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See also, [[Artist]].
Photographers in India include John Edward Saché (studios in towns across northern India); G.K. Vale, [[Bangalore]]; [[:Category:R B Holmes|R.B. Holmes]] of [[Peshawar]]; D.J. Divechia of [[Rawalpindi]]; [[:Category:Guerra and Sons|Guerra & Sons]], [[Mhow]], Central India; Herzog and Higgins of Mhow, Raja Deen Dayal etc.<ref>Feltham, John [https://web.archive.org/web/20210210020522/https://mlarchives.rootsweb.com/listindexes/emails?listname=india-british-raj&thread=987043 A New Book about early photographers in India] ''Rootsweb India- British-Raj  Mailing List'' 10 Jun 2012, archived and Feltham, John et al. [https://web.archive.org/web/20210321025814/https://mlarchives.rootsweb.com/listindexes/emails?listname=india-british-raj&thread=987038 Photographers] ''Rootsweb India- British-Raj  Mailing List'' 11 Jun 2012 et al., archived.</ref>
Photographer William D. Holmes was the brother in law of John Edward  Sache, one of the most prominent 19th century European photographers in India. Holmes joined Sache in Lucknow in 1877 and founded a studio in his own name in 1889.
==FIBIS resources==
*Wendy Pratt, "Life with Tea in India: the diaries of Samuel Cleland Davidson" ''FIBIS Journal No 24 (Autumn 2010)'', pages 36-46. For details of how to access this article, see [[FIBIS Journals]].  Samuel Cleland Davidson was a tea planter who was a keen amateur photographer. An example of his work  is  "On parade"
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==Related articles==
* [[Clifton & Co, Photographers (Bombay)]]
*[[:Category:Postcard_Publishers | Postcard Publishers]] = Image Galleries and Articles relating to early postcard publishers of India.
*[[:Category:Bremner photographic postcards|Photographic postcards of celebrated photographer Fred Bremner]]
==Recommended Reading==
*''In Pursuit of the Past'' by FIBIS member Christopher Penn about Albert Thomas Watson Penn, one of the pioneering photographers of South India, who established his business at [[Ootacamund]]. Read the article [http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2004/11/29/stories/2004112900890100.htm "In pursuit of the past"]  ''The Hindu'' Metro Plus Coimbatore November 29, 2004,  and the article [http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/article641597.ece Chasing the photographer], also from ''The Hindu'' (Chennai Metro Plus 4 May 2009). (This book has been favourably reviewed in [http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=FIBIS_Journals ''FIBIS Journal'' no 21])
:''The Nicholas Brothers and A. T. W. Penn: Photographers of South India 1855 – 1885'' by Christopher Penn (2014). Review by Richard Morgan – page 51 ''[[FIBIS Journal]]'' Number 33 (Spring 2015). the Nicholas Brothers were  John and James Perratt Nicholas. A further [http://britishphotohistory.ning.com/profiles/blogs/publication-the-nicholas-brothers-a-t-w-penn review] from  "British photographic history" also mentions Dr Alexander Hunter, Linnaeus Tripe, John Parting, Edmund David Lyon, Willoughby Wallace Hooper and Samuel Bourne, in the Madras region.
*''Early Photographs of Ladakh'', edited with an introduction by Hugh Rayner, published 2013. This book has been reviewed by Robert Charnock in'' [[FIBIS Journal]] Number 30 (Autumn 2013)'',  page 46
==External Links==
==External Links==
===Websites===
 
====General====
====General====
*[http://www.harappa.com/photo3/index.html Indian Raj British Indian Photography 1845-1947] (Harappa.com)
*[http://www.harappa.com/photo3/index.html Indian Raj British Indian Photography 1845-1947] (Harappa.com)
*[http://www.photoraj.com/content/welcome-photoraj Photoraj] including a [http://www.photoraj.com/books/all list of books]
*[http://www.19cphoto.com/bios.html Tony Davis’ Antiq-Photo biographies] contains many names of photographers who worked in India, Burma and Ceylon in the 19th century. The site also has many [http://search.19cphoto.com/search/search_results.jsp?searchCode=3in photographs] of India.
*[http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/ The Tibet Album] -British Photography in Central Tibet 1920-1950 including [http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/tibet_photographers.html Photographers]. This site provides access to the photograph collections of two British museums - the Pitt Rivers Museum (Oxford) and the British Museum (London).
*[http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/ The Tibet Album] -British Photography in Central Tibet 1920-1950 including [http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/tibet_photographers.html Photographers]. This site provides access to the photograph collections of two British museums - the Pitt Rivers Museum (Oxford) and the British Museum (London).
====Photographs====
====Photographs====
*Search the  British Library’s [http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/index.html Online Gallery]  
*Search the  British Library’s [http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/index.html Online Gallery]
*[http://oldindianphotos.blogspot.com Old Indian Photos] –divided into various categories.
*[https://www.oldindianphotos.in    Old Indian Photos: Historical Photographs of Indian Subcontinent] –tagged for  various categories. oldindianphotos.in
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/13305961@N00 History of Pakistan]’s photostream on [http://www.flickr.com Flickr]
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/13305961@N00 History of Pakistan]’s photostream on [http://www.flickr.com Flickr]
*[http://www.afghanistan-photos.com/ Afghanistan Old Photos]. Scroll down the page to the Oldest Photos of Afghanistan taken by John Burke.
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFRT_2ZJfPc ''Perspectives of Early Photographers in Kashmir 1861-1920''] by Hugh Rayner 21 Jan 2023. YouTube video presentation. The talk is illustrated with photographs taken primarily from the Hugh A. Rayner Collection of Early Indian Photography.


===Articles===
===Articles===
*[http://www.iias.nl/nl/44/IIAS_NL44_1011.pdf Photography in India] (pdf) from the International Institute for Asian Studies(IIAS)-Netherlands
*"Photography in India" Page 10, ''Newsletter 44'', Summer 2007 from the International Institute for Asian Studies(IIAS)-Netherlands [https://issuu.com/iias/docs/iias_nl_44 issuu.com version], or download the Newsletter from [https://www.iias.asia/the-newsletter/newsletter-44-summer-2007 iias.asia]
*[http://www.iias.nl/files/IIAS_NL48_3031.pdf Photography, archaeology and afternoon tea] (pdf) IIAS. A review of the book ''A Vision of Splendour, Indian Heritage in the Photographs of Jean Philippe Vogel, 1901- 1913''. A second [http://www.newasiabooks.org/publication/vision-splendour-indian-heritage-photographs-jean-philippe-vogel-1901-1913 review] of the same book, which is available at the [[British Library]]
*[http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc93303/m2/1/high_res_d/Joyce_Megan.pdf Photography in Colonial and Post Colonial India] (pdf) by Megan Joyce
*[http://www.andaman.org/BOOK/reprints/falconer/rep-falconer.htm Ethnographical Photography in India 1850-1900] by John Falconer
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20151016190147/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120708/jsp/opinion/story_15689712.jsp Lens on the Great Game - Earliest commercial photographers in the North-West Frontier] by Malavika Karlekar July 8 , 2012 ''The Telegraph, Calcutta'', now an archived webpage.
*[http://web3.unt.edu/honors/eaglefeather/wp-content/2009/08/Joyce_Megan.pdf Photography in Colonial and Post Colonial India] (pdf) by Megan Joyce
*[http://www.simonnorfolk.com/burkenorfolk/conversation.html  Burke and Norfolk: Photographs from the War in Afghanistan by John Burke and Simon Norfolk: Conversation with Simon Norfolk]. John Burke (1843?-1900) was the first ever photographer to make pictures in Afghanistan. simonnorfolk.com
*[http://www.bjp-online.com/2016/05/early-british-colonial-travellers-photograph-19th-century-india/ "Early British Colonial Travellers Show Earliest Images of India"] by Ciaran Thapar, 5 May 2016. ''British Journal of Photography'' website, category Exhibitions. The work of Linnaeus Tripe, Dr John Murray and Samuel Bourne. [http://prahladbubbar.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Tripe-Murray-Bourne-website.pdf Photographs from the Exhibition]


===Books===
===Individuals===
*[http://www.luminous-lint.com/app Luminous Lint website] A collaborative website sharing information on photography and photographers worldwide. For India related articles chose Connections from drop down box and add search term India in box immediately below.
*[http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/beato/  Felice Beato: A Photographer on the Eastern Road]. An exhibition at the J Paul Getty Museum. Felice Beato was in India 1858-60, and Burma 1887-1905.
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20150529070358/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704723104576061931702951172  Photograph: Hospital Shwebo, [Burma<nowiki>]</nowiki> with  descriptions of different  Ambulances, 1887 – 1897] Wall Street Journal, now an archived webpage.
**[http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/collectioncare/2015/09/the-marriage-of-east-and-west-conservation-of-a-photographic-album-from-burma.html  Conservation of a Photographic Album from Burma]. British Library Collection Care blog.
*Samuel Bourne. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Bourne Wikipedia]  [http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0115%2FY3022C-E Photographs in Cambridge]. [http://www.flickr.com/photos/photohistorytimeline/6232958024/in/set-72157610082277020/  Photograph by Samuel Bourne - Lake, Nynee Tal, 1860] flickr.com.
:[http://www.tasveerarts.com/exhibitions/Bourne/ Bourne & Shepherd : Figures In Time] An exhibition sourced from the photographic collection of MAP (Museum of Art & Photography, Bangalore) tasveerarts.com. [http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-36137287 Photographs from the exhibition]  7 May 2016 bbc.com. [http://scroll.in/article/808442/in-pictures-19th-century-india-through-the-eyes-of-samuel-bourne Article] by Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri  May 31, 2016. Scroll.in.  [https://www.scoopwhoop.com/The-Oldest-Functional-Photo-Studio-In-the-World-Shuts-Down-In-Kolkata-After-176-Years/  "The Oldest Functional Photo Studio In the World Shuts Down In Kolkata After 176 Years"] by Rakhi Bose Jun 17, 2016. scoopwhoop.com.
*[[Fred Bremner]].
*John Burke [http://web.archive.org/web/20090117080242/http://fsaijazuddin.pk/ArticleDetailsFull.aspx?op=E&NewsID=130 Some biographical details] by F S Aijazuddin. [http://www.afghanboxcamera.com/abcp_about_photographyinafghanistan.htm About Photography in Afghanistan] John Burke and other early photographers in Afghanistan. Afghan Box Camera Project. [https://library.brown.edu/info/collections/askb/burke/ Details] of some photographs held at the Brown University Library, Providence R I, USA, taken in Afghanistan in 1878.
*[http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2013/04/18/pioneer_photographer_deen_dayal_provides_a_portrait_of_india_siddiqui.html Pioneer photographer Deen Dayal provides a portrait of India] by Haroon Siddiqui  April 18 2013 thestar.com  Dayal (1844-1905) was a Hindu whose chief patron was the Muslim Nizam of Hyderabad , one of the richest men in the world, the ruler of the largest of India’s 565 princely states.
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20171214074733/http://ignca.nic.in:80/ex_0013.htm The Legacy of Raja Deen Dyal] ignca.nic.in, now an archived webpage.
**[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-22212009 Rare 19th Century Pictures of India] Examples of photographs by Raja Deendayal (1844-1905) on BBC news website.
*Captain R. B. Hill.  Probably Richard Barton Hill 1835-1873, who joined the Bengal Army in 1853. [https://www.metmuseum.org/search-results#!/search?q=Captain%20%22R.%20B.%20Hill%22 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York collection of photographs 1850s]. If link is not permanent, use the search term "Captain R. B. Hill".
*[http://www.luminous-lint.com/app/photographer/Oscar_Jean-Baptiste__Mallitte/  Oscar Jean-Baptiste Mallitte] (luminous-lint.com) was a French surgeon turned photographer who arrived in Calcutta in 1857. [http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/60834/oscar-mallitte-the-planting-manufacture-of-indigo-in-india-29-photographic-views-by-oscar-mallitte-1877/ The Planting & Manufacture of Indigo in India. 29 Photographic views by Oscar Mallitte [1877<nowiki>]</nowiki>] (although fewer images are available online). J Paul Getty Museum. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfDyvmWxJlk YouTube video] , same images.
*[http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/A/ap_mccosh.htm John McCosh or MacCosh 1805-1885] Edinphoto.org. 
**There is an article  "The Laboratory of Mankind: John McCosh and the Beginning of Photography in British India" by Ray McKenzie, in ''History of Photography'', Volume 11, No. 2, April-June 1987, pages 109-118. This quarterly journal is available at the [[British Library]]. 
**[https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1962-04-3-294 Surgeon John McCosh, Bengal Medical Establishment, 1852 (c)] nam.ac.uk
*[http://www.luminous-lint.com/app/photographer/John__Murray/ John Murray] (luminous-lint.com) "...is probably the most important photographer of nineteenth century India". Bengal Medical Service 1832-1871. Took up amateur photography 1849 and soon formed a friendship with another doctor, John McCosh (see immediately above). [https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/person/103KD7 Getty Museum page] with images.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140831215358/http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/imperia/md/content/studium/kultur/zbw/eshph/photoresearcher/photoresearcher_no13.pdf  "The Sachés: a family of photographers working in India during the 19th century"] by Stéphanie Roy Bharath ''PhotoResearcher ESHPh European Society for the History of Photography'' No 13, 2010 , page 4 (now archived). John Edward Saché (1824-1882), born in Prussia, arrived in Calcutta in late 1864, after working in the USA. [http://www.harappa.com/photographers/sachejohn.html John Edward Sache  1865-1882] harappa.com
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linnaeus_Tripe Linnaeus Tripe] Wikipedia. [https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/linnaeus-tripe-life-and-work  Linnaeus Tripe], article on life and works by the V&A Museum.
*John Paul White. [http://www.kingscollections.org/exhibitions/archives/a-daughter-of-the-empire/family/jcw-career John Claude White - career] Kings’ College London.
:[https://web.archive.org/web/20150329054352/http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2014/09/21/castles-in-the-air-experiences-and-journeys-in-unknown-bhutan/ "Castles in the Air: Experiences and Journeys in Unknown Bhutan"] by David Braun September 21, 2014 National Geographic, now an archived webpage. Article and photographs of Bhutan by John Claude White republished from the April 1914 issue of ''National Geographic Magazine''
:[https://archive.org/details/cu31924024155206 ''Sikhim & Bhutan, twenty-one years on the North-East Frontier, 1887-1908''] by John Claude White. 1909 Archive.org
*Wiele & Klein, Madras and Ootacamund
**[http://britishphotohistory.ning.com/photo/wiele-klein-studio?context=user Wiele & Klein Studio Advertisement] A Trade advertisement for the Madras and Ootacamund studio of Wiele & Klein, "Artists, Photographers and Photo Engravers" britishphotohistory.ning.com
**"The German Photographers of Madras" by Gabrielle Landwehr  [http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2018%20No%2014/the_german_photographers_of_madras.html Part 1] , [http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2018%20No%2015/otherstories.html Part 2] (scroll down) ''Madras Musings Volume XVIII'' No. 14, November 1-15, 2008 and No. 15, November 16-30, 2008
**[http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/07/09/stories/2003070900200300.htm Madras on glass] 9 July  2003 ''The Hindu''
*The [http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/williamson/ Williamson Photographic Collection] is housed in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge Yale (USA). Frederick Williamson was a British Political Officer stationed in Sikkim, Bhutan, and Tibet in the 1930s who was an ardent photographer. Williamson's 16mm films from the 1930s may be viewed online.


*[http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0712347461?ie=UTF8&tag=faminbriindso-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=1634&creativeASIN=0712347461 ''India: Pioneering Photographers, 1850-1900''] by John Falconer (2002). Available at the [[British Library]]
===Historical books online===
*[https://archive.org/stream/lightsshadesofhi00gore#page/258/mode/2up "Photographic Notes"] Appendix A,  page 259 ''Lights & Shades of Hill Life in the Afghan and Hindu Highlands of the Punjab, a Contrast''  by F St J Gore 1895 Archive.org. With photographs by the author.
*[https://archive.org/details/lastempirephotog0000unse/page/n5 ''The Last Empire : photography in British India, 1855-1911'']. Texts by  Ainslie Thomas Embree and  Clark Worswick.  1976  Archive.org Lending Library. "Accompanies an exhibition organized by the Asia House Gallery of the Asia Society [London?] for the summer of 1976."
*[http://pahar.in/pahar/2002-from-kashmir-to-kabul-the-photographs-of-john-burke-and-william-baker-1860-1900-by-khan-pdf/ ''From Kashmir to Kabul: The photographs of John Burke and William Baker 1860-1900''] by Omar Khan 2002. Download from Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset (MCADD). Includes chapters about  [[Peshawar]], [[Murree]], [[Kashmir]], the [[2nd Afghan War| Second Afghan War]],  [[Lahore]].


*[http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/3791327860?ie=UTF8&tag=faminbriindso-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=1634&creativeASIN=3791327860 ''From Kashmir to Kabul''] by Omar A. Khan (2002). The harsh beauty of this region has been luring photographers since the Victorian age, the most famous of whom were two Irishmen William Baker and John Burke. The book chronicles their early days in Peshawar and their move to Murree, the Himalayan hill station on the border of Kashmir. It follows their documenting of the Afghan Wars, some of the earliest war photography, and their return to the plains of Lahore, where they continued to photograph the region’s people and landscape.<br> [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=qKzMQTgtNaIC Limited View Google Books ].  Read the [http://www.fsaijazuddin.pk/ArticleDetailsFull.aspx?op=E&NewsID=130 Preface] to the book by  F S Aijazuddin, which contains biographical details. Read a [http://www.kashmirtokabul.com/histofphoto.html review] of the book by Sophie Gordon in  History of Photography 2003. Available at the [[British Library]]
== References ==
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*[http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/189020661X?ie=UTF8&tag=faminbriindso-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=1634&creativeASIN=189020661X  ''In the Shadow of the Himalayas: Tibet - Bhutan - Nepal - Sikkim A Photographic Record by John Claude White 1883-1908''] by Kurt Meyer (2006). John Claude White (1853-1918) was a civil engineer by education, a colonial administrator by profession, and a photographer by vocation. Read a [http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/projectteam/turin/downloads/review_Meyer.pdf review] (pdf) of the book which contains biographical information,  by Mark Turin of the University of Cambridge. Available at the [[British Library]]


*[http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/095594550X?ie=UTF8&tag=faminbriindso-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=1634&creativeASIN=095594550X ''In Pursuit of the Past''] by FIBIS member Christopher Penn about Albert Thomas Watson Penn, one of the pioneering photographers of South India. Read the article [http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2004/11/29/stories/2004112900890100.htm In pursuit of the past] from The Hindu and the article [http://www.thehindu.com/mp/2009/05/04/stories/2009050450240500.htm Chasing the photographer], also from The Hindu. Available at the [[British Library]]


*[http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0921788037?ie=UTF8&tag=faminbriindso-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=1634&creativeASIN=0921788037 ''Sepia Prints: Memoirs of a Missionary''] by Viola Wiebe and Marilyn Wiebe Dodge (1990) is one of the few books to highlight the large amount of photographic material available from Christian archives and missionaries active in colonial India. [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=62dc3tmfwAQC Limited View Google Books].  See also [[Missionary#Other_External_Links|Missionary]].


*Also refer books published by [[Publishers#Pagoda_Tree_Press| Pagoda Tree Press]]
===Individuals===
*Samuel Bourne. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Bourne Wikipedia]  [http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0115%2FY3022C-E Photographs in Cambridge].  Also refer [[Publishers#Pagoda_Tree_Press| Pagoda Tree Press]]
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=PJ8DHBay4_EC&pg=PA911 John McCosh] in ''Encyclopedia of nineteenth-century photography, Volume 1'', by John Hannavy (2007) page 911 (Limited View Google Books). Also refer [[Doctor]]
*[http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/photography/features/photo_focus/tripe/biography/index.html Linnaeus Tripe], a biography by the V&A Museum. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linnaeus_Tripe Wikipedia]
*The [http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/williamson/ Williamson Photographic Collection] is housed in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at Cambridge University. Frederick Williamson was a British Political Officer stationed in Sikkim, Bhutan, and Tibet in the 1930s who was an ardent photographer.
*This [http://www.tibetology.net/exhibitions/index.htm link] from the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Sikkim mentions some of the photographers in Sikkim. 






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See also, Artist.

Photographers in India include John Edward Saché (studios in towns across northern India); G.K. Vale, Bangalore; R.B. Holmes of Peshawar; D.J. Divechia of Rawalpindi; Guerra & Sons, Mhow, Central India; Herzog and Higgins of Mhow, Raja Deen Dayal etc.[1]

Photographer William D. Holmes was the brother in law of John Edward Sache, one of the most prominent 19th century European photographers in India. Holmes joined Sache in Lucknow in 1877 and founded a studio in his own name in 1889.

FIBIS resources

  • Wendy Pratt, "Life with Tea in India: the diaries of Samuel Cleland Davidson" FIBIS Journal No 24 (Autumn 2010), pages 36-46. For details of how to access this article, see FIBIS Journals. Samuel Cleland Davidson was a tea planter who was a keen amateur photographer. An example of his work is "On parade"


Related articles

Recommended Reading

  • In Pursuit of the Past by FIBIS member Christopher Penn about Albert Thomas Watson Penn, one of the pioneering photographers of South India, who established his business at Ootacamund. Read the article "In pursuit of the past" The Hindu Metro Plus Coimbatore November 29, 2004, and the article Chasing the photographer, also from The Hindu (Chennai Metro Plus 4 May 2009). (This book has been favourably reviewed in FIBIS Journal no 21)
The Nicholas Brothers and A. T. W. Penn: Photographers of South India 1855 – 1885 by Christopher Penn (2014). Review by Richard Morgan – page 51 FIBIS Journal Number 33 (Spring 2015). the Nicholas Brothers were John and James Perratt Nicholas. A further review from "British photographic history" also mentions Dr Alexander Hunter, Linnaeus Tripe, John Parting, Edmund David Lyon, Willoughby Wallace Hooper and Samuel Bourne, in the Madras region.
  • Early Photographs of Ladakh, edited with an introduction by Hugh Rayner, published 2013. This book has been reviewed by Robert Charnock in FIBIS Journal Number 30 (Autumn 2013), page 46

External Links

General

Photographs

Articles

Individuals

Bourne & Shepherd : Figures In Time An exhibition sourced from the photographic collection of MAP (Museum of Art & Photography, Bangalore) tasveerarts.com. Photographs from the exhibition 7 May 2016 bbc.com. Article by Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri May 31, 2016. Scroll.in. "The Oldest Functional Photo Studio In the World Shuts Down In Kolkata After 176 Years" by Rakhi Bose Jun 17, 2016. scoopwhoop.com.
"Castles in the Air: Experiences and Journeys in Unknown Bhutan" by David Braun September 21, 2014 National Geographic, now an archived webpage. Article and photographs of Bhutan by John Claude White republished from the April 1914 issue of National Geographic Magazine
Sikhim & Bhutan, twenty-one years on the North-East Frontier, 1887-1908 by John Claude White. 1909 Archive.org
  • Wiele & Klein, Madras and Ootacamund
    • Wiele & Klein Studio Advertisement A Trade advertisement for the Madras and Ootacamund studio of Wiele & Klein, "Artists, Photographers and Photo Engravers" britishphotohistory.ning.com
    • "The German Photographers of Madras" by Gabrielle Landwehr Part 1 , Part 2 (scroll down) Madras Musings Volume XVIII No. 14, November 1-15, 2008 and No. 15, November 16-30, 2008
    • Madras on glass 9 July 2003 The Hindu
  • The Williamson Photographic Collection is housed in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge Yale (USA). Frederick Williamson was a British Political Officer stationed in Sikkim, Bhutan, and Tibet in the 1930s who was an ardent photographer. Williamson's 16mm films from the 1930s may be viewed online.

Historical books online

References

  1. Feltham, John A New Book about early photographers in India Rootsweb India- British-Raj Mailing List 10 Jun 2012, archived and Feltham, John et al. Photographers Rootsweb India- British-Raj Mailing List 11 Jun 2012 et al., archived.