The remarkably accomplished Alexander Greenlaw, probably the first photographer to reach Vijayanagara in South India in 1855, is known principally through his monumental paper negatives of this great Hindu city. Greenlaw, an army officer, explored the vast territory, capturing the temples, shrines, palaces and pleasure pavillions with his camera as well as recording the dramatic landscape that surrounds the ruins of this once majestic capital. While Greenlaw's response to the architecture within its spectacular natural ...
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The remarkably accomplished Alexander Greenlaw, probably the first photographer to reach Vijayanagara in South India in 1855, is known principally through his monumental paper negatives of this great Hindu city. Greenlaw, an army officer, explored the vast territory, capturing the temples, shrines, palaces and pleasure pavillions with his camera as well as recording the dramatic landscape that surrounds the ruins of this once majestic capital. While Greenlaw's response to the architecture within its spectacular natural setting is the principal focus of this book, the work of subsequent photographers at the site is also explored. Presenting the work of William Pigou, Edmund David Lyon, Nicholas & Co. and others, the role of photographers in documenting and preserving the site is examined through a comparative approach that seeks to present a comprehensive overview of commercial, archaeological and other documentray activities at Vijayanagara in the 19th century. This volume highlights the extraordinary achievement of a small group of talented individuals through a stimulating combination of text and images, which together offer a fresh vision of this magnificent site.
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