India and Mexico Video Project
[youtube id=”y-PF0T5rD4c” align=”center” mode=”normal” autoplay=”no”]
[youtube id=”y-PF0T5rD4c” align=”center” mode=”normal” autoplay=”no”]
This photograph is titled “A Parsee Family” and was taken by William Johnson sometime between 1855-1862 in Western India. The photo depicts a family of four- a mother, father, and two young children. The mother is sitting with her two children standing on either side of her. The father stands to the far right of
Although the title of this photograph is unknown, this image speaks for itself. Winfeld Scott, a provocative photographer at the time, took this photo of four young Mexican women. At first glance they appear to be braiding each other’s hair, but upon closer look, they instead seem to be picking the dirt out of each
Byragees is an interesting photo that shows four men discussing something in a pensive manner within some type of structure. The four men are dressed very similarly, all wearing loose cloth and wearing turbans as headwear. A fairly simple photo, besides clothing and the structure that they are in, there are no objects with
This is a photo taken by the photographer Winfield Scott who was known for a more upclose and personal way of taking photos without much thought of respecting the culture. The title of the photo is Three girls and a woman checking hair and was taken between 1895 to 1910 just before the beginning of World War
An unknown photographer in Mexico captured the photo above around 1897. There are three women in the still shot and one woman halfway cut out of the picture. Each woman is paired with a small child while cooking. Because there is one child per woman, one could assume that the women are teaching the children
The photo, “Lowana Women”, was taken by photographer William Johnson around 1855-1862 in Western India. The three women in the photo seem to be wearing very plain, traditional Indian outfits. The women are not in the middle of a bustling city with ornate clothing, which means the women are probably lower class or lower middle-class.
From this photo of the two Banian Women, we can tell that these women are likely from the middle or upper caste as the length of their dresses imply that they would not be doing physical labor. These women while appearing to be displeased during the taking of the photograph could actually just be a reflection
“Grinding corn in Tehuatpec” was photographed by C.B. Waite in 1902. In this photograph are 2 adolescent girls and a baby boy. One of the girls is grinding corn on a pedestal while the other is sitting and holding that baby boy, and both of the girls are looking at the camera. The girls are
“Bhundaree Women” was photographed by William Johnson sometime between 1855-1862. This photograph shows 3 Indian women during their daily lives. The two women on the left look younger than the woman on the right. These women have many coconuts with them, in baskets and scattered on the ground. The women are dressed in ragged and