Western Railways
April 2015
Mumbai North is a collection black and white - photographs taken 15,000 ft above sea level between December 2014 and November 2015 of Mumbai's suburbs by photographer Robert D Stephens.
After the success of his two previous exhibitions, 'Mumbai Articles' (2014) and 'Madras Transit' (Aug 2015) were, Stephens offers an alternate lens into the urban geography, landscape and sprawl of the city's suburbs with Mumbai North.
One of the unique aspectsof this photograph is that it is accompanied by a record of air pollution levels on the corresponding day, as measured by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board as well as extracts from antiquarian books related to Mumbai, dating back to the late 1800s.
SO2 - 7 ug / m3
NOx - 67 ug / m3
RSPM - 90 ug / m3
"The allurement of the suburbs, the attractive prospect of dwelling in a spacious, healthy environment, within sight of hill, jungle and sea - this allurement has been created by the railway. Without the railway there would have been no suburbs worth writing about. And here again it has been found that, as it has been wisely observed, the more frequent a local service the more it comes to be relied on."
The Call of the Suburbs
BB&CI Annual
1926
About Mumbai North
Aerial Photographs of Mumbai's Suburbs by Robert D. Stephens
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Mumbai Articles Madras Transit After the success of Mumbai Articles, Stephen's contemporary black and white, aerial photographs of Mumbai city, photographer Robert D Stephens turns his attentions to the surburbs of Mumbai. This January, he brings us Mumbai North, an urban portrait collection of suburban geography, featuring black and white photographs taken 15,000 ft above sea level between December 2014 and November 2015. Suburbs documented range from Nalasopara to Bhiwandi, Vikhroli to Aarey Colony, Bandra to Kandivali, and more.