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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 [httphttps://archiverweb.archive.org/web/20210210020522/https://mlarchives.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/readlistindexes/INDIA-BRITISHemails?listname=india-RAJ/2012british-06/1339251074 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. [httphttps://archiverweb.archive.org/web/20210321025814/https://mlarchives.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/readlistindexes/INDIA-BRITISHemails?listname=india-RAJ/2012british-06/1339383057 raj&thread=987038 Photographers] ''Rootsweb India- British-Raj Mailing List'' 11 Jun 2012 et al. Retrieved 18 October 2014, 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.<ref>Antiquedogs (Lauren) [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=9787#p48205 Uniform - Lucknow, c.1880?] ''Victorian Wars Forum'' 14 October 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014</ref>
==FIBIS resources==
==Related articles==
* [[Clifton & Co, Photographers (Bombay)]]
*[[:Category:Postcard_Publishers | Postcard Publishers]] = Image Galleries of and Articles relating to early postcards postcard publishers of India.
*[[:Category:Bremner photographic postcards|Photographic postcards of celebrated photographer Fred Bremner]]
==Recommended Reading==
*[http://www.new.fibis.org/products-page/3-other-books-about-colonial-india/biographies/bkx-0054-in-pursuit-of-the-past/ ''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://web.archive.org/web/20070903193745/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2004/11/29/stories/2004112900890100.htm "In pursuit of the past"] from ''The Hindu (now archived)'' 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
====General====
*[http://www.harappa.com/photo3/index.html Indian Raj British Indian Photography 1845-1947] (Harappa.com)
*[http://www.19cphoto.com/photographers-represented-2/ 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).
====Photographs====
*Search the British Library’s [http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/index.html Online Gallery] *[httphttps://www.oldindianphotos.blogspot.com in Old Indian Photos: Historical Photographs of Indian Subcontinent] –divided into –tagged for various categories.oldindianphotos.in
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/13305961@N00 History of Pakistan]’s photostream on [http://www.flickr.com Flickr]
*[httphttps://www.imagesofasiayoutube.com/india.php Indiawatch?v=AFRT_2ZJfPc ''Perspectives of Early Photographers in Kashmir 1861-1920''], [http://wwwby Hugh Rayner 21 Jan 2023.imagesofasiaYouTube video presentation.com/pakistanThe talk is illustrated with photographs taken primarily from the Hugh A.php Pakistan] Postcards from Images Rayner Collection of Asia c 1910Early Indian Photography.
===Articles===
*[http://www.iias.nl/nl/44/IIAS_NL44_1011.pdf "Photography in India] (pdf) " Page 10, ''Newsletter 44'', Summer 2007 from the International Institute for Asian Studies(IIAS)-Netherlands*[httphttps://issuu.com/iias/docs/iias_nl_44 issuu.com version], or download the Newsletter from [https://www.ranadasguptaiias.comasia/the-newsletter/notesnewsletter-44-summer-2007 iias.asp?note_id=73 Pioneers of Indian Photographyasia] by John Falconer
*[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
*[httphttps://wwwweb.tribuneindiaarchive.com/2012org/20120624web/spectrum20151016190147/main1.htm Portrait of an Era] tribuneindia.com. Portrait photography in India by Pramod Kumar KG *[http://www.answerstelegraphindia.com/topic1120708/jsp/opinion/early-photographystory_15689712.jsp Lens on the Great Game -Earliest commercial photographers inthe North-burma Early photography in BurmaWest Frontier] wwwby Malavika Karlekar July 8 , 2012 ''The Telegraph, Calcutta'', now an archived webpage.answers.com
*[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]
===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.luminousbbc.com/news/world-asia-india-lint36137287 Photographs from the exhibition] 7 May 2016 bbc.com. [http:/app/photographerscroll.in/John__Burkearticle/A808442/ John Burkein-pictures-19th-century-india-through-the-eyes-of-samuel-bourne Article] luminousby 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-lintYears/ "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. [httphttps://library.brown.edu/info/collections/askb/burke.php / Details] of some photographs held at the Brown University Library, Providence R I, USA, taken in Afghanistan in 1878. Retrieved *[http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2013/04/18 October 2014/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]].
**[httphttps://wwwcollection.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?acc=1962-04-3-294 Surgeon John McCosh, Bengal Medical Establishment, 1852 (c)] nam.ac.uk* Captain R[http://www.luminous-lint.com/app/photographer/John__Murray/ John Murray] (luminous-lint.com) ". B. Hill. Probably Richard Barton Hill 1835is probably the most important photographer of nineteenth century India". Bengal Medical Service 1832-18731871. Took up amateur photography 1849 and soon formed a friendship with another doctor, who joined the Bengal Army in 1853John McCosh (see immediately above). [httphttps://www.metmuseumgetty.orgedu/art/collection/collectionsperson/search-the-collections?ft=*&amp;who=Captain+R.+.+Hill Metropolitan 103KD7 Getty Museum of Art, New York collection of photographs 1850spage]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://web.archive.org/web/20100809185535/http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/photography/features/photo_focusarticles/linnaeus-tripe/biography/index.html -life-and-work Linnaeus Tripe], a biography article on life and works by the V&A Museum, now an archived webpage (retrieved 29 May 2014).*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://newswatchvoices.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
*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.
*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.thestardigitalhimalaya.com/opinioncollections/commentarywilliamson/2013/04/18/pioneer_photographer_deen_dayal_provides_a_portrait_of_india_siddiqui.html Pioneer photographer Deen Dayal provides a portrait Williamson Photographic Collection] is housed in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of India] by Haroon Siddiqui April 18 2013 thestar.com Dayal Cambridge Yale (1844-1905USA) . Frederick Williamson was a Hindu whose chief patron British Political Officer stationed in Sikkim, Bhutan, and Tibet in the 1930s who was an ardent photographer. Williamson's 16mm films from the Muslim Nizam of Hyderabad 1930s may be viewed online. ===Historical books online===*[https://archive.org/stream/lightsshadesofhi00gore#page/258/mode/2up "Photographic Notes"] Appendix A, one page 259 ''Lights & Shades of Hill Life in the richest men in Afghan and Hindu Highlands of the worldPunjab, a Contrast'' by F St J Gore 1895 Archive.org. With photographs by the ruler of the largest of India’s 565 princely statesauthor.**[httphttps://igncaarchive.nicorg/details/lastempirephotog0000unse/page/n5 ''The Last Empire : photography in British India, 1855-1911''].in/ex_0013Texts by Ainslie Thomas Embree and Clark Worswick. 1976 Archive.org Lending Library.htm The Legacy "Accompanies an exhibition organized by the Asia House Gallery of Raja Deen Dyalthe Asia Society [London?] igncafor the summer of 1976.nic.in"**[http://wwwpahar.bbc.co.ukin/newspahar/world2002-asiafrom-indiakashmir-to-kabul-the-photographs-22212009 Rare 19th Century Pictures of India-john-burke-and-william-baker-1860-1900-by-khan-pdf/ ''From Kashmir to Kabul: The photographs of John Burke and William Baker 1860-1900'']Examples by Omar Khan 2002. Download from Mountains of photographs by Raja Deendayal Central Asia Digital Dataset (1844-1905MCADD) on BBC news website. Includes chapters about [[Peshawar]], [[Murree]], [[Kashmir]], the [[2nd Afghan War| Second Afghan War]], [[Lahore]].
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