Aperture 105 - Winter 1986

India: Ritual and the River

Since the nineteenth century India has captivated photographers from the West. It offers imagery of unsurpassed exoticism and splendor. Today that extreme is coupled with imagery of unparalleled social misery. India is a subcontinent of extremes: geographical, climatic, religious, social, and material but with a continuity with the past. Photography provides the evidence of that constancy and a means of access through which a form of cultural translation can take place.

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Format: Paperback / softback
Number of pages: 80
Publication date: 1987-01-01
Measurements: 9.5 x 10.6 x 0.2 inches
ISBN: 9780893812379


Table Of Contents

India: Ritual and the River

Linda Connor

Banaras
Text by Geoffrey C. Ward

Godfrey Aquilino

Jane Tuckerman

Christopher James

Rosalind Solomon

Raghu Rai

Raghubir Singh

Harry Gruyaert

Mitch Epstein

Alex Webb

William Gedney

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