Behind a gossamer curtain of cloud, the ‘Toy Train’ navigates a loop past the tea-bush lined slopes of Darjeeling. They highlight the works of colonial photographers Samuel Bourne and Charles Shepherd, who made their way across a variegated country, capturing its spirit through a range of architectural views, landscapes and portraits. Before Samuel Bourne became the most prolific photographer of the jewel in the British crown, he was a clerk in a Nottingham bank. “Part of the idea behind the exhibition was to introduce Bourne & Shepherd as the pioneers of the photographic medium to a contemporary audience,” says Anishaa Taraporvala, a representative of Tasveer. The exhibition is open from 11 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. till July 14 at The Folly, Amethyst, Royapettah.

Source: The Hindu July 13, 2017 09:11 UTC