the Other Way of Seeing: 'The Other Way of Seeing': A.L. SYED

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A.L. SYED

dates: 1904 - 1991

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(Abid Mian Lal Mian Syed)

""Doyen of Indian Photography", A.L. SYED dominated the Indian salons of photography from 1930's-1950's. He was among the first few lndians to send photographs to International exhibitions. His still photographs for movies especially "Mughal-e-Azam" are renowned. In 1957 the Zoological Society of New York assigned him a project on the Tigers of Gwalior. In 1957 he received the Hannor Excellence from the Federation of International Art Photographique, Berne. In 1985 the India International Photographic Council conferred upon him an honorary fellowship for his contribution to the field of photography."

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Ït is a sad thought that India has not produced another Syed."- T Kasi NATH in Better Photography: 02-09-2020
Ekta Gulechha takes you through the photographic art, life and genius of legendary pictorial and portrait photographer A L Syed.

"Syed was born in Varnavada, Gujarat. His father, Lal Miyah Syed, worked as a physician to the Nawab of Palanpur, Zobdat al-Molk Shir Mohammad Khan. AL Syed’s older brother, Khanji Mian Lal Mian Syed (KL Syed), worked as the Nawab’s official photographer and is renowned for his image of the last Nawab of Palanpur, Taley Mohammed Khan Bahadur, made in 1930. Syed began assisting his brother from 1919, but his earliest known photograph is a 1923 image of the sunset at Chowpatty Beach in Bombay (now Mumbai), made on a school trip. The photograph won him the first prize in a contest held by the Illustrated Weekly of India, where his work continued to be featured for most of his career. From 1925 until 1940, Syed published a monthly column in the Gujarati magazine Kumar, featuring his photographs along with corresponding written pieces."
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