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The '''India Photo Archive Foundation''' is a Public Charitable Trust engaged in digitising, annotating, and preserving photographic archives.<ref>[http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/features/life/article2814020.ece Business Line : Features / Life : History through her lens]</ref> This came out as a result of [[Aditya Arya Archive]] by Aditya Arya, a photographer in India. The Foundation has been active since 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lightstalkers.org/india-photoarchive-foundation |title=India Photoarchive Foundation, Photo Archives From Indi {{!}} Lightstalkers |access-date=27 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717220333/http://www.lightstalkers.org/india-photoarchive-foundation |archive-date=17 July 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Vision ==
The aim of the Foundation is preservation of photographic data for use of future generations. The idea is to preserve the original as well as create a digital version of negatives and prints so that a visual history database can be created. This is to enable the discourse on history to be extended to a larger population as the medium is visual rather than literal. The Foundation uses exhibitions, publications and the internet as media to share the works of the archives it has access to.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiaphotoarchive.org/#/home?i=302|title=India Photo Archive, India Photo Archive Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adityaaryaarchive.com/#/home?i=965 |title= INDIA PHOTO ARCHIVES PHOTO ARCHIVES OF INDIA, Kulwant Roy Mahatma Gandhi, Photo of Indian Freedom|website=www.adityaaryaarchive.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130102122358/http://www.adityaaryaarchive.com/ |archive-date=2013-01-02}}</ref>

== Vintage Analogue Camera Museum ==
The Foundation has a Vintage Camera Museum next to the office of Aditya Arya.<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://phototravelings.blogspot.in/2012/06/meeting-with-aditya-arya-at-india-photo.html A Meeting with Aditya Arya at INDIA PHOTO ARCHIVE FOUNDATION | PHOTO JOURNEY]</ref> The museum showcases cameras and other photography material all the way from the late 1800s. It has cameras of Kodak, Mamiya, Fujifilm, Hasselblad etc. This goes along with the historical photographs of [[Kulwant Roy]] which contain nationalist leaders such as [[Mahatma Gandhi]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], Sardar Patel, Mohummad Ali Jinnah, Khan [[Abdul Ghaffar Khan]] etc. and general images if India before and after independence all of which belong to [[Aditya Arya Archive]]. It is open for viewing free of charge.<ref name=autogenerated1 />

== Projects ==

===Exhibitions===
The Foundation displays pictures at its museum by Kulwant Roy and has organised exhibitions in collaboration with others of his works. Notable instances of this are; the exhibition of Kulwant Roy’s work that took place at Delhi’s [[Indira Gandhi]] National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) in October 2008.,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=VTEEAAAAMBAJ&dq=aditya+arya+archive&pg=PA66 Outlook – Google Books]</ref> an exhibition of photographs from 'History in the Making – The visual archives of Kulwant Roy'(the book written by Aditya Arya and Invindar Kamtekar based on the photographs by Roy), was organized in collaboration with [[Indian Council for Cultural Relations]] and India Canada Association at three venues in Canada in June, 2009: 5th Parallel Gallery, Riddell Center, University of Regina; George Bothwell Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina and Simon Fraser University, Vancouver,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://indiacanadasask.ca/content/rare-indian-photographs-visit-regina |title=Rare Indian photographs to visit Regina {{!}} India Canada Association of Saskatchewan |access-date=27 December 2012 |archive-date=23 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123232947/http://indiacanadasask.ca/content/rare-indian-photographs-visit-regina |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.dunlopartgallery.org/events/archives_2009.html Dunlop Art Gallery :: Past Programs and Events :: 2009] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123232947/http://www.dunlopartgallery.org/events/archives_2009.html |date=2016-01-23 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.sfu.ca/archive-sfunews/news/story_06190901.shtml SFU News Online - SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - 19 June 2009 – 19 June 2009]</ref> The Gandhi Memorial Center, Washington, D.C. held an exhibition of photographs from same book, sponsored by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations and in cooperation with the Indian Embassy of India in October, 2009,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gandhitopia.org/events/event/listByLocation?location=Gandhi+Memorial+Center%2C+Bethseda%2C+MD%2C+USA |title=Events – GandhiTopia |access-date=27 December 2012 |archive-date=23 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123232947/http://www.gandhitopia.org/events/event/listByLocation?location=Gandhi+Memorial+Center%2C+Bethseda%2C+MD%2C+USA |url-status=dead }}</ref> soon after the book launch of 'History in the Making', The Piramal Art Gallery at Mumbai’s National Center for Performing Arts hosted an exhibition of Roy’s works in April, 2010,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cnngo.com/mumbai/none/visual-archives-kulwant-roy-529186 |title='History in the making': The visual archives of Kulwant Roy {{!}} CNN Travel |access-date=27 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110913225129/http://www.cnngo.com/mumbai/none/visual-archives-kulwant-roy-529186 |archive-date=13 September 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> the exhibition 'Where Three Dreams Cross, 150 Years of Photography from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh', at the [[Whitechapel Gallery]] in London in April 2011, displayed some selected images from the Kulwant Roy collection<ref name=autogenerated3>[http://www.asianartnewspaper.com/article/where-three-dreams-cross Where Three Dreams Cross | Asian Art] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726134759/http://www.asianartnewspaper.com/article/where-three-dreams-cross |date=26 July 2013 }}</ref> and an exhibition of Roy's works title 'The Visual Archives of Kulwant Roy' was held at the National Gallery of Modern Art(NGMA), New Delhi which was inaugurated on 14 November 2012.<ref>[http://netindian.in/news/2012/11/15/00022047/ngma-displays-rare-photographs-kulwant-roy NGMA displays rare photographs by Kulwant Roy | NetIndian]</ref><ref name=autogenerated2>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/history-as-it-is/article4099692.ece The Hindu : FEATURES / FRIDAY REVIEW : History as it is]</ref>

===Publications===
The book launch and exhibition of 'History in the Making – The visual archives of Kulwant Roy' was organized at Teen Murti, New Delhi in April, 2010. Mrs.GursharanKaur, wife of India’s Prime Minister Manmohann Singh, was invited as a special guest at the occasion.,<ref name=autogenerated3 /><ref>[https://www.oneindia.com/2010/04/25/gursharankaur-dedicates-book-on-photojournalist-kulwantroy.html GursharanKaur dedicates book on photojournalist Kulwant Roy's works - Oneindia News]</ref><ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/Print/525610.aspx Snapshots of history when the ‘camera did not lie’ - Hindustan Times] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726130133/http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/Print/525610.aspx |date=26 July 2013 }}</ref>
'History in the Making – The visual archives of Kulwant Roy' was launched at Mayfair’s Nehru Centre, London by the High Commissioner of India in May, 2010.<ref>[http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=38228 Unpublished Images of India's History Recovered from Yellow Crates]</ref> Book launch and exhibition of History in the making – The visual archives of Kulwant Roy took place at Morlaix France in September, 2010.<ref>[http://www.letelegramme.com/local/finistere-nord/morlaix/ville/exposition-a-la-manu-l-inde-en-54-cliches-historiques-14-09-2010-1049224.php’ Le Télégramme - Morlaixville - Exposition à la Manu. L'Inde en 54 clichés «historiques»]</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20130107144431/http://www.agglo.morlaix.fr/fr/agenda-des-manifestations.php?op=search&show=1&commune=0&dateDebut=20100903&dateFin=20110118&categorie_main=&categorie_second=&mot_clef=&operateur=&page=5&search=1 MorlaixCommunauté, Agenda des manifestations]</ref>[[File:Visual Archives of Kulwant Roy- Gandhi Collection.jpg|thumb|History in the Making- Gandhi Collection]]

A collector's edition called 'History in the Making, Visual Archives of Kulwant Roy- Gandhi Collection' was published by the Foundation with only 200 copies. It is presented in a pure raw silk box and bound with pure raw Khadi cloth.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adityaaryaarchive.com/#/-about-archive/buy-limited-edition-collectors-gandhi-book |title= INDIA PHOTO ARCHIVES PHOTO ARCHIVES OF INDIA, Kulwant Roy Mahatma Gandhi, Photo of Indian Freedom|website=www.adityaaryaarchive.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130102122358/http://www.adityaaryaarchive.com/ |archive-date=2013-01-02}}</ref> The first one was bought by Manmohan Singh, the second by Suresh Neotia and the Third was gifted to President Obama in November 2009<ref>[http://travel.cnn.com/mumbai/none/visual-archives-kulwant-roy-529186 'History in the making': The visual archives of Kulwant Roy | CNN Travel]</ref>

=== Films ===
A film was shot about the Kulwant Roy collection and screened on Doordarshan talking about Aditya Arya's and the Foundation's work on the collection<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAmKXfQZJhQ Kulwant Roy History In The Making, India Photo Archive Foundation, AdityaArya Documentary - Youtube]</ref>

==Archiving and digitizing==
The Foundation preserves old and broken negatives and prints and makes digital copies of them too. It also works towards restoration of old archival material.<ref name=autogenerated2 /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiaphotoarchive.org/#/archiving-digitizing?i=326|title = India Photo Archive, India Photo Archive Foundation}}</ref>

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