Comments on: Maharaja portrait photography in 21st century India

By: FotoWala | Portrait Photography | Daylight Studio | Sephi Bergerson Photography

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:48:17 +0000

[...] the young generation in Delhi using an old wood camera. I have already written two posts about it; Maharaja Portraits in 21st Century India where I explained the photographic process, and Video Killed The Radio Star about my own project [...]

By: Jaspreet

Jaspreet — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 03:10:22 +0000

I have personally seen these 1st generation box cameras in Nagpur, Maharashtra(INDIA) couple years (around 15 years) back out side a place called Maharaj bagh. It was full Lab inside that box to take and develop Black and White photos in about 15 mins.

By: FotoWala | Street photography in India | old wood camera | Sephi Bergerson Photography

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:19:09 +0000

[...] back I wrote a post titled Maharaja’s postrait photography in 21st centure India about a photographic process that was invented in India and has been used for decades by many [...]

By: twilight fairy

twilight fairy — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:52:14 +0000

fascinating. wd love to meet this guy myself.

By: Blue Perez

Blue Perez — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:11:09 +0000

Wow. That’s some camera! Love it. Great write up too. Fascinating. Thanks for the tipoff.

By: Sony

Sony — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:02:02 +0000

wow that was an interesting subject to raise. those old sepia photos had a distinct old world charm attached to them.

By: shiv ahuja

shiv ahuja — Sat, 16 May 2009 19:38:16 +0000

wonderful! i’ve always wondered how they did this! Just discovered your site, love it. lots of informative posts.

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:06:08 +0000

What is the plate size of Bharat Bhushan Mahajan’s camera? Possibly I can find another wooden camera of the same period to replace his aging one.

By: Jigar

Jigar — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:11:32 +0000

This is so utterly interesting! I’ve never seen any of these guys in India. I’ve only seen the somewhat more modern guys with cameras like the Nikon & Pentax SLRs mentioned by Craig at spots like around the Taj Mahal.

By: Francesca Camisoli

Francesca Camisoli — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:00:31 +0000

Beautiful subject Sephi! I’ve just remembered that I actually have a picture somewhere taken by one of these street photographers in Jaipur some years ago. It just looks from a different era, as if time had stopped. Fascinating image filled with nostalgia, especially as it is a photo with a friend of mine that I’ve lost touch with…..

By: Craig Ferguson

Craig Ferguson — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:18:54 +0000

I remember seeing some of these cameras in Jaipur and Agra. Most of the photographers I saw in other parts of India were using old Pentax and Nikon SLRs (this was late 90s and early 2000s). An age is dying out.