[Reader-list] [Announcements] Camera Chronicles of Homai Vyarwawalla

[Shohini Ghosh]

   Camera Chronicles of Homai Vyarwawalla"
By

Sabeena Gadihoke

(Mapin/Parzor Foundation, 2006)


Book Reading, Illustrated Presentation & Discussion

At the

India Habitat Centre

Gulmohar/ March 2, 2006/ 7.00 PM

India’s first woman Press Photographer, Homai Vyarawalla captured the  
last days of the British Empire. Her work also traces the birth and  
growth of a new nation. The story of Homai’s life and professional  
career spans an entire century of Indian history. The great value of  
her work lies in her vast collection of photographs that archive the  
nation in transition, representing both the euphoria of Independence  
as well as disappointment with its undelivered promises. Homai  
Vyarawalla’s iconic photographs of this era have become a part of  
collective memory. This book that documents her life and work is  
illustrated with over five hundred photographs as well as letters,  
cards and other memorabilia.

The event at the IHC will include readings from the book and an  
illustrated presentation by the author and a discussion with Mrs  
Homai Vyarawalla.

To coincide with the release of the book a retrospective exhibition  
of over hundred of her photographs at the Lalit Kala Akademi, (Next  
to Kamani Auditorium, opposite Mandi House,) New Delhi. The  
Exhibition will be open from 26th February to 3rd March.






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