Delighted to share this clipping and article link which mentions Narayan Rao Kulkarni ‘s Kalanidhi Photo Studio collection. Many thanks to Carl Malamud, Omprakash and Servants of Knowledge team for taking in the collection for digitising and open source archiving! My Nana was a prolific … Continue reading Kalanidhi Collection Gets a Mention in Deccan Herald
Here is a portrait of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan in whose honour India celebrates Teachers’ Day on 5th September every year. He was an academic scholar, philosopher statesman who became Vice President and later President of India. It was his wish that instead of celebrating his birthday, … Continue reading A Portrait of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
My late grandfather Narayan Rao Kulkarni did visit the greatest monument for love ever built, the Taj Mahal some time in the 1940s. Here is a glimpse of it through his lens. Some of these are signed with a pen asserting the copyright. So in … Continue reading A Glimpse Of Taj Mahal
Here is one of the rare clicks of a holy river bank or ghat…probably clicked inbetween the 1920s or 50s. When you get photographs and negatives with no dates, it is difficult to put a date or year or a place to it. Google lens … Continue reading Can you recognise this ghat?
I am stunned to see similar compositions and perspectives of my grandfather Late Narayan Rao Kulkarni and my son Anuran. Similar thought processes and instincts, the artistic eye passed on to the third generation without much active intent is surreal. Here are the two photos…the … Continue reading Legacy, Compositions and Perspectives
I couldn’t visit Taaj Baudi when I was in Bijapur. I had seen glimpses of it in my grandfather’s collection. I hope post restoration, it gets back its old charm. Here is a click from his restored scanned collection. It is a reservoir and stepwell … Continue reading Taaj Bawdi
What I have found most intriguing and interesting are the envelopes and folders for tourists which Kalanidhi Studio sold. Imagine typesetting and merchandising nearly a hundred years ago? Here are a few ones…
If you have ever visited Nimbal, Ashram of Gurudev Dr. Ranade, then you must have noticed large black and white framed photographs in the centre of main meditation/ worship room. All those photographs were clicked and framed by Late Narayan Rao Kulkarni. In one of … Continue reading A Letter to a Photographer from his favourite Muse Gurudev Dr. R. D. Ranade
Glad to share that during the year end visit to Bijapur, I could connect many dots and most importantly we located the house too where Narayan Kulkarni had created his photo studio and museum, where many dignitaries had paid a visit, where many locals had … Continue reading House of Kalanidhi Photo Studio, Bijapur
Rumi had said something on the lines that when you start walking, the path appears. But often, one path leads to another. We are exploring ways to get archives and entire collections digitised. After my talk at Shrishti School of Design last year, someone had … Continue reading Archives Digitisation Update
