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Image source, Courtesy Raghu Rai and PHOTOINK
Two men, old Delhi, 1970
In the age of mobile phones and social media, everyone is a bit of a photographer, drawing hordes of fans on their Instagram accounts. But a gallery in India recently held an exhibition looking back on the time-honoured tradition of street photography.
A collection of 23 photographs, the black and white streetscapes were shot by Ketaki Sheth, Pablo Bartholomew, Raghu Rai and Sooni Taraporevala - some of the country's most acclaimed photographers.
The photographs span the time between 1970 and 2000, and offer a view of the golden period of street photography in India, when photographers - tucked behind their cameras - would roam the streets, observing, engaging and capturing the nuances of daily life.
"It was a time when permission and consent were not negotiated in writing and the photographer could photograph with tacit understanding from passers-by," according to Delhi-based PHOTOINK, which organised the show.
"Photographing the street has increasingly become a complex and contested space today, surveillance and privacy issues notwithstanding. Everyone with a mobile phone is now a street photographer."
Here's a selection of some of the pictures from the show:
Image source, Courtesy Raghu Rai and PHOTOINK
Image caption,Cart pusher, Delhi, 1979, Raghu Rai
Image source, Courtesy Sooni Taraporevala and PHOTOINK
Image caption,Women of Kamathipura red light district, Bombay (now Mumbai),1987
Image source, Courtesy Pablo Bartholomew and PHOTOINK
Image caption,Family on a scooter, Bombay, 1976
Image source, Courtesy Ketaki Sheth and PHOTOINK
Image caption,Mother and child at Mt Mary Fair, Bandra, Mumbai, 2002.
Image source, Courtesy Raghu Rai and PHOTOINK
Image caption,Siesta for taxi drivers, Kolkata, 1990
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