Photography in India A Visual History from the 1850s to the Present-Prestel

This book explores the history of photography in India from the 1850s to today, covering over a century of trends and political, artistic, and societal movements. It covers colonial and early Indian images, photojournalism, foreign reportage, social documentary, modernism, contemporary art, and the current art scene. The book highlights leading Indian photographers, lesser-known artists, street, architecture, and landscape photography, and how today’s leading Indian photographers hark back to their predecessors over a century ago.