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January 23 – March 14, 2009

Sacred Sight: Photographs in India 2009 Howard Greenberg Gallery

FRANCK, Martine
Bombay [Mumbai], India, 1980
15 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed later

Sacred Sight: Photographs in India 2009 Howard Greenberg Gallery

HAAS, Ernst
India, c.1960
6 5/8 x 9 5/8 inches
Gelatin silver print, printed c.1960

Sacred Sight: Photographs in India 2009 Howard Greenberg Gallery

GEDNEY, William
Benares, India c.1970
7 3/4 x 11 3/8 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed 1972

Sacred Sight: Photographs in India 2009 Howard Greenberg Gallery

RIBOUD, Marc
Benares, India 1956
40 x 30 cm
Gelatin silver print; printed later

Sacred Sight: Photographs in India 2009 Howard Greenberg Gallery

IZU, Kenro
Ladakh #67, Spituk Gompa, India, 1999
20 x 14 inches
Platinum palladium print

Sacred Sight: Photographs in India 2009 Howard Greenberg Gallery

IZU, Kenro
Ladakh #68, 1999
20 x 14 inches
Platinum palladium print

Sacred Sight: Photographs in India 2009 Howard Greenberg Gallery

LEVINSTEIN,
Untitled, 1960's
13 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed 1960's

Sacred Sight: Photographs in India 2009 Howard Greenberg Gallery

LEVINSTEIN, Leon
Untitled 1960's
13 1/2 x 11 3/8 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed 1960's

Sacred Sight: Photographs in India 2009 Howard Greenberg Gallery

GEDNEY, William
India, 1969-71
11 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed 1969-71

Sacred Sight: Photographs in India 2009 Howard Greenberg Gallery

BISCHOF, Werner
India, 1951
7 5/8 x 7 3/4 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1951

Sacred Sight: Photographs in India 2009 Howard Greenberg Gallery

GEDNEY, William
India, c.1970
7 3/4 x 11 3/8 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed 1972

Sacred Sight: Photographs in India 2009 Howard Greenberg Gallery

MOORE, Charles
Gypsy Camp near Jaipur, India, 1966
9 1/4 x 13 3/4 inches
Gelatin silver print

Sacred Sight: Photographs in India 2009 Howard Greenberg Gallery

MOORE, Charles
Jaipur, India, 1966
9 x 13 3/4 inches
Gelatin silver print

Sacred Sight: Photographs in India 2009 Howard Greenberg Gallery

BOURKE-WHITE, Margaret
Sikhs Migrating to their new homeland after the creation of Sikh and Hindu sections of India, 1947
10 3/8 x 13 3/8 inches
|Gelatin silver print; printed 1947

Sacred Sight: Photographs in India 2009 Howard Greenberg Gallery

IZU, Kenro
Ladakh #43, Ramayuru Gompa, India, 1999
14 x 20 inches
Platinum palladium print; printed 2003

Sacred Sight: Photographs in India 2009 Howard Greenberg Gallery

CARTIER-BRESSON, Henri
Gandhi's secretary Brij Kishen stares with grief stricken intensity before fire-enveloped body of the man he had served faithfully with complete and self-sacrificing devotion. New Delhi, India., 1948
9 x 13 1/2 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1948

Sacred Sight: Photographs in India 2009 Howard Greenberg Gallery

Anonymous
Book Writers, Kashmir, c.1900
5 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches
Gelatin silver print

Sacred Sight: Photographs in India 2009 Howard Greenberg Gallery

MONDHE, Bhalu
Climber, 1980's
11 3/4 x 9 7/8 inches
Gelatin silver print

Sacred Sight: Photographs in India 2009 Howard Greenberg Gallery

Bourne & Shepherd
Weighing Opium 19th Century
9 1/4 x 12 3/8 inches
Gelatin silver print

Sacred Sight: Photographs in India 2009 Howard Greenberg Gallery

Anonymous
Bengal Musicians, c.1900
11 1/8 x 8 5/8 inches
Gelatin silver print

Sacred Sight: Photographs in India 2009 Howard Greenberg Gallery

Bourne & Shepherd
Harrison Road, Calcutta, 1920's
9 x 11 7/8 inches
Gelatin silver print

Sacred Sight: Photographs in India 2009 Howard Greenberg Gallery

Bourne & Shepherd
Calcutta, c.1930
9 7/8 x 12 inches
Gelatin silver print

Sacred Sight: Photographs in India 2009 Howard Greenberg Gallery

Bourne & Shepherd
Foothills of the Himalayas, c.1900
8 3/8 x 11 1/2 inches
Gelatin silver print

Sacred Sight: Photographs in India 2009 Howard Greenberg Gallery

Bourne & Shepherd
Rustic Scene in Bengal near Calcutta, c.1900
8 7/8 x 11 3/8 inches
Gelatin silver print

Sacred Sight: Photographs in India 2009 Howard Greenberg Gallery

Anonymous
Women at a Bathing Ghat on the Ganges at Benares, date unknown
8 3/8 x 10 7/8 inches
Platinum print

Sacred Sight: Photographs in India 2009 Howard Greenberg Gallery

Anonymous
Untitled (Indian nobleman), date unknown
5 1/2 x 4 inches
Hand-colored albumen print on cabinet card

Sacred Sight: Photographs in India 2009 Howard Greenberg Gallery

Anonymous
Untitled (Indian nobleman), date unknown
4 x 2 5/8 inches
Hand-colored albumen print on cabinet card

Sacred Sight: Photographs in India 2009 Howard Greenberg Gallery

MARK, Mary Ellen
Madam: 'I don't like to take virgin girls. It is too dangerous. I can get in trouble with the law. It took me four months to break in Putla, 1978-79
20 x 16 inches
Cibachrome print; printed 2005

Sacred Sight: Photographs in India 2009 Howard Greenberg Gallery

MARK, Mary Ellen
Mid-afternoon, 1978-79
20 x 16 inches
Cibachrome print; printed 2005

Sacred Sight: Photographs in India 2009 Howard Greenberg Gallery

MARK, Mary Ellen
Cages on Falkland Road at night, 1978-79
16 x 20 inches
Cibachrome print; printed 2005

Sacred Sight: Photographs in India 2009 Howard Greenberg Gallery

Anonymous
Untitled (Indian nobleman), date unknown
5 7/8 x 4 inches
Hand-colored albumen print on cabinet card

Sacred Sight: Photographs in India 2009 Howard Greenberg Gallery

Anonymous
Raja of Kurnal, Mohamed Gularia Sharif-Khan-Sahib-Bahadur, c.1875
6 x 3 7/8 inches
Hand-colored albumen print on cabinet card

Sacred Sight: Photographs in India 2009 Howard Greenberg Gallery

KRISHNA, G.C. & Co
Shri Sarswati ji, date unknown
5 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches
Hand-colored carte postale collage

Sacred Sight: Photographs in India 2009 Howard Greenberg Gallery

MARK, Mary Ellen
Early Morning in the Olympia Café, 1978-79
16 x 20 inches
Cibachrome print; printed 2005

Sacred Sight: Photographs in India 2009 Howard Greenberg Gallery

Anonymous
Untitled (Indian nobleman), date unknown
5 1/2 x 3 7/8 inches
Hand-colored albumen print on cabinet card

Sacred Sight: Photographs in India 2009 Howard Greenberg Gallery

CARTIER-BRESSON, Henri
Kashmir, 1948
9 x 13 1/2 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed 1960's

Sacred Sight: Photographs in India 2009 Howard Greenberg Gallery

Anonymous
Untitled (Indian nobleman), date unknown
3 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches
Hand-colored albumen print on cabinet card

Press Release

Howard Greenberg Gallery proudly presents an exhibition of rare vintage and contemporary photographic prints on India. Rich in culture, tradition and a generosity of spirit, these images illustrate a people and land so unique that the patterns of their environment seem to radiate throughout their beings. This show brings together a varied group of images from the late 19th century overview of Calcutta by Bourne and Shepard to the poignant images of the prostitutes of Falkland Road, in Bombay by Mary Ellen Mark.