India: A Celebration of Independence 1947 to 1997 - Hardcover

Anant, Victor; D'Harnoncourt, Anne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0893816957 ISBN 13: 9780893816957

Publisher: Aperture, 1997

Synopsis

In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of India's independence from Great Britain, this volume and a major touring exhibition of the same title constitute an unprecedented gathering of exquisite color and b&w photographs (many of them full-page, and some accompanied by text) as the culmination of a quest to capture the country's essence visually and to depict the deep and complex love that binds both native-born and foreign artists to India for a lifetime. Contains an essay titled "The Sacred and the Secular" and a chronology. No index. Oversize: 12x11<">. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The year 1997 marks the fiftieth anniversary of India's Independence from great Britain. In commemoration of this jubilee event, "India: A Celebration of Independence, 1947-1997" presents a compendium of images taken over the course of the past five decades by twenty-three master photographers. This extraordinary collection provides an inner glimpse of India's past half-century, revealing a quickly evolving, complex, and fascinating country.
Photographs by: Henri Cartier-Bresson, Mitch Epstein, Kanu Gandhi, William Gedney, Harry Gruyaert, Sunil Janah, Thomas L. Kelly, Charles Lindsay, Mary Ellen Mark, Steve McCurry, Dario Mitidieri, Robert Nickelsberg, Prashant Panjiar, Swapan Parekh, Raghu Rai, Sanjeev Saith, Sebastiao Salgado, Ketaki Sheth, Dayanita Singh, Pamela Singh, Rosalind Solomon, Homai Vyarawalla, and Alex Webb.

About the Author:

Victor Anant, born in Kerala, South India, is the author of numerous novels and poems, as well as journalistic reportage. When he was a child, his family moved to Bombay, where he was jailed for anti-British activities while still in his teens. He left Bombay after Independence for London, where his writings were published in the New Statesman, and he began work for Picture Post-- the first Indian to be a staff writer on Fleet Street. Over the course of his career, he has worked for many journals, institutions, and publications in the U.K., and elsewhere, including the Daily Telegraph, the Guardian, UNESCO, the United Nations, and the International Press Institute. Anant's most recent book is Sacred Crow (Penguin India, 1996). He divides his time between Spain, Karachi, and India.

About this edition

• Publisher: Aperture
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0893816957
• ISBN 13: 9780893816957
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 228