Written by Vandana Kalra |Updated: September 13, 2019 6:30:43 am
Fit for Royalty
The exhibition at Art Heritage Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, Delhi, is on till September 18
In the India of the 1850s and ’60s, when photography was still to reach many in India, Maharaja Sawai Ram Singh II of Jaipur was an exception. Known for his forward-looking approach — including gifting the city its first art and craft college — Singh was distinct from his contemporaries in pursuing photography. Recognised as ‘India’s first photographer king’, he captured the country and its people. “We tried to cover different aspects of the works of this remarkable, little-known photographer,” says Giles Tillotson, consultant director at the Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum in Jaipur. Along with Mrinalini Venkateswaran, museum consultant at City Palace in Jaipur, and Rahaab Allana, curator at Alkazi Foundation for the Arts, he has co-curated the exhibition “A Reflective Oeuvre”. On at Delhi’s Art Heritage gallery, the showcase explores Singh’s engagement with photography with 120 works.
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