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
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
