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The Colonial Eye: Early Portrait Photography in India
Event Details
Time: July 20, 2012 to October 21, 2012
Location: Museum für Fotografie (Museum of Photography)
Street: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Jebensstrasse 2
City/Town: Berlin D-10623, Germany
Website or Map: http://www.smb.museum/mf
Phone: +49 (0)30 266 2188
Event Type: exhibition
Organized By: Museum für Fotografie
Latest Activity: Jul 5, 2012
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Event Description
The Museum für Fotografie is exhibiting a collection of around 280 portraits taken in India and Sri Lanka during the second half of the 19th century, at the height of Britain’s imperial might.
The collection, which belongs to the Ethnological Museum in Berlin, was thought to have been lost during the Second World War and only came back to Berlin after Germany’s reunification in 1992.
Works include images by famous photographers such as Samuel Bourne and John Burke, as well as lesser-known artists.
Photo:
Shepherd & Robertson, Goldsmith, 1862-63
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