Maharajas With Camera Photographers journey, ...

Maharajas With Camera Photographers journey, a narrative on Maharaja Sawai Ram Singh II of Jaipur and Maharaja Birchandra Manikya of Tripura

Author Name : Shreya Mukherjee

ABSTRACT

Photography's magic to bring forward a legible truth through images, although deceptive, granted it more extensive, widespread acceptability among the class who could afford it. The Indian royal courts were one of the earliest spaces that accepted photography as part of court art. Maharaja of Jaipur Sawai Ram Singh II and Birchandra Manikya of Tripura took photography as their passion and a tool for intellectual exposure. The paper presents an overview photographic narrative of the two prominent Indian royals, namely Maharaja Ram Singh II and BirChandra Manikya. It highlights their work style, thematic contents and initiatives for promoting photography. They avidly practised and experimented with the medium markingtheir presence in the History of Indian Photography. The paper introspects two individuals together while working in two places but aims for one objective-love for photography. Thus the paper will give a retrospective and comparative view of their work. The prime intention is to provide the reader with an overview of their work and highlight possibilities for further research.

Keywords: Indian Photography, Indian Royals, Maharaja Sawai Ram Singh II, BirChandra Manikya