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Book Title: An Economy of Signs: Contemporary Indian Photographs
Edited by Sunil Gupta

This book and exhibition project was initiated as a collaboration with the Photographers' Gallery, London. I wanted to demonstrate that if we commissioned Indian photographers to the same amount as we do Western ones they would give us work to an international standard. — Sunil Gupta

"The title of this book is an allusion to the R K Narayan stories about a mythical South Indian town Malgudi; a microcosm of Indian society. An Economy of Signs is the work of eight Indian photographers, all born after Independence. India provides rich material for the photographer. The almost incredible social change in this century, the contrasts in cultures and races, the surreal visual juxtapositions, the rituals, all overlaying each other - all prime subjects. But the conflicts between and within India's urban and rural societies - its English-speaking and non-English-speaking citizens, its caste system, its drive to create a national, secular identity and aspirations of its regions and culture - make it possible only to provide 'signs' towards understanding."

Publication date: 1990
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1854890336
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1854890337
Format: Hardcover I 128 pages 
Published by: Rivers Oram Press, London
Design: Lesley Stewart
Co-ordinated in India by Radhika Singh/Fotomedia
Funded by Arts Council England
Cover photo: Ram Rahman
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    • From Here To Eternity
    • Trespass
    • Disrupted Borders
    • An Economy of Signs
    • Ecstatic Antibodies
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    • Same Difference
    • Fernando Arias
    • Divine Facades
    • Simryn Gill
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    • Joy Gregory
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