A Way Into India -

A Way Into India

Raghubir Singh (Fotograf)

Buch | Hardcover
128 Seiten
2002
Phaidon Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7148-4211-0 (ISBN)
39,95 inkl. MwSt
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The last project of one of the 20th-century's finest documentary photographers.
Raghubir Singh (1942-99) was one of the twentieth century's finest documentary photographers. Born in Rajasthan, India, he won an international reputation, publishing over a dozen books, all on various aspects of his homeland.

A Way Into India was his last great photographic project and is a testament to his love affair with the sights, sounds and colours of India, but also with one of its most unexpected icons - the Ambassador car. Continuously in production in India since 1957, the Ambassador is everywhere to be seen, in all possible guises - from delivery van to diplomatic limousine - and has become quintessentially Indian.

Travelling back and forth across the country, Singh reveals India through the windows of the Ambassador. Temples and tourists, monsoon rains, paddy fields, tea plantations and elephants are dramatically framed by the Ambassador's distinctive curves. The old and the new sit side by side, as Singh and the Ambassador show us a way into India.

Raghubir Singh (1942-1999) is considered by many to have been one of the twentieth century's finest colour documentary photographers. Born in Rajasthan, his work is in the permanent collections of a number of major museums, including The Art Institute of Chicago, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography. His many publications include books on Kerala, Rasjasthan, Bombay and the Ganges. River of Colour, also published by Phaidon, is the first ever published retrospective of his work.

Introduction by Raghubir Singh; 108 colour photographs; Afterword by John Baldessari

Erscheint lt. Verlag 15.5.2002
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 270 x 189 mm
Gewicht 820 g
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Fotokunst
Natur / Technik Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe Auto / Motorrad
Reisen Bildbände Asien
ISBN-10 0-7148-4211-7 / 0714842117
ISBN-13 978-0-7148-4211-0 / 9780714842110
Zustand Neuware
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