Raja Lala Deen Dayal was the premiere pioneer in Indian photography. He was a great artist and a technician, and hence his legacy of negative plates and original prints are of great importance to the world of photography. His Collection comprises over 2700 glass plate negatives, 200 original prints and other material such as exhibition prints, registers and photographic equipment.
Mr. Henri Cariter-Bresson is one of the world's greatest photographers who, during his visit to India recorded for posterity the visuals of the birth of a nation. Mr. Cartier-Bresson shot candid moments of the freedom struggle in India as a pioneer of 'Concerned Photographer's Movement'. From the Cartier-Bresson Collection 107 photographs are being acquired by the Archives.
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R. D. Wadia Collection
The D. R. D. Wadia collection comprising
photographs of political leaders, scientists, diplomats, dancers and landscapes.
Sunil Janah Collection
Sunil Janah is a distinguished photo-journalist
whose works cover Indian History, especially during the struggle for freedom and the
subsequent period. The Collection also contains profiles of the people of India --
statesmen, city and rural / tribal dwellers as also the many facets of indian life -- the
arts, agriculture and industry.
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