The world's first photograph, our oldest and more

At that time it was really not known which was the one real first photograph taken. Trying to search for details on the above picture on the internet, I found this picture and...
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How I met TS Satyan once

Would like to share a little bit from my one and only serious short meeting with the great photo-journalist who was a Mysorean! Read a little more.....

Photo studios, old photographs....

Owning a camera was a big deal up to the 1970s. Photography itself was an expensive affair. As such, many people resorted to visiting the photo studios to get themselves or esp. the children in the family photographed. There is one Raj & Bros. (brothers) in Mysore that has served and has been serving since many decades from the same old studio. Read some more memories...