Photo Students Meet India--Up Close
What does it take to cover the story of India’s 900 million people? Try three months, 19 roving photography students and nearly 5,000 rolls of film.
That’s what Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara did when it sent the photo-documentary students abroad last summer. Whitney Old (left, with cattle) and other Brooks students fanned across the country, from strife-torn Kashmir to the rugged Himalayas to bustling Bombay.
On this page are a few pieces of the mosaic of modern India that they produced. Brooks, a private, 49-year-old college with about 450 students, plans to display their work in May at its Jefferson campus, 1321 Alameda Padre Serra, Santa Barbara.
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