Samuel Bourne (1834–1912)

A bank clerk who quit his job, sailed to India, and hauled cameras up 18,600-foot Himalayan passes to capture 2,200 images.

ABOUT

Samuel Bourne (30 October 1834 – 24 April 1912) was a British photographer known for his prolific seven years' work in India, from 1863 to 1870. Together with Charles Shepherd, he set up Bourne & Shepherd first in Shimla in 1863 and later in Kolkata (Calcutta); the company closed in June 2016. == Early life and education == Samuel Bourne was born on 30 October 1834, at Napley Heath, near Mucklestone, on the Staffordshire and Shropshire border to Thomas Bourne (b. 1804) and h…

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NOTABLE WORKS

Lepcha Woman (number 1908) 1858 · Cleveland Museum of Art [The Earl Canning, K.G., K.S.I., G.C.B., Calcutta] 1858 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Shimla and the Taj Mahal 1860 · Cleveland Museum of Art The Taj 1860 · Cleveland Museum of Art The Manirung Pass 1860 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Shimla 1860 · Cleveland Museum of Art

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INFLUENCES

Influenced by

Roger FentonEarly British Photography / Documentary Photography Gustave Le GrayPictorialist Photography / Landscape Photography Francis FrithTravel and Topographic Photography Philip Henry DelamotteEarly Documentary Photography

Influenced

Colin MurrayIndian Documentary Photography Linnaeus TripeColonial-era Travel Photography John BurkeHimalayan Documentary Photography Felice BeatoTravel and War Photography in Asia