The
Archive

The Anglo-Indian Archives is a collaborative project that is digitally documenting the visual and oral histories of the Anglo-Indian community within India as well as the larger diaspora. Through this archive, we are also engaging in conversations and collaborations with writers, scholars as well as young people from the community and beyond - exploring collective histories, identities and representations.

About

We are a digital archive that functions as a resource, engaging with the visual histories of the Anglo-Indian community through a nuanced and critical lens. The archive largely focuses on family photographs and other visual material made within the community from the late 19th through the 20th centuries. Importantly, the archive also functions as a space for critically reevaluating both the community’s erasure from prevailing narratives, as well as its largely stereotypical historical representations in mainstream media.

The Anglo-Indian Archives currently holds over a 1500 digitised photographs, as well as oral history interviews with more than 20 Anglo-Indian families from Chennai, Guwahati and Kochi, India. The Archives have been actively growing since 2018, facilitated by the generous collaboration and participation of numerous families, individuals and institutions within India and the global Anglo-Indian diaspora.

Team

Dileep Prakash


Dileep Prakash (b. 1965) studied Ancient Indian history and has been photographing since the 1980's. A considerable part of his practice navigates memory, history and the passage of time - specifically India's colonial past. His work includes - The Anglo-Indians (2006), What Was Home (2010) and Sleeping in the Forest (2018). Dileep is represented by Photoink.

Sheik Mohamed Ishaq


Sheik Mohamed Ishaq (b. 1989), is a master’s graduate in Photography Design from National Institute of Design, Gandhinagar. He is an independent practitioner based in Chennai, who practices photography and its related fields. His areas of interests include archiving, system design and exhibition production. He is a visiting faculty for the Master's photography programme at the National Institute of Design, Gandhinagar.

Adira Thekkuveettil


Adira Thekkuveettil (b. 1990) is an artist, researcher and designer working primarily with photography. In her professional practice, Adira is an exhibition designer and curator, working with various institutional as well as personal archives, museums and private collections across India. She is a graduate of the National Institute of Design.

Supported by

Anglos in the Wind

The Australian Anglo-Indian Association

Photoink

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