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Pakistan: Old Photographs

Thursday, February 23rd, 2006 @ 16:23 UTC

by Neha Viswanathan

Countries:: Pakistan
Topics:: History, Photography

Metroblogging Islamabad links to an archive of old photographs of the Indian subcontinent. It's interesting that most of the subcontinent's photographic history is through the eyes of the Raj, and determines largely the subject and the gaze of the camera.

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