点评:Photographer Adita Arya, over many decades of work, collected thousands of artefacts related to photography: these artefacts form about 97-98% of the display at Museo Camera, which he first set up in 2006, and which has since expanded. The museum is housed in a building that stretches over several floors and includes, besides the museum, various other areas: research centres, a dark room, lecture halls and conference rooms, studio, the museum shop, and a café. Outside, the garden has some delightfully quirky brightly-painted stuff—auto rickshaw, scooter, Ambassador car—designed for visitors’ selfies.
The museum spreads over two galleries on the ground floor; basic ticket prices are Rs 200 per person above 9 years. You pay extra for an audio guide. Photography is not just allowed, but encouraged! On the second floor of the building is a permanent exhibition of some stunning works by Kulwant Roy, whose portraits of Gandhiji and other national leaders of the mid-century are iconic. The first floor has two galleries where temporary exhibitions are hosted; when we visited, one exhibition had photos from the early 1900s of a mountaineering expedition in the Himalayas; the other was of 19th century Lucknow courtesans.
The museum’s galleries basically use a timeline method to show the development and evolution of photography. Well-written text, lots of interesting artefacts (cameras, photos, accessories, and more) are arranged here in what is a treasure trove devoted to photography. There are amazing insights into pioneers, major brands, specialized cameras (for war; spy cameras; Polaroid; etc), stereoscopes, and more.
You need at least an hour to even do a rudimentary tour through the museum. It’s very interesting, and the professionalism with which everything has been curated, described, and displayed, is admirable. One of the best museums I’ve been to in India.
翻译:摄影师 Adita Arya 经过数十年的工作,收集了数千件与摄影相关的文物:这些文物占到他于 2006 年首次建立的摄影博物馆展品的 97-98%,此后规模不断扩大。博物馆坐落在一座横跨数层的建筑内,除了博物馆外,还包括其他各种区域:研究中心、暗室、演讲厅和会议室、工作室、博物馆商店和咖啡馆。外面的花园里有一些色彩鲜艳、令人愉悦的古怪玩意儿——自动人力车、踏板车、大使车——专为游客自拍而设计。
博物馆分布在一楼的两个画廊;9 岁以上的基本票价为每人 200 卢比。您需要额外支付语音导游费用。这里不仅允许拍照,而且鼓励拍照!大楼二楼是库尔万特·罗伊一些令人惊叹的作品的永久展览,他为甘地和二十世纪中期其他国家领导人拍摄的肖像画具有标志性。一楼有两个画廊,用于举办临时展览;我们参观时,一个展览展出了 20 世纪初喜马拉雅山登山探险队的照片;另一个展览展出了 19 世纪勒克瑙妓女的照片。
博物馆的画廊基本上使用时间轴方法来展示摄影的发展和演变。精心撰写的文字、大量有趣的文物(相机、照片、配件等)都在这里排列,这是一个专门用于摄影的宝库。这里有关于先驱者、主要品牌、专业相机(用于战争;间谍相机;宝丽来等)、立体镜等的惊人见解。
即使是参观博物馆,您也需要至少一个小时的时间。非常有趣,所有东西的策划、描述和展示都十分专业,令人钦佩。这是我在印度参观过的最好的博物馆之一。