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About The People of India
'The People of India' is a collection of selected prints presented by Aditya Arya Archive from an 8 volume publication of the same name compiled by John Forbes Watson and John William Kaye between 1868 and 1875. The books contained 468 annotated albumen prints and the publication was issued in 200 sets. This was the first photographic documentation of the ethnography of India and one of the first early experiments with photography as a documentary medium.
THE PHOTOGRAPHERS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION
The photographs were taken in the 1850s and 1860s by civilian and military British Photographers which included J.C.A. Dannenberg, R.H. DeMontmorency, E. Godfrey, H.C. McDonald, J. Mulheran, G. Richter, Shepherd & Robertson (later as Bourne & Shepherd), B. Simpson, B.W. Switzer and C.C. Taylor. The books also included the works of many amateur photographers such as W.W. Hooper, Henry Charles Baskerville Tanner and James Waterhouse.
These photographs portray the people of many castes, culture groups, and occupations in India, posed individually and in groups. Indian culture groups portrayed include Bhogta, Bhoti, Chero, Dombo, Gond, Gujarati, Ho, Kachari, Kishangarh, Kota, Lepcha, Mishmi, Munda, Naga, Pahari, Paithan, Rajput, Saora, Singpho, Thakur, Tharu, and Toda. People portrayed are from parts of India and surrounding areas, now in Afghanistan, Burma, Iran and Pakistan, such as Assam, Bareli, Behat, Cachar, Chittagong, Delhi, Hazara, Hisar, Kohat, Lahore, Madras, Munjpur, Mysore, Palamau, Shahabad, Shahjahanpur, Sikkim, and Sind.
Occupations illustrated include barbers, blacksmiths, carpenters, charcoal carriers, farmers, fish vendors, horse dealers, interpreters, landlords, mendicants, merchants, officials, priests, warriors, and water carriers. Activities shown include dancing and knitting. Artifacts and material culture documented include books, buildings, devotional objects, tools, and weapons such as bows, clubs, shields, guns and spears.