Glass Eye Episode 1: Kodak Women

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In Episode 1, Sabeena Gadihoke shines a light on forgotten women amateur photographers from 20th century in India - ‘the Kodak women in striped sarees’ whose contributions to the field of photography in the region have been remarkable. Featuring Nony Singh,  Manobina Roy & Debalina Mazumder, Homai Vyarawala and many other inspiring women !

About Sabeena Gadihoke:

As a scholar, curator and filmmaker, Sabeena Gadihoke’s work has focussed on cinema, popular culture and the history of Indian photography. In 1998, she completed her documentary film Three Women and a Camera, a feminist history of the lives of three Indian female photographers, Homai Vyarawalla, Sheba Chachchi and Dayanita Singh. Sabeena has also curated several exhibitions, including  an exhibition called Twin Sisters with Cameras in 2022 that traces the life and work of Manobina Roy & Debalina Mazumder which she co-curated with Dr. Mallika Leuzinger & Tapati Guha Thakurta. Gadihoke lives and works in New Delhi, where she is professor of video and TV production at the MCRC, Jamia Millia Islamia, a position she has held since 1990.

Source: https://mapacademy.io/article/sabeena-gadihoke/

Links 

1. Lectures: 
   1. Dr. Leuzinger - www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9kIuwe8CdI 
   2. Sabeena Gadihoke - www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOyxJbYtloA 
   3. Kara Felt - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4i5r8O9EJ4

1. Kodak Ads: 
   1. Kodak Christmas 1976 - www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtFwLNBTjBA 
   2. Kodak India (n.a) - www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iuZoXbPyPs 
   3. Kodak Disc Camera 1982 - www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6uTCSfaXVo 
   4. Harriet Nelson Kodak 1957 - www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iLrCa_iVvE 
   5. Kodak Instamatic (n.a) - www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS3llQUI7tI 

Exposing the Zenana: Maharaja Sawai Ram Singh II's Photographs of Women in Purdah: https://maharajacourse.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/weinstein_exposing-the-zenana.pdf

The Archivist by Nony Singh: http://www.letterpressdesignstudio.com/letterpress-rukminee-guha-thakurta-the-archivist-by-nony-singh

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Supported by PhotoSouthAsia and Art South Asia Project 
Produced by Editions JOJO

Special thanks to Dayanita Singh 

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