Ottan Thullal Dancer, Trivandrum, India, 1929
Ottan Thullal Dancer, Trivandrum, India, 1929
INDIA
INDIA
In mid-to-late 1929, Hoppé visited a rapidly changing Indian region that was ready to demand independence from the British Empire. The Indian National Congress would pass a resolution to that effect that very December. Hoppé recorded the great diversity and ancient heritage of the country, its peoples and varied religious and cultural traditions, Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, Sikh and Jewish. He photographed it from bottom to top, enduring many hardships, ranging from Colombo, Sri Lanka to Rabindranath Tagore’s university at Santiniketan in Bengal, and even a glimpse at Mount Everest from Darjeeling.
[Rabindranath Tagore was a] handsome, commanding presence, aloof manner, dignified, cold. His silken silver hair and flowing beard. He was like a king.
– E.O. Hoppé
Peacock Feather Seller, Benares Varanasi, 1929
Peacock Feather Seller, Benares (Varanasi), 1929
Pilgrims on Panchanga Ghat on the Ganges, Benares, Varanasi, 1930
Pilgrims on Panchanga Ghat on the Ganges, Benares (Varanasi), 1930
Priest at Rock Temple, Tiruchirappalli, India, 1929
Priest at Rock Temple, Tiruchirappalli, India, 1929
Sadhus, Ballari, Karnataka, 1929
Sadhus, Bellary (Ballari), Karnataka, 1929
Scene at Rutlam Railway Station, India, 1929
Scene at Rutlam Railway Station, India, 1929
Smaller Sasbahu Temple, Fort Gwalior, 1929
Smaller Sasbahu Temple, Fort Gwalior, 1929
Strolling Minstrel, Delhi, 1929
Strolling Minstrel, Delhi, 1929
Temple, The Great Corridor, Rameswaram, India, 1929
Temple, The Great Corridor, Rameswaram, India, 1929
Tiger Heads, Van Ingen’s Taxidermist Firm, Mysore, Karnataka, 1929
Tiger Heads, Van Ingen’s Taxidermist Firm, Mysore, Karnataka, 1929
Water Drawer Being Pulled Up Near Guntakal, India, 1929
Water Drawer Being Pulled Up Near Guntakal, India, 1929
Wheel, Pondicherry, India, 1929
Wheel, Pondicherry, India, 1929
White Jew Elder, Cochin Kochi, 1929
White Jew Elder, Cochin Kochi, 1929
Wild Pigs, Udaipur, India, 1929
Wild Pigs, Udaipur, India, 1929
Student Painting a Picture at Dr. Tagores University Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, 1929
Student Painting a Picture at Dr. Tagores University Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, 1929
Badaga Women in the Nilgiri Hills of Tamil Nadu, 1929
Badaga Women in the Nilgiri Hills of Tamil Nadu, 1929
Bathing, Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple, Trivandrum Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 1929
Bathing, Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple, Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram), Kerala, 1929
Cinema Advertisement, Madurai, India, 1929
Cinema Advertisement, Madurai, India, 1929
Courtyard, Greens Hotel, Bombay, India, 1929
Courtyard, Greens Hotel, Bombay, India, 1929
His Highness The Nawab of Bhopal, India, 1929
His Highness The Nawab of Bhopal, India, 1929
Lambadi Tribe, Cochin, India, 1929
Lambadi Tribe, Cochin, India, 1929
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