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India
 Websites presented in alphabetical order The Arunachal Macaque 
 Three articles related to the 2004 discovery of a new primate species called the Arunachal macaque (or Macaca munzala). The website includes reports from an on-going "long-term project to explore its demography, behavioural ecology and conservation status in the Tawang and West Kameng districts of western Arunachal Pradesh." From the Nature Conservation Foundation (NCF) of India. http://ncf-india.org/projectpublications.php?class=theme&type=ecology&project=The+Arunachal+macaque Topics: History, Mammals, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Photograph Collections: Regional Last updated Jul 1, 2009 Asian Historical Architecture
Contains thousands of photographs of historical Asian architecture, browsable by country and city. Entries include images, brief descriptions, and bibliographies. http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/ Topics: Architecture, Architecture by Place, History, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional, Regions of the World Last updated Jul 30, 2003 beatofindia.com
Beat of India provides sound and video recordings, photographs, and reviews of folk music from India. Music and dance groups from rural villages using rare folk instruments are featured. Hindi fonts are available for downloading. http://www.beatofindia.com/ Topics: Dance, Musical Genres, Photograph Collections: Regional Last updated Jun 18, 2003 Bissonnette on Costume: A Visual Dictionary of Fashion
This site invites you to "enter the world of fashion and witness the change in silhouettes, accessories, lingerie and hairstyles from the 18th to the 20th century." It features annotated photographs of fashions, with an emphasis on female dress from Europe and the United States. Also includes information about male and children's fashions, and costumes of India, Greece, Japan, Turkey, China, and central Asia. Browsable. From a curator at the Kent State University Museum. http://dept.kent.edu/museum/costume/ Topics: Fashion, History, Holidays & Observances, Performing Arts, Photograph Collections: Regional Last updated Aug 25, 2004 Harappa: Glimpses of South Asia before 1947
Old photographs, rare film footage, and text from before independence in India and Pakistan. Includes information on Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and the story of the ancient Indus Valley. Harappa was a city in the Indus Valley civilization that flourished around 2,500 B.C. http://www.harappa.com/ Topics: Archaeology, History By Place, Photograph Collections: Regional, Regions of the World Last updated Aug 25, 2002 Hensley Photo Library
A searchable and browsable collection of almost 600 "photographs taken during World War II by an American serviceman, Glenn S. Hensley." They are primarily taken in India, and the majority are in Calcutta, with other locations including Madras, Kharagpur, Agra, and Burma. From the University of Chicago's Digital South Asia Library. http://dsal.uchicago.edu/images/hensley/ Topics: Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional Last updated Sep 28, 2002 HSPH Gallery: Stolen Dreams
About two dozen black and white photographs and brief narratives partially document the plight of "over 150 million children worldwide." The author photographed "children working in a variety of occupations in the United States, Mexico, Thailand, Nepal, Bangladesh, Turkey, Morocco, Indonesia, and India." Brief text describes abuses and illnesses to which exploited children are susceptible. Resource Links has contact information for advocacy and welfare organizations. An exhibit from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/gallery/ Topics: Jobs & Work, Labor, Photograph Collections: Regional Last updated Oct 2, 2002 Portraits of India: Markets, Merchants, and Artisans
Collection of photographs "taken by anthropologist Richard Lerner in India, [during] 1968-70 and 1988-89." Features annotated images of artisans, markets and shops, traveling merchants, and providers of services such as barbers and launderers. Also includes biographical information about Lerner. From the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley. http://hearstmuseum.berkeley.edu/exhibitions/lerner/lerner_splash.html Topics: Photograph Collections: Regional, Regions of the World Last updated Jul 19, 2006 SAWNET: The South Asian Women's NETwork
"A forum for those interested in issues concerning South Asian women worldwide." The website includes articles and news, a bibliography of books by and for South Asian women, a section on children's books, and links to other women's resources. Who's Who contains over 80 short biographies (some with photographs). SAWNET's definition of South Asia includes Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. http://www.sawnet.org/ Topics: Notable People: Women, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional, Regions of the World, Regions of the World Last updated Jul 3, 2007 Sunil Gupta: Homelands
Small collection of photographs by Sunil Gupta that "explore the connections between disparate landscapes with which he has an affinity: Northern India (where he was born), Eastern Canada (where he was raised), North Eastern USA (where he was educated), and England (where he resides)." Includes an introductory essay, single images from the "Tales of a City" series, and dual images from the "Homelands" series. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/gupta/default.htm Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional Last updated Aug 22, 2006 The Tea Man's Tea Talk
Contains tea FAQs, articles on tea making and history, photos and illustrations, and information on the science and health aspects of tea, and tea in Ceylon, China, India, and Japan. Note: the Tea Man passed away and the site has not been updated in some time, but remains as "an archive of tea articles prepared and/or commissioned by him, or that he thought were interesting and enlightening to lovers of tea." http://www.teatalk.com/ Topics: Beverages, Drugs & Medications by Type, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional Last updated Sep 14, 2008 William Gedney: Photographs and Writings
His most significant photographic projects include work in New York, eastern Kentucky, India, San Francisco, and his series on American composers. The database is searchable by collection and field and includes a chronology of his life and work. "Contains 4920 photographic images, 1214 images of writings and notebooks, and 274 images from photographic book projects." http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/gedney/ Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections: Regional, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Photography, Technology Last updated Dec 2, 2008 World in the Balance
Companion to a 2004 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) NOVA program with "stories from India, Japan, Kenya, and China, ... [that] gives an up-to-date global snapshot of today's human family, now numbering 6.3 billion." The site includes essays, transcripts of interviews with human population experts, photos, and interactive features, such as information about human numbers through time and a demographics game. Also includes a teacher's guide and links to related sites. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/worldbalance/ Topics: Environment, Photograph Collections: Regional, Social Science Last updated Jun 21, 2005 |
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