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Gandhi@150 - Rare Archival Photographs By Kulwant Roy

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Indian Embassy in Collaboration with Turkish Photographic Art Federation organized a Photo Exhibition of rare Archival Photographs of Photographer Kulwant Roy, from November 22-29, 2019. The exhibition showcased the diverse photographs taken by Kulwant Roy, one of the first free-lance photo-journalists, who worked through the pre and post-independence era of Modern India. On display were 40 of the rarest negatives and prints of Mahatma Gandhi.  The rare and precious images, have been curated by eminent Indian photographer Aditya Arya. These were from the collection of photographs taken from the 1930's to 1960's. Aditya Arya, in the process of documenting, preserving, restoring and archiving Kulwant Roy’s visual treasures has discovered an invaluable visual archive, including many unpublished pictures, of a momentous era in India's history.