ARTISAN CAMERA by Suresh Punjabi, Christopher Pinney (Editor) ( 9789383145102 )

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Title:

ARTISAN CAMERA
STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHY FROM CENTRAL INDIA

By:

Suresh Punjabi, Christopher Pinney (Editor)

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

9383145102

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9789383145102

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Publisher:

TARA BOOKS

Pub. date:

1 September, 2014

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A testimony to an era of hands-on studio photography, this book features work from Studio Suhag in Nagda, a small town in central India. Suresh Punjabi - the studio's proprietor and photographer - showcases some of his photographs from the 1970s & 1980s. An essay by art historian Christopher Pinney places the photographs into a visual context.

Synopsis:

Artisan Camera is a testimony to an era of hands-on studio photography, when physical materials combined with the photographer's artistry to shape the final image. This book features work from Studio Suhag in Nagda, a small town in central India. Suresh Punjabi - the studio's proprietor and photographer - showcases some of his vintage photographs from the 1970s and 1980s. They evoke a world where the studio portrait was an important memento, capturing not just the 'real' subject, but also a persona made over to meet the camera's eye. A richly argued essay by visual anthropologist Christopher Pinney - author of Camera Indica - places Punjabi's work in the context of a fascinating visual history.

Illustrations:

2 Colour

Publication:

India

Imprint:

Tara Books

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