Captain Linnaeus Tripe: Photographer of India and Burma, 1852-1860, V&A

This summer the V&A presents an outstanding collection of over 60 photographs by Captain Linnaeus Tripe, a pioneering 19th century photographer. Tripe's stunning images of the landscape and exquisite architecture of India and Burma, captured on film in the 1850s, will make photography lovers sit up and listen. From monuments and ancient religious buildings, to bridges and geological formations, his ground-breaking photographs were some of the first ever taken in these regions.
V&A photography exhibition
Having joined the East India Company army in 1839, Devonshire-born Linnaeus Tripe was stationed in India throughout the 1840s and 50s. The images on display in the V&A museum came from two major expeditions Trip made to Burma and South India, the latter undertaken as photographer to the Madras government. Although Tripe’s photos were taken at a time when photography was scarcely recognised as a practice, they are technically complex and the attention to detail in the darkroom creates a haunting precision.
This exhibition is perfect if you’re interested in travel photography, or if you’re simply looking for an insight into photographic history.