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Photo wallahs / a film by David & Judith MacDougall ; Oxnard Film Productions in association with La Sept.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Photography--India--Mussoorie.
- Photography.
- Photographers--India--Mussoorie.
- Photographers.
- Mussoorie (India)--Social life and customs.
- Mussoorie (India).
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (60 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley, CA : Berkeley Media, 1992.
- Language Note:
- In Hindi.
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- Original language in Hindi.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Renowned ethnographic filmmakers David and Judith MacDougall explore the many meanings of photography in this profound and penetrating documentary. The film focuses on the photographers of Mussoorie, a hill station in the Himalayan foothills of northern India whose fame has attracted tourists since the 19th century.Through a rich mixture of scenes that includes the photographers at work, their clients, and both old and new photographs, this extraordinary film examines photography as art and as social artifact -- a medium of reality, fantasy, memory, and desire."Photo Wallahs" is perfect for introducing students to the complexity of social and anthropological observation, and it will generate valuable discussion in a variety of courses in Indian and Asian studies, cultural anthropology, and photography.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2016).
- OCLC:
- 954042981
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