Pranlal patel biography templates

          The photograph is one of the most intriguing forms of material culture from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries available to his- torians..

          At 104,countless memories in black and white

          “I started out as an outdoor photographer in 1933,with funds from friends,self-taught at a time when photographers were a rarity,” Patel,born 1910,says at his Ahmedabad home.

          “I would cycle across Ahmedabad with my box camera,sending my photographs to dailies in Mumbai,Delhi,Kolkata,Chennai.

          Thirty years old then Pranlal Patel, a Rolie-flex camera slung on the shoulder, set out for Kashmir, long hailed as paradise on the earth, with.

        1. 'An Insfitufion in the Making: IIMA through the lens of Pranlal Patel,' a photography exhibition presented by the IIMA Archives in collaboration with Arthshila.
        2. The photograph is one of the most intriguing forms of material culture from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries available to his- torians.
        3. Obit: Pranlal Patel's photo-finish is all colour.
        4. Pranlal Patel () started his photography journey in He became an Associate of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain in.

          5. I started being paid handsomely by editors,who would fill pages with my pictures.”

          He belongs strictly to the old school. He stresses the virtues of black and white,and is so uncomfortable with the digital age that he gave up professional photography in 2000.

          “I like to click people and history is important to me,” he says.

          “I got great joy from not knowing which of my photographs would make it to the papers. I would dwell on the subject,make notes of events. Photojournalism today has become easier,but has left no scope for my kind of photography to flourish.” That is why he gave it up,says his son,Anand Patel.

          His frames from across so many decad