Gandhi@150 - Rare Archival Photographs - November 2019
Gandhi@150 - Rare Archival Photographs
By Kulwant Roy Curated by Aditya Arya The exhibition showcases the diverse photographs taken by Kulwant Roy, one of the first free-lance photo-journalists, who worked through the pre and post-independence era of Modern India. On display are 22 of the rarest negatives and prints of Mahatma Gandhi. The rare and precious images, have been curated by eminent Indian photographer Aditya Arya. These are from the collection of photographs taken from the 1930's to 1960's. Aditya Arya, in the process of documenting, preserving, restoring and archiving Kulwant Roy’s visual treasures has discovered an invaluable visual archive, including many unpublished pictures, of a momentous era in India's history. The negatives were procured from India Photo Archive Foundation.