Title & Author:

Mastering the lens : before and after Cartier-Bresson in Pondicherry / introductions by H.E. Mr François Richier and E. Alkazi ; curated by Rahaab Allana ; with contributions by Shilpi Goswami, Deepak Bharathan, Prof. Kittu Reddy and Jennifer Chowdhry.

Publication:

[Ahmedabad, India] : Mapin Publishing ; [Middletown, NJ] : Grantha Corporation ; [New York] : Distributed in North America by Antique Collectors' Club, 2012.

Description:

83 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm

Notes:
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.
Includes bibliographical references (page 83).
Machine generated contents note: Renewing Ties: Linking India And France Through The Art Of Photography / H.E. Mr Francois Richier -- The Enduring Image / E. Alkazi -- Silent As An Apparition: A Hidden Legacy Of Photography / Rahaab Allana -- Mastering The Lens: Before And After Cartier-Bresson In Pondicherry / Deepak Bharathan -- Brief Note On Sri Aurobindo Ashram And Photography / Kittu Reddy.

Summary:

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 Drawn exclusively from The Alkazi Collection of Photography, at the core of this initiative is the unpublished album by renowned photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, co-founder of Magnum Photos, who visited the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in April 1950.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.

ISBN:

9788189995737 (Marpin)
8189995731 (Marpin)
9781935677284 (Grantha)
1935677284 (Grantha)

Subject:

Sepia International Inc. and the Alkazi Collection of Photography Exhibitions.
Sepia International Inc. and the Alkazi Collection of Photography
Photography India History 19th century Exhibitions.
Photography India History 20th century Exhibitions.
Photographie Inde Histoire 20e siècle Expositions.
Photographie Inde Histoire 19e siècle Expositions.
21.49 photographic art: other.
20.13 art exhibitions.
Photography
Fotografie
Puducherry (India) 19th century Pictorial works.
Puducherry (India) 20th century Pictorial works.
India
India Puducherry
Distrikt Pondicherry
Pondicherry.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
Illustrated works
History
Pictorial works
Ausstellung Delhi 2012.
Catalogues d'exposition.
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Richier, François.
Alkazi, E., 1925-2020.
Allana, Rahaab.
Goswami, Shilpi.
Bharathan, Deepak.
Reddy, Kittu, 1936-
Chowdhry, Jennifer.
Alkazi Foundation for the Arts.
Institut Français India.
France. Ambassade (India)
Alliance Francaise de Delhi.

Before and after Cartier-Bresson in Pondicherry

Holdings:

Location: Library main 286114
Call No.: BIB 226245
Status: Available