Lala Deen Dayal Photography
In 2010 a retrospective exhibition of his work was.
Lala deen dayal photography. Biography gallery order here. The doyen of indian photographers lala deen dayal was born in 1844 at sardhana in meerut in united provinces. Photograph of a rocky hill with a single palm tree in secunderabad taken by deen dayal in the 1880s. Also known as raja deen dayal lala deen dayal was a pioneer indian court photographer in india during the rule of the sixth nizam of hyderabad.
Foto crafts press coverage contact us. He was an engineer who took up photography during 1864 and was later commissioned to photograph the governor general s tour of central india. Legacy recognition commemorative stamp. He was born in 1844 in the sardhana district of uttar pradesh.
The lala deen dayal studios collection of 2 857 glass plate negatives was bought by the indira gandhi national centre for the arts new delhi in 1989 today it is the largest repository of his work. Lala deen dayal 1844 1905 took up photography in the 1870s and in 1884 became official photographer to the nizam of hyderabad with studios in secunderabad and indore.