Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>>>>> Frankly, Steve's book should have been named "South and SE Asia". That would have been more accurate. Since you know him, maybe you should give him my feedfack. India may seem fascinating but IMHO it's already overdone photographically. <<<<<< Well, I'd say that a certain view of India is overdone, definitely. The rickshaws in monsoon floods, poverty, cholera camps, smiling kids in the dust, rural women with brass water pots on their heads. Unfortunately there's so much about the place that _hasn't_ been explored photographically, or has received little attention. Dayanita Singh's photographs of her middle class Delhi friends at home or partying, is a good example. There's not much market for it because it doesn't fit the orientalist prejudices of the western media. I haven't been to other parts of (south or SE) Asia, and I hope to one day, but I feel that India itself is so various, such a universe of life, that it could never be exhausted. But that's just my feeling. For me, I could spend a lifetime photographing Bombay! Rob. Robert Appleby V. Bellentani 36 41100 MO Italy tel. (+39) 059 303436 mob. (+39) 0348 336 7990