The Tribals of India - Hardcover

Janah, Sunil

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195628624 ISBN 13: 9780195628623

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1994

Synopsis

This book of photographs on the tribals of India contains accompanying text which describes the author's fascinating experiences among them. For thirty years, Sunil Janah traveled extensively in the inaccessible tribal villages throughout India. He lived among the people as one of them and was fortunate enough to have photographed important moments in the lives of the tribals. These photographs are of both artistic and documentary value as the lives of the tribals has changed considerably during the last decade.

About this title

About the Author:

Sunil Janah is a pioneering and world-renowned photographer who in 1973 was given the national award of `Padmashree' by the President of India.

Review:

'An irreplaceable record of people whose lives were later radically changed by development.' The New York Times
'Sunil Janah is to India what Henry Cartier-Bresson was to France and what Margaret Bourke-White was to America: a daring visionary who straddles photojournalism and fine art by always being in the right place at the right time.' PETER NAGY, Time Out, New
York

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0195628624
• ISBN 13: 9780195628623
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144