Burning police vehicles in a Calcutta street during Anti-Imperialist demonstrations on Rashid Ali Day 1942
Photograph
1944 (printed)
1944 (printed)
| Artist/Maker |
Sunil Janah (1918-2012) took this image of anti-Imperialist demonstrations in Calcutta in 1942 during the Quit India movement. The protestors are demonstrating against the British rule of India. The highly contrasting scene is printed from two negatives to expose the light and dark areas of the image separately.
Object details
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| Title | Burning police vehicles in a Calcutta street during Anti-Imperialist demonstrations on Rashid Ali Day 1942 |
| Materials and techniques | Gelatin silver print from two negatives (montage) |
| Brief description | Photograph by Sunil Janah of a street demonstration in Calcutta in 1942, gelatin silver print from two negatives, printed 1944 |
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| Object history | Sunil Janah explained to the Curator of Photographs, Mark Haworth-Booth, in 1996 that he had made this print from two negatives. He had photographed the burning vehicle and the rest of the street scene as separate exposures at the same interval of time. He was dissatisfied with the appearance of this vintage print, tried to improve it by rubbing and other manipulation, and finally made a new print - using the same montage procedure - which is E.43-1997. |
| Summary | Sunil Janah (1918-2012) took this image of anti-Imperialist demonstrations in Calcutta in 1942 during the Quit India movement. The protestors are demonstrating against the British rule of India. The highly contrasting scene is printed from two negatives to expose the light and dark areas of the image separately. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.42-1997 |
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| Record created | April 8, 2009 |
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