From Kashmir to Kabul: The Photographs of Burke and Baker, 1860-1900 download epub
by Omar A. Khan,F. S. Aijazuddin
This work seeks to piece together the remarkable careers of Baker and Burke.
This work seeks to piece together the remarkable careers of Baker and Burke. No photographers of the Raj era witnessed more wars, discoveries, news events and human diversity than did these two Irishmen. Few encountered more adverse conditions, hauling heavy equipment and glass plates over steep mountain ranges, and mixing chemicals at dangerously high altitudes, than Baker and Burke.
From Kashmir to Kabul book. This work seeks to piece together the remarkable careers of Baker and Burke.
John Burke is and was the pre-eminent photographer of the North West Frontier and Afghanistan. Extraordinary!" - Clark Worswick, author of The Last Empire.
The story of John Burke and William Baker, premiere photographers of Afghanistan, Kashmir and the Punjab 1860-1900 and their studios in Murree, Peshawar, Rawalpindi and Lahore by Omar Khan. John Burke is and was the pre-eminent photographer of the North West Frontier and Afghanistan. An impressive work of scholarship that brings to life not only a curious - and now very topical - chapter of Britain's imperial adventure in Afghanistan but also a neglected pioneer of war photography. Charles Allen, author of Raj.
Khan, Omar; Prestel, 2002. Title of a book, article or other published item (this will display to the public)
Khan, Omar; Prestel, 2002. Title of a book, article or other published item (this will display to the public): From Kashmir to Kabul: the photographs of John Burke and William Baker, 1860-1900. ISBN of the winning item: 3-7913-2786-0. What type of media is this winner?: Book. Winner Detail Create Date: Thursday, September 23, 2010 - 07:29.
Khan, Omar A. - primary author. Their photographs of the Great Game ? a phrase coined by Rudyard Kipling for the power struggles of British and Russian imperialism ? were an inspiration to the writer, and remain some of the most poignant images of the British Empire.
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From Kashmir to Kabul is the first book to piece together the remarkable careers of Burke and Baker. Burke and Baker's story is also the story of photography itself, a medium that was evolving at a dizzying pace - as quickly as the world they sought to capture was changing. 208 pg. 121 4-color illustrations.
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Fiction in Persian Persian Politics & History Postcards Psychology & Socialogy Persian-Pashto Urdu Books on Afghanistan د ماشومانو کتابونه دینی (فارسی-پشتو) کتاب های اطفال (به زبان فارسی دری) کتاب های فارسی و پشتو برای جوانان و نوجوانان. From Kashmir To Kabul: The Photographs of John Burke and William Baker 1860-1900. Home Afghanistan Coffee Tables From Kashmir To Kabul: The Photographs of John Burke and William Baker 1860-1900. Binding: Hardback – 208 Pages.
You Save 20% + FREE DELIVERY WORLDWIDE. ISBN-10 : 81-85822-92-1, 8185822921. Place of Publication : Ahmedabad. Year of Publication : 2002. 124 Duo-tone Photos.
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Select Format: Hardcover. ISBN13:9788185822921. Release Date:December 2002.
From Kashmir to Kabul is the first book to piece together the remarkable careers of Baker and Burke. No photographers of the Raj era witnessed more wars, discoveries, news events and human diversity than did these two Irishmen. Few encountered the kinds of adverse conditions, hauling heavy equipment and glass plates over steep mountain ranges, and mixing chemicals at dangerously high altitudes than Baker and Bourke. Based on decades of research, this book chronicles their early days in Peshawar and their move to Muree, the Himalayan hill station on the border of Kashmir. It follows their documenting of the Afghan Wars, some of the earliest war photography, and their return to the plains of Lahore, where they continued to photograph the regions people and landscape. Baker and Burkes story is also the story of photography itself, a medium that was evolving at a dizzying paceas quickly as the world they sought to capture was changing.

ISBN: 3791327860
Category: Arts & Photography
Subcategory: Photography & Video
Language: English
Publisher: Prestel Pub (December 2002)
Pages: 208 pages
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