Fishing on the Indus River, Sind
About this artwork
In 1889 Bremner returned to India with the intention of establishing his own photographic business in Karachi. However, the cost of this was expensive and it was the commission of two public projects that kept him afloat. One of these was to photograph the opening of the Lansdowne Bridge over the River Indus, which was arguably one of the greatest engineering feats of the nineteenth century. In contrast to Bremner’s shots of the dominating cantilever bridge, in this photograph, which was perhaps taken on the same day, Bremner has captured the traditional fishing methods used by the locals. The composition is characterised by strong horizontals, with the figures contained below the horizon line.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Fred Bremner (1863 - 1941) Scottish
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title:Fishing on the Indus River, Sind
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date created:About 1890
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materials:Platinum/palladium print
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measurements:24.40 x 29.20 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 1987
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accession number:PGP 129.1
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Fred Bremner
Fred Bremner
Fred Bremner, the son of a professional photographer in Banff, travelled to India in 1882 and worked there for nearly forty years. He moved all the time, covering vast distances to photograph colonial officers and their families as well as members of the native aristocracy. Bremner was fascinated...