Exploring the changing role of photographic portraiture in India over the last 150 years, this is an anthropological study of photographic practice in the everyday realm of Indian society. The book combines historical and ethnographic perspectives, based on the author's own experiences in India. Pinney looks at significant "moments" in Indian photography and considers the ways in which photographic portraiture reflects changing political interests, a decreasing desire to fix identity, and a broader popular visual culture. A ...
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Exploring the changing role of photographic portraiture in India over the last 150 years, this is an anthropological study of photographic practice in the everyday realm of Indian society. The book combines historical and ethnographic perspectives, based on the author's own experiences in India. Pinney looks at significant "moments" in Indian photography and considers the ways in which photographic portraiture reflects changing political interests, a decreasing desire to fix identity, and a broader popular visual culture. A distinctive post-colonial photographic practice emerges, characterized by a sophisticated inventiveness using techniques such as overpainting, collage and composite printing. Much of the book is concerned with the production of such images by studios in a small central-Indian town, and it aims to provide readers with a sense of their use and significance.
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Very good. Two creases in spine; No bent pages; No markings in text; Clean. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 240 p. Contains: Illustrations. Envisioning Asia. Audience: General/trade.
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Good. Size: 6x0x9; 1997 printing. Spine is creased, binding remains intact and sturdy; pencil markings scattered throughout first ~100 pages, else text/photos very good; moderate amount of wear to edges of wraps. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Near Fine. First edition, 1997. Cloth hardcover, illustrated (some in color), 240 pp., clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy, ISBN sticker on rear cover, light wear to the tips of the covers, no dust jacket. Uncommon in hardcover.
