1935677284 1-935677-28-4 8189995731 81-89995-73-1 9781935677284 978-1-935677-28-4 9788189995737 978-81-89995-73-7 |