Author: Wilson, Henry.
Title: [AN ALBUM OF COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS OF BENARES]. ‘Kashi’ The City of Light [taken from spine].
Description: , N.d. c.[1985]. Landscape 4to. 48 glossy colour photographs, each with printed letterpress title. With tissue guards (some creasing), contemporary half morocco with dec. boards, minor fading mainly to spine. ¶ Henry Wilson, photographer and designer, born 1959, and died aged 57 in a cycling accident in May 2017. Wilson was revered for his photography work in India (it is thought he took as many as 40,000 photographs in the country), and the wallpaper he designed for Osborne & Little. He also published several books with Thames and Hudson, ‘Benares’ ‘India contemporary’ and ‘The floral patterns of India’, and was reputed to be working on a fourth at the time of his death. The rich colourful photographs in this album capture the essence of ‘the oldest living city in the world with a history that goes back some three thousand years ...’ Henry Wilson ‘Benares.’

Keywords: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL; INDIA


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