Malayali Brahmins, Trivandrum, India, 1929
Malayali Brahmins, 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.
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[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
Malayali Type, Quilon, India, 1929
Malayali Type, Quilon, India, 1929
Man in Hat Sitting in a Gazebo Looking at the View, Rest House, Way to Siliguri, India, 1929
Man in Hat Sitting in a Gazebo Looking at the View, Rest House on the Way to Siliguri, India, 1929
Native Boats, Broken River, India, 1929
Native Boats, Broken River, India, 1929
Old Man of Udaipur, India, 1929
Old Man of Udaipur, India, 1929
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