Gujarat. Baroda (Vadodara). 1948. On the 39th birthday of the maharajah of Baroda, sugar-balls are distributed to the poor.
- Object:
Photograph
- Place of origin:
India (made)
- Date:
1948 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Cartier-Bresson, Henri, born 1908 - died 2004 (photographer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Black and white photograph
- Museum number:
PH.753-1978
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level F, case X, shelf 918, box P
Physical description
Black and white photograph depicting groups of people at the side of a vehicle, receiving a ball of sugar. One man has his hands stretching through the crowd whilst an older man at the front holds out a piece of fabric to receive the food.
Place of Origin
India (made)
Date
1948 (made)
Artist/maker
Cartier-Bresson, Henri, born 1908 - died 2004 (photographer)
Materials and Techniques
Black and white photograph
Dimensions
Width: 29.5 cm, Height: 39.5 cm
Descriptive line
Black and white photograph by Henri Cartier-Bresson depicting groups of poverty-stricken people receiving a sugar ball on the birthday of the maharajah in Gujarat. India, 1948.
Materials
Photographic paper
Techniques
Photography
Subjects depicted
Sugar; Poverty; Crowds; Beggars; Poor; Hunger
Categories
Photographs; Poverty
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
