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Photo Wallahs

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Photo Wallahs. © MacDougall

Director David MacDougall, Judith MacDougall
Country/Production UK
Release 1991
Length 60 mins
Format Colour / DVD / PAL / All region
Location India, Mussoorie / Asia
Ethnic Group North Indians
Language without commentary
Collection MacDougall
Prizes/Commendations Material Culture & Archaelogy Film Prize 1992

Order No RAI-200.229
Sale Info See Film Prices General Collection; Not for Sale in America
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This film is an exploration of the cultural and personal meanings of photographs in a hill station in northern India. The ‘photo wallahs’ are the local photographers of Mussoorie, a town which once attracted Indian princes and British residents but now caters to Indian tourists.

 

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