The Sit Down gallery will present through May 11 the exhibition Unknow India, a selection of vintage Indian photographs taken from the personal collection of Isabelle Décamps, who traveled across India for more than 15 years.
Rarely do we get to see Indian photography in Paris, and this is a wonderful opportunity to discover these prints found by Isabelle Décamps in homes, palaces and photo studios across the country. Presented in beautiful antique frames, these photographs of mostly unknown people illustrate different kinds of vintage Indian photography.
There are portraits of maharajas and young princes, ethnographic photography, landscapes, street scenes and large family photos that have characterized Indian photography from 1850 to the present day. Also on display are several languid nude photos, a rarity in India, where the nude remains a taboo genre in both painting and photography.
Sybile Girault
Unknown India – Photographies anciennes
Until May 11, 2013
Galerie Sit Down
4, rue Sainte Anastase
75003 Paris
France
