With periodicals like Viewfinder, produced by the Federation of Indian Photography (1944 onwards), on the one hand, and the Kodak Indian Magazine published by Kodak Limited exclusively for India (launched during 1940s), on the other, we encounter various aesthetic trajectories and a diverse yet motivated reading public for photography flourishing in the post-Independence period. The project further explores relationships between print culture and its intersections with design, cinema and advertising, and hence, traces the legacy of these unique publications.
This new research initiative by Sukanya Baskar for the Alkazi Foundation aims to understand the relationship between photography and print media, particularly magazines and periodicals starting in the 1950s. It is directed towards unearthing alternative spaces of collaboration, discourse, and exhibition in print culture following Independence.
PHOTOGRAPHY MAGAZINES /
PHOTOGRAPHY WORLDS
SCIENTIFIC WORLDS: PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY JOURNALS
CAMERA IN THE TROPICS
A CINE AND STILL PHOTO JOURNAL
TAKING IT INTERNATIONAL
MAGAZINES AND SOCIAL NETWORKS
THE INDIAN AMATEUR’S PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM
PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE
CARAVAN
ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY OF INDIA
WOMEN AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHERS
INDIAN PICTORIAL EDUCATION
BRUSHES WITH THE INDUSTRY
KODAK INDIAN MAGAZINE
MAGAZINES AS MARKETING
AGFA PHOTO GALLERY
INTERVIEWS
RANU ROYCHOUDHURI
APPROACH AND FRAMING
NOTE FROM THE RESEARCHER
Brief Note on Sukanya Baskar
Sukanya Baskar is a curator, writer and researcher. Her work has developed closely alongside archives, with a focus on photography and moving image. Previously, she was working with PIX magazine as a researcher and design consultant. As a part of her graduation project she worked on the photobook, ‘Witness: Kashmir 1986–2016 / Nine Photographers’ (Yaarbal Books, 2017) edited by Sanjay Kak, featured on the New York Times’ list of Best of photobooks of 2017. She is a graduate from the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad and the Center for Curatorial Studies, (CCS) at Bard College, New York.