Overview
Raghubir Singh (1942-99) was one of the twentieth century's finest color documentary photographers. Born in Rajasthan, India, he won an international reputation, publishing over a dozen books, all on various aspects of his homeland. A WAY INTO INDIA was his last great photographic project and is a testament to his love affair with the sights, sounds and colors of India. It is a pictorial travelogue of India as seen from the window of one of its most unexpected icons—the Ambassador car. Among the bustle of the towns and the majesty of the countryside there are rotting cars and pristine new ones being used as taxis and poultry vans. Temples and tourists, monsoon rains, paddy fields, tea plantations and elephants are dramatically framed by the Ambassador's distinctive curves. The old and the new sit side by side, as Singh and the Ambassador show us a way into India.
Synopsis
Raghubir Singh (1942-99) was one of the twentieth century's finest color documentary photographers. Born in Rajasthan, India, he won an international reputation, publishing over a dozen books, all on various aspects of his homeland. A WAY INTO INDIA was his last great photographic project and is a testament to his love affair with the sights, sounds and colors of India. It is a pictorial travelogue of India as seen from the window of one of its most unexpected icons—the Ambassador car. Among the bustle of the towns and the majesty of the countryside there are rotting cars and pristine new ones being used as taxis and poultry vans. Temples and tourists, monsoon rains, paddy fields, tea plantations and elephants are dramatically framed by the Ambassador's distinctive curves. The old and the new sit side by side, as Singh and the Ambassador show us a way into India.