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The Goddess and the City

Kali and Kolkata
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The Goddess and the City: Kali and Kolkata vividly portrays Kolkata, a city steeped in history as the former capital of British India. Through the lens of Melbourne-based photographer Tess Rice, readers experience the city's architectural splendour and the richly woven lives of its inhabitants. The book shines during the Puja celebrations, capturing the vibrant energy of Kali Ma as it seeps into the city's streets, offering an intimate and nuanced photographic journey.
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Ideal for readers interested in arts and culture, photography aficionados, and those passionate about the rich history and vibrant life of Indian cities.

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The Goddess and the City: Kali and Kolkata brings into focus one of the world's most vibrant living Victorian cities. It was the capital of British India from 1722 until the Raj relocated to Delhi in 1911. The architectural wealth bedazzles but no more so than the people who live within its torn and much-loved fabric.

Despite its myriad forms of transport including trams, Hooghly ferries, Ambassador taxis, and a super-efficient metro, one can never travel quickly in Kolkata; every person has a story to tell, food to offer, or something to show.

Awards-listed Melbourne-based photographer Tess Rice captures with perfect tone and resonance a city and its people. It is photography that speaks of engagement, and people who are culturally rich and overwhelmingly generous and sophisticated. With work taken during Puja celebrations, Kali Ma's consciousness and energy magically pervade the city, and a photographic body of work full of nuance and surprising intimacy.

The Goddess and the City is a book to be savoured.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781925760514

Publisher: Transit Lounge Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 May 2021

Country: Australia

Imprint: Transit Lounge Publishing

Illustration: Illustrations

Contributors:

  • Photographs by Tess Rice
  • Foreword by Tony Wheeler

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 305.0mm

Height: 315.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 165

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