Clark Worswick

Clark Worswick( 1940-) was born in Berkeley, California. After attending the progressive Verde Valley School in Arizona (1954-1958) he enrolled in Visva Bharati University, at Santinikitan in West Bengal (India). Thereafter, he travelled extensively between India and Europe taking photographs, and collecting Indian antiquities in the first wave of young westerners to pass though the Iranian, and Afghan deserts on their way to India. His book The Orchid House Art Smuggling and Appointments in India and Afghanistan recount these seldom described travels. He began collecting 19th century Asian photographs in Calcutta during 1959. He was the First Research Fellow in Film and photography at Harvard University. His books on Indian, Chinese and Japanese 19th century photography were the first works to identify scores of non-European artists working in the medium. His books have been named "Best of the Year" by The NY Times, The London Times, The Washington Post, The Sunday Times, Newsweek and Time Magazine.