ONCE UPON A TIME INDIA

The great photographers who made history for their portraits of the sleepy world of colonial India are mainly Samuel Bourne, Scowen, Murray, Klier, Beato. A quick overview on their works and those attributed to them refer to the relentless pursuit of the originals now in conditions to be considered as borderline about their presentability. This does not detract anything from the importance of the historic origin the “Asian Reportage Photography” based on the exhibition of the albumin originals next to the copies from which they are drawn. The exhibition aims to satisfy two different and perfectly compatible ways in order to take advantage of the importance and fascination of these pictures. A unique picture of the colonial world with the photographer’s effort to document the world. A winning combination where the didactic need is dominant for those who want to know, imagine and travel with pictures of the world that has been frozen by the click of the photographer and soon after it will not be the same.

Udaipur's maharaja Bhupal Singh and his trophy -  India 1991 - © Carlo SaccoAlbumen. Avenue of Trees. Colombo, Ceylon - Attributed to W.L.H. SkeenAlbumen. Bridge of Boats. Colombo, Ceylon - Scowen 1890Albumen. Benares - Possibly Bourne 1870 caAlbumen. Fishing Boats - Ceylon - Scowen 1890Albumen. Peradenya Garden. Kandy, Ceylon - Attributed to W.H.L. SkeenAlbumen. Fakir - T.A. Rust 1880Albumen. Dancing women, Burma - Photographer unknown 1880Albumen. Akbar's Tomb, Gateway of Sikandra - Bourne 1880Albumen. Akbar's Tomb, Sikandra - Possibly Bourne 1858-1862Countrymen near waterpump. Photographer Unknown. Albumen ca.1890Albumen. Fakir - T.A. Rust 1880Albumen. Galle Face, Colombo, Ceylon - Photographer unknownAlbumen. Humayumb's Tomb, Delhi - Photographer Unknown 1890Albumen. Pulney Hills, Nilgiris, South India - Photographer unknownAlbumen. Rangoon, view from Cantonment Gardens - Murray 1870Albumen. Shah Hamadan Mushid, Srinagar - Bourne 1860 caAlbumen. Taj Mahal, Agra - Possibly Bourne or Rust 1880 caMohamed Akbar Alì Khan - Photographer unknown 1932Silver Print. British Child, Rangoon, Burma - P.Klier 1890 caSilver Print. Khyber Pass, border between Afganistan and IndiaSilverprint. British Soldier, India - Bourne and Shepherd 1880Silverprint. Sikkim Himalayas, Mount Kanchenjunga near Darjeeling 1900 caVisit Card. Mrs.Vincent, Bombay India - Photographers Bourne and Shepherd
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