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The exhibition includes portraits of Indian rulers standing against dramatic and theatrical backdrops; studio and court images organised thematically. Ranging from aspects of kingship to modes of art practice, exploring the period of the British Raj from the 1860’s to the 1930’s.
I do not know why but this exhibition really appeals to me. I love the painterly quality to the photographs that resemble Mughal miniatures.
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I love these as well -- they further muddy the border between photography and art, plus I love the idea of the various layers of viewing through viewfinder, chemical developing, and then intimacy of the brushwork and finally the viewing of the finished portraits.
Include the painting of Rani Laxmibai the QUEEN OF JHANSI. She was beautiful and majestic!
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